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On 28 September 2016 the partisan and unreliable web site Occupy Democrats published an item titled Springsteen Was Criticized for Bashing Trump. His Response Is Perfect, claiming the above-reproduced rude tweet had been issued by musician Bruce Springsteen: Occupy Democrats referenced a September 2016 Rolling Stone interview with Springsteen, during which the singer was asked for his opinion on the Trump phenomenon. Springsteen responded by referring to the Republican presidential candidate as a moron: Springsteen was also asked whether he had a lack of enthusiasm for Hillary Clinton, to which he replied: However, the tweet attributed to Springsteen was a fake. Directly next to all tweets on the @Boss1949 account (connected with the misspelled name Bruce Spingsteen) is a short bio indicating the true nature of the Twitter account: The real Bruce Springsteen uses the Twitter account, @Springsteen, devoted almost entirely to performance-related content: The account belonging to the real Bruce Springsteen did not comment on the viral fake tweet, and as of 29 September 2016 Occupy Democrats hadn't retracted their inaccurate claim. The satirical @Boss1949 Twitter account appears to have been suspended as of this writing.
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