Here’s something rich: MSNBC’s Katy Tur, who once compared journalists to firefighters, on Tuesday told the network’s Ken Dilanian not to refer to Fox News and The Daily Caller as journalists: “Don’t use that term,” she scolded.
Yes, this is the same Katy Tur who didn’t push back when fact-challenged “Fire and Fury” author Michael Wolff told her, “If it rings true, it is true;” instead, she agreed that much of the book “feels true.”
So this was quite the sight Monday:
.@KatyTurNBC just corrected her guest for referring to @DailyCaller reporters as "journalists"
— Brent Scher (@BrentScher) July 23, 2018
Here’s the video:
so @KatyTurNBC thinks my colleagues @DailyCaller like @ChuckRossDC and i aren't journalists because we sometimes dare to question the things that they report. when has @DailyCaller ever made a mistake this big @KatyTurNBC?https://t.co/ZON2OUex0D pic.twitter.com/mIXn7BkBH2
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) July 23, 2018
That headline, by the way, reads, “MSNBC Issues Huge Correction To Michael Cohen ‘Wiretap’ Story.”
By the way, Dilanian was the one who broke that story.
The Daily Caller’s Joe Simonson wasn’t done:
what about this @KatyTurNBC and @KenDilanianNBC?https://t.co/Qg5rSPHxi8
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) July 23, 2018
what are we dishonest about @KatyTurNBC and @KenDilanianNBC? what have we misreported? because it i can go through plenty more false statements you and your colleagues have made. i'd love for you to do the same for us.
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) July 23, 2018
oh look @KenDilanianNBC your name appears on these false reports. maybe you're just a little bit sensitive.
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) July 23, 2018
i'd really love for you to find one major mistake or lie we've published when covering the russia investigation. it was really easy for me to find some of yours, so what makes you a journalist again?
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) July 23, 2018
were you a journalist here @KatyTurNBC?https://t.co/GjEkaZdYBr
what about here?https://t.co/OEarFunFFA
was this journalism?https://t.co/C4pU1Ep33i
was this? please teach mehttps://t.co/Ud4lmRgMcE
i'm confused, is this what we're supposed to do?https://t.co/mNACWzd39E
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) July 23, 2018
Rather than have you click away, here are The Daily Caller headlines referenced in the tweet above:
- MSNBC’s Katy Tur Mistakes Fireworks In Jerusalem For ‘Shelling’
- The Amount of Misinformation Katy Tur Put out During This Gun Rant Is Mind-Boggling
- MSNBC’s Katy Tur and Her Twitter Followers Mock Americans Excited Over Tax Cuts and Bonuses
- Katy Tur Questions Whether the Constitution Should Be Interpreted as Is
- MSNBC Anchor Falsely Blames Travel Ban for Afghan Robotics Team’s Visa Woes [Video]
how much are you allowed to get wrong before i can go on television and question whether you're a journalist or not?https://t.co/eEz7iBqZ82
it's amazing what you can get away with @KatyTurNBC, isn't it?https://t.co/2oGWuVGzYp— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) July 23, 2018
- Katy Tur Tweets False Claim That 17 Intel Agencies Agree On Russian Election Meddling
- Katy Tur Says Dems Should Just Move Voters From California Into Swing States
plenty — but not enough — of people on the right are doing actual original reporting and journalism, but those in the legacy media won't acknowledge it and just pretends it doesn't exist. it's a betrayal of all their supposed values and maddening.
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) July 23, 2018
Oh, and here’s where we’d put Tur’s completely false tweet from February about the funding of the Steele dossier if she hadn’t deleted it; here’s the text:
Another reminder — Steele Dossier was first paid for by conservative outlet Washington Free Beacon to find damaging info about Trump during the primary in order to help other GOP candidates. REMEMBER — the GOP DID NOT WANT Trump to win the nomination.
Um, no: Steele wasn’t brought in until after the Clinton campaign and the DNC hired Fusion GPS, so no, The Free Beacon didn’t pay for the dossier. Hey, we’re not even journalists and we know that.
Just for fun, here’s Ken Dilanian’s big BOOM exclusive report…
Boom. Exclusive: Feds tapped Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's phones https://t.co/w9DD1a43jw via @nbcnews
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) May 3, 2018
… that called for a — BOOM — big correction:
Boom. Goes. The. Dynamite. pic.twitter.com/ssiLjcu52s
— RightWired (@_donaldson) May 3, 2018
Sure, let them decide who gets to be called journalists.
Pretty messed up for Katy to try to kick people out of her firefighters club like that.
— James Hasson (@JamesHasson20) July 23, 2018
— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) July 23, 2018
https://twitter.com/kebejay/status/1021521065237868544
https://twitter.com/pro2Asteve/status/1021522904414965761
Real journalist FTW https://t.co/d1VWsRGpzC
— Matt Wolking (@MattWolking) July 23, 2018
“‘I Don’t Know What You’re Referring To’: NBC’s Katy Tur Doesn’t Remember Obama Promising Putin ‘Flexibility.’”
https://twitter.com/JuanDraper16/status/1021522270316048385
Projection is a strong thing.
— ?Dick Bozeman?⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@DickBozeman) July 23, 2018
And we’re supposed to feel democracy is threatened whenever Trump refers to the “fake news media.”
Related:
Wait, WHAT!? MSNBC's Katy Tur sends heads to desks with hot takes on SCOTUS & nation's political direction https://t.co/x0mHZVWkyN
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 11, 2018
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