https://twitter.com/LDoren/status/766362984058728448
https://twitter.com/AmyOtto8/status/766363541678850048
As Twitchy told you, that ransom payment that the White House vehemently denied was a ransom payment? Well — shockah of shockahs! — it was a ransom payment.
And that poses a bit of a problem for Vox. Vox, you see, swallowed the White House’s story hook, line, and sinker:
The US did not pay a $400 million "ransom" to Iran. Here’s what actually happened. https://t.co/4QOznL0SSD
— Vox (@voxdotcom) August 4, 2016
It was inevitable, really.
Of course it was Beauchamp.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) August 18, 2016
.@seanmdav What a shock. Same JuiceVoxer who said this wasn't a ransom also doesn't know who was President in 1999: pic.twitter.com/JUoB39Yb94
— Jason (@jasonelevation) August 18, 2016
RT @zackbeauchamp Nope, the $400 million Iran payment is still not a ransom. Here's why pic.twitter.com/80zfTxYT9P
— Nino (@baldingschemer) August 18, 2016
And the best part? Beauchamp tweeted it out again … this morning:
https://twitter.com/zackbeauchamp/status/766278546654240769
D’oh!
— Sandy 〽️ (@RightGlockMom) August 18, 2016
Bridge to Tehran? @zackbeauchamp
— Mike (@ThePantau) August 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/CokeBlackstone/status/766365848122626048
This is definitely in the running for a medal in the Vox Embarrassment Olympics.
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/766361781660942337
Well, this is awkward.https://t.co/UOIukQA6I4
— N. Bourbaki (@d08890) August 18, 2016
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what were you saying?
— West Coast (@vancity55) August 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/766361191199367168
Another exhibit for the Voxplaining Hall of Famehttps://t.co/C7fFPvQJuS
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) August 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/Bagginator/status/766363365849468932
You should voxsplain better. pic.twitter.com/izR3eVUMym
— Rob Reber (@Robb_R9) August 18, 2016
Can't wait for the @voxdotcom Re-Explainer. https://t.co/JHtrgwPvaf
— WhiteHousePressCorps (@whpresscorps) August 18, 2016
It’ll probably go a little something like this:
Coming soon to Vox…The US did pay a $400 million ransom to the Iran and here's why that's a good thing….. https://t.co/ENgKOaIGz0
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) August 18, 2016
Ha!
Vox is the #RachelDolezal of journalism. https://t.co/vWnTTJQv4l
— Jason (@jasonelevation) August 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/jkirchick/status/766366827589107712
delete your account
— I Wish I Wrote that Down (@kahuna__) August 18, 2016
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Update:
Bless Zack’s heart. He’s tryin’!
https://twitter.com/zackbeauchamp/status/766366523455893508
https://twitter.com/zackbeauchamp/status/766366626614743040
https://twitter.com/zackbeauchamp/status/766367657910276096
https://twitter.com/zackbeauchamp/status/766390265405923328
Whatever you say, bro.
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Update:
Awww …
The US did not pay a $400 million “ransom” to Iran. Here’s what actually happened. https://t.co/IbaTRtszCB
— Vox (@voxdotcom) August 18, 2016
Beauchamp concludes:
But when our Iran debate focuses on misleading nuclear inspection minutiae or whether the Obama administration is “kowtowing” to Iran with things like the alleged hostage payment, we aren’t having a serious conversation about how to address Iran’s actually bad policies.
Instead, we’re debating an endless drumbeat of misleading stories designed only to undermine the nuclear deal and faith in the Obama administration’s negotiating prowess [Twitchy editor’s note: “Obama administration’s negotiating prowess.” As if!]. The ransom faux scandal is only the latest such story in this pattern.
This isn’t a helpful way of talking about America’s Iran policy, and it needs to stop.
Seems to us that Vox should stop. Seriously. Before they even further humiliate themselves.
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