As Twitchy reported earlier, the Associated Press fact-checked Christopher Rufo and found it false that the National School Boards Association asked President Joe Biden to label protesting parents “domestic terrorists,” even though the NSBA used the term in its letter to the Biden administration.
Contrary to false claims circulating online, the National School Boards Association didn’t ask President Joe Biden to label protesting parents “domestic terrorists,” and there’s no indication Biden or the Justice Department called them terrorists, either. https://t.co/kVflaQKHme
— AP Fact Check (@APFactCheck) October 6, 2021
The AP’s fact-checker earned quite the ratio for that tweet, and Florida Gov. Ron Desantis’ press secretary, Christina Pushaw, weighed in with this:
Fun fact: "AP" stands for "Activist Progressives."
— Christina Pushaw (@ChristinaPushaw) October 6, 2021
Oh wow, looks like this joke made the Absurd Propagandists mad 😃 pic.twitter.com/ItL4ffBJLG
— Christina Pushaw (@ChristinaPushaw) October 6, 2021
😂 I can’t… an actual AP reporter just emailed this to me. Speechless. pic.twitter.com/KFQfTfr0gU
— Christina Pushaw (@ChristinaPushaw) October 6, 2021
Self-described media junkie Andrew Dolberg said that Pushaw’s joke was “straight up dangerous.”
This is straight up dangerous from @GovRonDeSantis’s press secretary.
We can’t undermine objective reporting. https://t.co/RgOzBGoHp9
— Andrew Dolberg (@asdolberg) October 6, 2021
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Is this guy gunning for Brian Stelter’s job or what?
How is the AP objective? Their “fact checks” are DNC propaganda
— Christina Pushaw (@ChristinaPushaw) October 7, 2021
— Nick Foy (@TheNickFoy) October 7, 2021
How is this dangerous? You sound like the lightest of snowflakes.
— Javier Manjarres (@JavManjarres) October 7, 2021
— Christian (@ChristianCamara) October 7, 2021
No – THIS is dangerous. pic.twitter.com/VwEONES7cX
— NotYourMom (@yeshuaislord3) October 7, 2021
You have strange definitions for words like "dangerous" and "objective."
— Sir Jared the Blackpilled 🏴🌵 (@ClutchLiberty) October 7, 2021
— I’m a wombat. (@TheWombat_08) October 7, 2021
Dangerous? Get out of here with that.
— James Brady (@jbrady_ct) October 7, 2021
Dangerous? A joke is dangerous? Stop clutching your pearls.
— Snow Miser (@Snow_Miser_) October 7, 2021
This a joke?
— Coach Taylor (@JimEagle55) October 7, 2021
This is perhaps the single most DANGEROUS thing I have ever seen.
— tristan eldritch (@tristaneldritch) October 7, 2021
Are you okay?
— Drache Energie (@feignedidentity) October 7, 2021
Words are violence
— CrookedCannon (@CannonCrooked) October 7, 2021
You should probably call the FBI if you haven’t already. While you’re at it, can you provide a comprehensive list on organizations you would say are doing objective reporting?
— Soup_To_Nuts (@NutsSoup) October 7, 2021
Objective lol, the AP is about as objective as NPR.
— Agent86 (@MAXWELLSMART86D) October 7, 2021
— Patrick Henry don’t ask me to show my papers (@goodbyegirl1012) October 7, 2021
How does criticizing the AP undermine objective reporting?
— Gene (@GeneD2112) October 7, 2021
She’s not undermining objective reporting.
She’s undermining the AP.
— Paul (@pjb438) October 7, 2021
They're undermining themselves.
— Joe (@JoeMeower85) October 7, 2021
— Hillary's Hips (@hillarys_hips) October 7, 2021
— Desk Twig (@skwidget1) October 7, 2021
It’s a joke. And largely true as well. It isn’t like she is threatening to send government agents into newsrooms to chill free speech. Now THAT would truly be dangerous, wouldn’t you agree?
— Victor Laszlo, Not Afraid of A Virus (@Glenn_somebody_) October 7, 2021
I'm reading her tweet, I have to disagree with you there sir, she seems to be spot on… pic.twitter.com/efYwYKgjIB
— StillSmarterThanYou (@than_still) October 7, 2021
Media criticism is fine, actually.
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) October 7, 2021
Contempt and scorn are indeed great weapons against corrupt authorities and institutions.
More please, @ChristinaPushaw.
— Scalito (@ScalitoG) October 7, 2021
We hope everyone at the AP is OK.
Related:
Here’s the response Christina Pushaw received after asking AP journo if they’ve reported DeSantis’ response to misleading hit piece https://t.co/9Ebfp5N8AQ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 24, 2021
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