.@DLoesch helped raise $800K+ for #MemoriesPizza and she's getting flack for it? She blasts back now on @FoxBusiness pic.twitter.com/f2G3UOENdD
— Neil Cavuto (@TeamCavuto) April 7, 2015
Dan Tynan, Yahoo! Tech columnist, asserted last Thursday on Twitter that the GoFundMeCampaign set up to help Memories Pizza in Indiana was set up by the pizzeria’s owners “to wring $200K out of homophobes.”
Later we will learn that #memoriespizza set this whole thing up to wring $200K out of homophobes https://t.co/buv9pGbxH2 via @YahooTech
— Dan Tynan (@tynanwrites) April 2, 2015
Those paying attention know of course that the fundraising campaign was kicked off by TheBlaze TV host Dana Loesch and Blaze contributor Lawrence B. Jones III (and they have the Twitter threats to prove it).
So what about Tynan’s very public assertion that the pizzeria owners themselves set up their own fund? He did look into his suspicions on how the money would be allocated.
Once the campaign reached $100,000, Jones says GoFundMe got in touch with him to verify that he and the campaign were genuine. Despite the fact that he created the campaign and is listed as its sole author, Jones says all of the money is going directly to the O’Connors, not to him or anyone else at The Blaze.
GoFundMe declined to verify any of the information provided to Yahoo Tech by Jones. Due to privacy concerns, GoFundMe will only discuss the details of the campaign with the permission of the campaign organizer, says a company spokesperson. When reached by GoFundMe, Jones declined to give his permission.
And why should he, when Tynan’s earlier tweet suggested his bias against the campaign? We’re not supposed to expect Dana Loesch and crew to set up an honest fundraising campaign, but we are supposed to trust a reporter who tweeted that it was a setup to scam homophobes?
This is the reporter attacking GoFundMe for hosting #MemoriesPizza fundraiser: https://t.co/pMt3yeNyJ8
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 6, 2015
@DLoesch Silly PizzaTruthers.
— Liberty Chick (@libertychick80) April 6, 2015
@DLoesch @tynanwrites I think you forgot the quotes around "reporter."
— Tom Totterdale (@3doublet3) April 6, 2015
@DLoesch Let's not exaggerate by calling him a reporter without using "" after all yahoo….
— JJ (@JJBranchaud) April 6, 2015
You punched them in their Envy organ.
— Honeypot Spy (@AuburnJulia) April 6, 2015
Might as well have Rolling Stone doing the reporting.. *facepalm @DLoesch
— MJ's Lair (@mjrod) April 6, 2015
https://twitter.com/patriotblubunny/status/585209057344098304
https://twitter.com/Bobafett33/status/585209181319213056
Someone like this @dloesch does not appear to understand altruism, and can only ascribe a base motive to it.
— Neil Currie (@passionscape) April 6, 2015
https://twitter.com/CTBellows/status/585209572261896192
@DLoesch @tynanwrites It really bugs him that people fought back against the totalitarian left trying to destroy the O'Connors.
— Sara Noble (@indiesentinel) April 6, 2015
@DLoesch The article he's linking to doesn't say anything that 'proves' the owners 'set this whole thing up'.
— Pete & Lisa Got Caught Tampering With Flynn's 302! (@drawandstrike) April 6, 2015
@DLoesch The article merely quotes the interviews given about not being able to open up and thinking about closing the business.
— Pete & Lisa Got Caught Tampering With Flynn's 302! (@drawandstrike) April 6, 2015
@DLoesch So this is the rabbit hole we've gone down: organize a mob to go after a business, overwhelm it, shut it down & then….
— Pete & Lisa Got Caught Tampering With Flynn's 302! (@drawandstrike) April 6, 2015
@DLoesch …when Americans defeat your Alinksy Rule #12 BS with donations of $, whine about how it's all a 'set up'.
THEY ARE PATHETIC.
— Pete & Lisa Got Caught Tampering With Flynn's 302! (@drawandstrike) April 6, 2015
@DLoesch pic.twitter.com/R1cX3N3NuW
— Pete & Lisa Got Caught Tampering With Flynn's 302! (@drawandstrike) April 6, 2015
@DLoesch @tynanwrites @YahooTech Also Anthony Weiner's account was hacked
— Gary Eaton (@garysteveneaton) April 6, 2015
@DLoesch @kirad6 there is so much stupid in that tweet
— BDJinCO (@DissidentBiker) April 6, 2015
https://twitter.com/justkarl/status/585214809962057728
@DLoesch It's the Democratic way…when things backfire on them….blame the ones they have tried to destroy & failed! Fools!
— PJ (@Pamjd219) April 6, 2015
@SaintRPh @DLoesch pic.twitter.com/98pXPhpgL8
— Earth (@TakeThatEarth) April 6, 2015
https://twitter.com/dave_usmc/status/585227834119086080
https://twitter.com/katomart/status/585228553702273024
Let’s see just how committed “reporter” Dan Tynan is in pursuing his search for the truth.
Hey @tynanwrites , want to do live TV interview now? Questions answered. We have your #.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 6, 2015
Seems suspicious. RT @tynanwrites: @DLoesch no thanks.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 6, 2015
Hmm. After attempting to go after GoFundMe’s credibility and demanding we answer questions @tynanwrites runs when we say “OK.”
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 6, 2015
BTW, the transfer from GoFundMe began this morning. They only will release to O’Connors. We’re no longer even administrating the acct.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 6, 2015
Despite hearing this from GoFundMe, certain narrative builders still threaten GoFundMe with bad press if they don’t give private info.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 6, 2015
Hey, I’m here on TV and on radio, so is @LawrenceBJones3 , when you’re ready to have those questions answered, @tynanwrites .
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 6, 2015
Curious, @tynanwrites , why did GoFundMe think you were “threatening to undermine GoFundMe’s credibility?” My turn for questions.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 7, 2015
Hi @tynanwrites , mind sharing with us your detailed demands you sent to GoFundMe or shall I obtain from them?
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 7, 2015
When GoFundMe writes “he is threatening to undermine” @tynanwrites with what did you threaten them?
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 7, 2015
That’s verbatim what GoFundMe wrote: “threatening to undermine our credibility” unless they give him private info relating to acct.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 7, 2015
.@DLoesch: “This isn’t about equality. This is about getting a political jab in at expense of individual liberty." #CAVUTO #MemoriesPizza
— Neil Cavuto (@TeamCavuto) April 7, 2015
I’m just trying to verify @tynanwrites ’s goal here. Wish he was more cooperative.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 7, 2015
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