MSNBC morning show falls for parody Twitter account

Published August 10, 2015 3:55pm ET



MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” was fooled Monday by a fake Twitter account, which the show used to claim that the North Korean government had come to the defense of embattled former reality TV star Donald Trump.

“There is someone coming to his [Trump’s] defense, though,” Bloomberg News’ Mark Halperin said. “The North Korean government.”

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