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  • 3 Things John Kerry Appears to Be Joking About on Twitter

    Earlier this month, the State Department’s official Twitter account announced that all tweets coming directly from the mouth of Secretary Kerry would be signed with “-JK,” – the same way tweets from the President are signed “-BO” and tweets from the First Lady are signed “-MO.”

    They failed to see the problem with this.

    In the last 24 hours, here are three tweets in which it looks like newly-appointed Secretary of State John Kerry is not that serious about what he’s saying:

    People are still commenting on how “JK” makes it look like he’s kidding:

    Seriously, State Department, you have to do something about this. I’d say you could just use his middle initial when he signs tweets, but his middle names is “Forbes.” I don’t think signing his tweets -JFK would be any less confusing.

  • State Dept. Fails to See the Problem with John Kerry Signing His Tweets “JK”

    You know how the official Twitter accounts of top government officials and the First Family make a point to let us know when it’s really them sending out the tweet, instead of their staff? For instance, a tweet sent from Barack Obama’s twitter account is only credited to the President himself when the tweet contains his initials at the end (-bo). It’s the same with Michelle Obama (-mo) and some other White House officials.

    Well, it appears that the State Department’s official Twitter account is going to use the same protocol with new Secretary of State John Kerry. All tweets from the Secretary will be signed as such:

    -JK

    Yep, JK. As in “Two Americans held hostage in North Korea – jk” or “Were getting ready to invade Iran – jk.”

    Twitter users have been quick to pick up on why this could lead to some confusion. How will we know when it’s Secretary Kerry making his own tweet or the State Department just kidding?

    UPDATE: In his first tweet from the State Department account, Secretary Kerry announces that over the weekend, he talked with British Foreign Secretary William Hague. JK I didn’t talk to anyone LOL.