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@DailyMtnEagle or Fake Daily Mountain Eagle was a parody news account on Twitter. It was created anonymously on May 4, 2012 by Matt Mitchell as a mock version of Jasper's Daily Mountain Eagle newspaper. He posted fake headlines, mostly poking fun at the "redneck" culture of Walker County. The account's profile photo featured an ostrich instead of the newspaper's eagle mascot.
The print newspaper, which did not publish on Twitter, complained that it had become the victim of a "pirated" Twitter account and pressed for the
Mitchell suspended the account on March 5, 2016. He subsequently revealed his identity to al.com and resumed posting to Twitter as The Ostrich (@ALOstrich).
References
- Mitchell, Matt (April 5, 2016) "I was the fake Daily Mountain Eagle. This is my (mostly true) story." The Birmingham News