NY Times Accidentally Fires Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein

Say what you will about Goldman Sachs, the firm’s Twitter master has one dry sense of humor. And a knack for tweaking the New York Times:

Nice try @nytimes http://t.co/RXPjYtv9FN

— Goldman Sachs (@GoldmanSachs) April 16, 2014

What’s all that about? Well, the Grey Lady mistakenly fired GS CEO Lloyd Blankfein on Tuesday:

Two months ago, the GS Twitter account fooled the Times Public Editor Margaret Sullivan into believing the firm had instituted a “No Talking the the Elevators” policy because of the parody Twitter account @GSElevators.

[Image via Larry Downing / Reuters]

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