Angry Chiefs fans mistook a Boston meteorologist for a football player on Twitter
Twitter troll fail.
After a holding penalty by Chiefs lineman Eric Fisher cost his team a vital two-point conversion and (ultimately) ended Kansas City’s season, disgruntled fans took to Twitter to criticize him. The only problem was that in numerous cases, fans had the wrong Eric Fisher.
The Twitter handle @ericfisher belongs to the chief meteorologist for Massachusetts’ CBS affiliate, WBZ-TV. And Fisher (the meteorologist) received a barrage of angry or simply erroneous tweets after the Chiefs 18-16 loss to the Steelers on Sunday night.
RIP my mentions. #WrongEricFisher #NFLPlayoffs
— Eric Fisher (@ericfisher) January 16, 2017
Some of the tweets became predictably vicious, even as Fisher tweeted prolifically about how he doesn’t actually play professional football:
If you are a meteorologist and think hate mail can be rough sometimes, try being an athlete. Ridiculous. pic.twitter.com/WlHGSu56by
— Eric Fisher (@ericfisher) January 16, 2017
Still, Fisher explained that some of the misplaced messages were hopeful.
“I got some bad tweets, but I got lot from Kansas City Chiefs fans that said don’t worry about it, you had a good season, happy you’re on the team, we’ll get through this, onto next year,” Fisher told CBS Boston. “So not all bad apples, there’s a lot of good people out there still.”
Although even in the case of positive messages, they remain inaccurate:
Hey Eric, keep your chin up. Have a good & safe offseason. See ya in July!
— Joe Munding (@crownroyal64) January 17, 2017
Meteorologists, it must be remembered, don’t get an offseason.
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