Fake GE Twitter account lampoons company over tax issue

In what proved to be an ill-fated attempt at media relations, General Electric hit the Twitter waves this week to try to set the record straight about a New York Times article claiming the company paid nothing in U.S. federal income taxes.

The @GEpublicaffairs account mentioned journalists who were tweeting the Times story, in some cases telling them to stop spreading false information.

That didn’t turn out so well.

On Tuesday morning, a fake Twitter account debuted lampooning the company.

The account is @GEfreedomreport, and it includes tweets like:

GE: We Bring Good Things to Light — And Keep Better Things Under Wrapsless than a minute ago via webGEfreedomreport
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