Richard Roeper (Screen image/You Tube)The Chicago Sun-Times has sidelined its nationally known film critic Richard Roeper, pending an investigation into allegations that he purchased Twitter followers. “We became aware over the weekend of issues relating to Rich Roeper’s Twitter account,” Chicago Sun-Times editor in chief Chris Fusco told The Washington Post in a statement. The Times story did not state how many of these followers Roeper allegedly purchased. According to the Times’s exposé, Devumi has sold more than than 200 million Twitter followers to public figures across industries ranging from pornography to politics. “There’s a lot of emphasis at these TV stations on getting a lot of social media followers.

Source: Washington Post January 30, 2018 07:52 UTC