First, we’re certain that the Washington Post is one of the mainstream media outlets approved by the Department of Homeland Security’s new “Disinformation Governance Board,” so they can rest easy. Second, credit for the cartoon that Elon Musk tweeted Thursday goes to Colin Wright:
Hi @elonmusk! Thank you for sharing my cartoon! If anyone wants to buy the mug, it's available in my store! https://t.co/Ei0ojZCW8F
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) April 28, 2022
It might be tough to make out, but it shows “me” happily smiling just a little left of center. Move forward a few years, and the “fellow liberal” has moved so far left as a “woke progressive” that the liberal now finds himself right of center. Checks out.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 28, 2022
Musk tweeted that Thursday afternoon, and by Thursday evening, the Washington Post had written up an analysis of everything wrong with the cartoon.
Analysis: What Elon Musk’s polarization graph gets wrong https://t.co/2W2SETgNla
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 28, 2022
It didn’t have pronouns on the stick figures so we could properly identify them
— Andrew Michael (@AndrewMichael30) April 28, 2022
Elon’s graph is dead on for me.
— Danny (@RepresentCA) April 28, 2022
You misspelled "meme"
— Gordon Bombay (@CakeEaterBombay) April 28, 2022
WaPo analyzing a meme 😂
— Jana Rivera (@JRRivera) April 28, 2022
is this really a good use of your time Washington Post
— sonch (@soncharm) April 28, 2022
Recommended
"How this meme affects us."
— George (@GeorgeInLimbo) April 28, 2022
Are you really writing articles about memes? This is what this paper has devolved into.
— Donny Ceresa (@CrazyEe33) April 28, 2022
Undignified desperation
— Tom Reiner (@TomReiner4) April 28, 2022
Thank you WaPo, democracy almost just died in darkness. Thank you for your hard work
— Bool Grug-man (@FrenlyReturn) April 28, 2022
So let me get this straight, #Elon Musk posted this earlier today, and you already have a complete rebuttal with graphs and everything? Wow! You guys at the WaPo are incredibly prepared.
— S Berard (@Berard8S) April 28, 2022
Just stop already.
— Jeff Burden 🇺🇸 (@JeffsOcean) April 28, 2022
Do you think in the future they'll be making films about The Washington Post's "takedown" of a meme…
— Токсическая сеть (@Toxic_Web) April 28, 2022
Glad you’re paying people to fact check cartoons. Must be a slow news day.
— Phederico Phellini (@daveparke) April 28, 2022
2008 candidate Barack Obama would be considered a neoliberal shill by today's Dems. Reagan's 1980 positions would basically be the same as most contemporary Republicans–probably to the right on them on some econ issues.
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) April 28, 2022
Barack Obama wasn’t even for gay marriage before he got elected. Now we’re arguing about teaching kindergarteners gender identity.
Oh man 🤣. Imagine being the journalist who covered this thinking they really had a worthwhile story.
— My real thoughts (@onlymyopinion32) April 28, 2022
It’s confirmed. He feels pretty accomplished.https://t.co/yUr6GM4MHl
— My real thoughts (@onlymyopinion32) April 28, 2022
We should have known … Philip Bump.
Ironically, the Washington Post posting this explains his meme perfectly😂
— Max Brooke (@m_brooke6) April 28, 2022
Yep, they couldn’t let it go.
Related:
WaPo’s Philip Bump wants to talk about the effort to ‘undercut’ Ketanji Brown Jackson by asking her to define ‘woman’ https://t.co/w2v9JhwrZI
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 23, 2022
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