Caroline Wozniacki slammed renowned tennis journalist Jon Wertheim on X after he posted fake quotes from her.
In the age of social media reporting, quite a few things circulate quickly, and sometimes, readers don't know whether the news is true or not. Quotes are particularly troublesome as it only takes one person starting a fake quote for it to spread virally around the internet.
Obviously, sources are important, but even those 'we trust' can sometimes fall victim to fake quotes. That's what happened to renowned tennis journalist Jon Wertheim, who has since deleted the quotes in question.
Those were supposed to be quoting former WTA's no. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, and the Dane should have addressed Simona Halep's doping case, but that never happened. Wozniacki was not happy about it, and she slammed him publicly.
It’s come to my attention that @jon_wertheim posted, and since deleted, quotes and opinions from me about Martina Hingis and the Halep doping case. To be ABSOLUTELY CLEAR those quotes were NOT from me, but instead were taken from an account on Instagram that pretended to be me, and didn’t have the check mark.
This is very frustrating because it could have been easily avoided by either calling me, or checking the accounts authenticity on Instagram. I understand mistakes can happen, but I just want to be absolutely clear that these comments did NOT come from me. Have a great day
Wertheim has since clarified the mix-up from his side, posting an update on X. He has since corrected his story. Still, Wozniacki wasn't particularly thrilled with his response and slammed him for lack of research before going ahead with his story.
To retierate - The quotes attributed yesterday to @CaroWozniacki came from either a hacked account or an impersonator account… The story has been corrected to reflect this.
This was NOT a hacked account. You simply did not do your research to see it was a fake account with no verified check mark on it! Very simple to see on Instagram!
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