Trick or Tweet

It seems as if everyone is on Twitter—but not everyone is who they say they are. Famous tweeters fall into three categories: they're doing it themselves, a lackey's doing it for them or someone's pretending to be them. A quick survey:

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
Newt Gingrich
Style: Policy-oriented political inspiration.
Sample tweet: "Learning is the most important civil right in the 21st century."

Martha Stewart
Style: Musings from the über-homemaker.
"[W]e bought many great perennials at the trade secrets garden sale ..."

Shaquille O'Neal
Style: Frequent, personal and hilarious.
"In the words of austin powers Yeaa vaby, 1 mill friends. tweeps, tweeple ..."

BIOGRAPHICAL
Hillary Clinton
Style: Dry info.
"Briefing Notes: On Sri Lanka—Now is the time for Sri Lanka to turn to a new page in its history."

Gordon Brown
Style: Politics as usual.
"PM gives Lula a football shirt with a signed message from Beckham. Lula's face lights up."

50 Cent
Style: Promotions, hazy musings from the road.
"My ambition leads me through a tunnel that never ends."

UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHICAL
Bill Gates
Impostor's style: Geekspeak.
"Thinking about what new glasses to get ... but the John Lennon look isn't my thing."

Tina Fey
Impostor's style: Hungry. Very hungry.
"I may have lost a chocolate bunny somewhere in this bed. Don't judge me."

Kim Jong Il
Impostor's style: Explosive, paranoid outbursts from Twitter newbie.
"Destruction and mayhem are at hand."

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