“HAZELMCCALLION” Twitter account confirmed as FAKE by phone call to the Mississauga Mayor’s Office.
February 26th, 2010
So once again. The video, followed by the transcript.
Video: “HAZEL MCCALLION’s TWITTER account FAKE, Mayor’ Office confirms to MISSISSAUGAWATCH in Phone Call (4:07 min)”
(Click here to go directly to the clip on YouTube)
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT
MISSISSAUGAWATCH (who also got suckered in by the “hazelmccallion” Twitter account):
It’s February 26, 2010 and there’s been some controversy about a Twitter site called “hazelmccallion”. And there are people who really think that this is Hazel McCallion.
It’s “Hazel McCallion: Proudly Mississauga’s mayor for 31 years.”
And what’s really interesting are some of the comments.
The most recent —one of the ones that had me concerned because it dealt with, to some extent, the Judicial Inquiry was a Twitter[sic] from February the 15th, via the web which said, “Never mind the Red Cross please donate to my son’s legal fund. Some real estate moguls are really feeling the pinch.”
And then there’s a link over to the Toronto Star.
So anyway what’s happened is again, someone has approached me and said, you know this has got to be Hazel McCallion —or how else would this person be able to present this picture?
At the sbouchard site, that said, “Good to meet you too. The energy last night was contagious!”. And when you click on the link, there’s actually a photograph and I’ll do this right now—
—here, Hazel McCallion with the women’s hockey.
And the person had said if that Twitter site isn’t really Hazel McCallion, then how would they get that picture?
So I’m actually going to videotape me making the phone call. So here we go. Place your bets. I say no.
And the number is —probably put on hold and “Your Call is Important to Us” but let’s see— —and I feel ridiculous!
905-896-5555.
And this should be on Speaker Phone. Where’s the Speaker Phone?
[phone rings]
HAZEL MCCALLION’S OFFICE:
Good afternoon, Mayor McCallion’s office.
MISSISSAUGAWATCH (who also got suckered in by the “hazelmccallion” Twitter account):
Oh, hi there, I’m just phoning to confirm one way or another whether Hazel McCallion has a Twitter account.
HAZEL MCCALLION’S OFFICE:
Pardon me? If she has a Twitter account?
MISSISSAUGAWATCH (who also got suckered in by the “hazelmccallion” Twitter account):
Yes, a Twitter account.
There’s somebody —you know what Twitter is, right?
HAZEL MCCALLION’S OFFICE:
No, Know, I know, yes.
MISSISSAUGAWATCH (who also got suckered in by the “hazelmccallion” Twitter account):
Okay, there’s somebody “Hazel McCallion” —they’ve got Hazel McCallion as the name. And it’s pretty controversial because they’ve got Hazel McCallion as writing down, let me see, where is it?
On February the 15th, her Twittering [sic], “Never mind the Red Cross please donate to my son’s legal fund. Some real estate moguls are really feeling the pinch.”
HAZEL MCCALLION’S OFFICE:
Hmmm. Hang on one second.
[Please hold...]
MISSISSAUGAWATCH (who also got suckered in by the “hazelmccallion” Twitter account):
(whispers) I’m on hold.
[Your call is important to us...]
HAZEL MCCALLION’S OFFICE (40 seconds later):
Hi there.
MISSISSAUGAWATCH (who also got suckered in by the “hazelmccallion” Twitter account):
Hi there.
HAZEL MCCALLION’S OFFICE:
The Mayor —it’s not hers first of all.
[dip to white]
of course not,
MISSISSAUGAWATCH (who also got suckered in by the “hazelmccallion” Twitter account):
No.
HAZEL MCCALLION’S OFFICE:
We’d never say anything like that.
[dip to white]
MISSISSAUGAWATCH (who also got suckered in by the “hazelmccallion” Twitter account):
But what’s interesting is that the last thing was —she had written, “Congrats to the Women’s Olympic hockey Team. I don’t care what anyone says – you earned those beers.”
But the other one is that was really interesting is she’s attributed to having responded to another Twitter account at sbouchard and it says, “Good to meet you [sic]. The energy last night was contagious!”
The point is who’s ever faking this is fantastic cuz even I was suckered in.
HAZEL MCCALLION’S OFFICE:
hmmm, yeah, the Mayor is aware of it and we are in the middle of dealing with it, actually.
MISSISSAUGAWATCH (who also got suckered in by the “hazelmccallion” Twitter account):
Okay, that’s good because—
HAZEL MCCALLION’S OFFICE:
Yeah.
MISSISSAUGAWATCH (who also got suckered in by the “hazelmccallion” Twitter account):
—yeah, it doesn’t reflect well on the Mayor.
HAZEL MCCALLION’S OFFICE:
No, it does not.
MISSISSAUGAWATCH (who also got suckered in by the “hazelmccallion” Twitter account):
Thank you so much.
HAZEL MCCALLION’S OFFICE:
Thank you.
MISSISSAUGAWATCH (who also got suckered in by the “hazelmccallion” Twitter account):
All right, bye bye.
HAZEL MCCALLION’S OFFICE:
Good-bye.
[click —fade to black]
TRANSCRIPT ENDS
Signed,
The (NOTE: the City of Mississauga records phone calls –but I’m the only one who videotapes them!) Mississauga Muse
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