January 22, 2016

Hero children have tried to trick local TV into declaring their schools closed for snow with deceptive Twitter direct messages.

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The Chattanooga, Tennessee, news channel WTVC warned the kids this week that it was onto them:

Also, kids? Don't DM us pretending you are some school official cancelling school. Closings don't work like that. & we're not that dumb.
— WTVC NewsChannel 9 (@newschannelnine) January 19, 2016

Fine, WTVC, you’re not that dumb. But aren’t you impressed the kids are that smart?

Elspeth Reeve @elspethreeve