Verge reporter mocked for reaching out to interview @isis

@adrjeffries @chiiidog @fart you are going to get made fun of now for sure… my thoughts are with you

— Colton Bolton (@DinkMagic) September 2, 2014

After being mocked, a reporter for The Verge deleted a tweet asking to get in touch with the owner of the Twitter handle @isis.

http://twitter.com/#!/liammilner/status/506867283483185153

Reporter Adrianne Jeffries says she was just trying to put together a story on people with Twitter handles like @isis and @taliban, nothing more. Oddly, Jeffries found herself asking not to be mocked by someone with the Twitter handle @fart.

@adrjeffries considering the quality of your average @verge article I think it's a pretty safe to assume you actually thought that was ISIS

— ancient memes (@welpcomma) September 2, 2014

@fart @DinkMagic @chiiidog I was thinking of doing a story on people with user names like @isis and @taliban I SWEAR

— Adrianne Jeffries (@adrjeffries) September 2, 2014

@DinkMagic @fart @chiiidog yeah they definitely do not

— Adrianne Jeffries (@adrjeffries) September 2, 2014

@adrjeffries @DinkMagic @chiiidog i believe you as well

— jon hendren (@fart) September 2, 2014

@a_girl_irl @fart It was a piece of shit pitch, insensitively timed, stone-cold stupid. It deserves nothing but scorn.

— Groundhog Dan (@Bro_Pair) September 2, 2014

http://twitter.com/#!/a_girl_irl/status/506876335621275648

For what it’s worth, Jeffries did hear back from @Taliban.

@MattBinder @adrjeffries @fart @DinkMagic @chiiidog @isis You're right, Binder. It's time the world hears my incredibly bland life story.

— Tal (@Taliban) September 2, 2014