Cormac McCarthy Isn't Dead, But an Old Prankster Tricked USA Today Into Reporting He was
Jordan Sargent · 06/28/16 01:02PMThis morning, esteemed bus terminal periodical USA Today reported stunning news: Author Cormac McCarthy had died suddenly at the age of 82. The news was posted to the paper’s Twitter account in a tweet that has since been deleted because Cormac McCarthy is not actually dead—he was only pronounced so by an Italian prankster who has made it his life’s mission to exploit the burden of efficiency that weighs on journalists everywhere.