Gamer Shares Epic Trolling Of Scummy Journalist & It's Absolutely Brilliant

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Ada Elder
Jul 31, 2018 2:00 PM EDT

Fortnite seems to be on the world's mind lately. From Ligma memes to the New Yorker, the Battle Royale-style game is unavoidable. It was only a matter of time until some tabloid attempted to capitalize off that. Fortunately for us, The Daily Mirror did just that. 

The UK publication published an article yesterday with the headline "Fortnite Made Me A Suicidal Drug Addict" - a sensational and click baiting title. The piece caught the attention of Chris Bratt - a gamer and Youtuber with a pretty big following. Chris took to Twitter and revealed that he'd had a very similar experience with the article's author. The only difference is that Bratt trolled the sh*t out of him and the piece never made it to print. But the story. The story is the best thing we've seen all day.

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    Font - Chris Bratt Follow @bratterz Let me tell you a story about Matthew Barbour, the journalist that wrote this Daily Mirror article about Fortnite. (1/8) LOVE ISLAND Mirror Danny Dyer rl help my Dani make afortune DAILY FIGHTING FOR YOU EXCLUSIVE Tuesday, July 3, 2018 75P PARIS TAKE ME OUCH Stee y Mcuess weh Tackling arthritis whatever WINNERS Danl& Jcy and, Insat, ded Dany your age FULL STO PAE vouR HEALTH PAt 2 TEEN'S VIDEO GAME HELL Fortnite made me a suicidal 5:54 AM - 31 Jul 2018
    via @bratterz
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    Text - Chris Bratt @bratterz Two years ago when Pokemon Go was the game of the moment, he sent this blanket email via ResponseSource, asking for anyone to describe its "potential negative effects" in exchange for £100. He even suggests a few problems they might like to talk about. (2/8)
    via @bratterz
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    Text - Media outlet: The Sun (Personal case study) Media outlet website: www.thesun.co.uk Freelance journalist: Matthew Barbour Media type: National newspaper Current affairs Deadline for leads: 25 Jul 2016 16:00 Enquiry Short Summary Pokemon Go Query I'm working on a story about Pokemon Go and urgently trying to speak to anyone who plays this who can describe any potential negative effects- maybe it's affecting their sleep, their relationship, their work etc. £100 fee, can provide copy control
    via @bratterz
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    Text - Chris Bratt @bratterz This pissed me off. These kinds of stories pop up with every mainstream trend, whether it's Fortnite or fidget spinners, but I figured the people writing them had at least a little more subtlety than this. (3/8) 7/31/18, 5:55 AM
    via @bratterz
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    Text - Chris Bratt @bratterz So, I emailed him a story to see what the rest of the process was like. I went with the subject header "Pokemon Go is ruining my marriage" and then wrote the most ridiculous tale I could manage. (4/8) 7/31/18, 5:55 AM
    via @bratterz
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    Text - Chris Bratt @bratterz In it, my wife Jessie' meets a new guy James' at work and they'd started catching pokemon together with the office cat. They even had their own song My favourite line: "The betrayal hung in the air like a pokeball that had been thrown just as the servers crashed." (5/8) 7/31/18, 5:56 AM
    via @bratterz
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    Text - Chris Bratt @bratterz The next day he calls me for an interview over the phone. This was the bit that blew me away. He started the phone call by saying that although he figured certain parts of my story had been embellished, that didn't matter, he'd write it anyway. (6/8) 7/31/18, 5:56 AM
    via @bratterz
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    Text - Chris Bratt @bratterz Eventually the story broke down because he wanted to get a quote from Jessie herself and actually, for it to really be juicy, maybe we should have split up. I lost my nerve at this stage. (7/8)
    via @bratterz
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    Text - Matthew Barbour to me This might well work - but the ed wants to know if we could get a reaction comment from Jessie on this? Cheers Matt Contributing Editor Matthew Barbour to me Sorry looks like it won't work for us -sorry! If you'd actually split up etc...? Contributing Editor
    via @bratterz
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    Text - Chris Bratt @bratterz So yeah, those ridiculous headlines you see on the Daily Mirror and the rest? That's how they get there. Fk that. (8/8) 7/31/18, 5:57 AM
    via @bratterz
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    Text - I don't Twitte.. r @Abel1Hdz Replying to @bratterz Took me a while to realize that the people and cat in the story is team Rocket 7/31/18, 9:52 AM
    via @bratterz
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    Text - Jordan @ParchmentScroll Replying to @bratterz Looks like your relationship is blasting off again! 7/31/18, 11:26 AM from Austin, TX
    via @bratterz
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    Text - Mae @AtFruitBat Replying to @bratterz Sub header should have been: "I was prepared for trouble in my marriage, but they made it double..." 7/31/18, 10:59 AM
    via @bratterz

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