Celebrity Democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is extremely angry at The Hill right now for this headline which just happens to quote her accurately:
Ocasio-Cortez: I give "zero" f-cks about pushback from other Democrats https://t.co/VapQebPMmP pic.twitter.com/NyURVw2tfK
— The Hill (@thehill) January 22, 2019
The New York congresswoman tweeted, “I actually didn’t say this” and “maybe you accurately quote the whole exchange instead of manipulating people into thinking I said this sentence instead of just the word ‘zero'”:
I actually didn’t say this, so while I know “brown women cursing” drives clicks, maybe you accurately quote the whole exchange instead of manipulating people into thinking I said this sentence instead of just the word “zero.” https://t.co/MrXIbALNP3
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 22, 2019
Well, the reason we don’t think she used that actual sentence is because the quotation marks are around just the word “zero” and not the entire sentence. Here’s the actual exchange between the two:
“On a scale from zero to some, how many f—s do you give?”
After taking a moment to deliberate, Ocasio-Cortez reached into her side and pulled out her hand to make a circle, saying: “I think it’s zero.”
This type of headline construction happens all the time:
It's click-bait for sure, but she complains that she only said the word "zero" — the only word they quoted in the title was the word "zero." It's not the first time a headline is formulated with the response to a question and part of the question itself.
— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) January 22, 2019
She’s also mad at Politico and the NY Post:
In a shock to no one, @politico is also running with the misattribution as well.
Here’s what actually happened: I was asked a question on a late night show and answered with the word “zero.”https://t.co/soBEwGTSbd
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 22, 2019
And here’s the @nypost not only running with the false quote, but adding an angry photo to boot:
This is how news hysteria develops out of nothing at all. https://t.co/cJmBwPit6I
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 22, 2019
If anything, she should direct some of this rage at Stephen Colbert for using the line for ratings in the first place:
How many f***s does @AOC give when it comes to ‘making waves?’ #LSSC pic.twitter.com/pwN45UXxvB
— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) January 22, 2019
He KNEW this would generate clicks but she’s mad at the media for writing about it?
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