At least one of Jake Tapper’s viewers is disappointed that the CNN anchor would fall for such a non-story as Hillary Clinton receiving spam in her inbox — probably the exact same spam message parked in all of our spam folders right this minute, and we don’t even know it.
Emails: Russia-linked hackers tried to access Clinton server
from AP http://t.co/XzAW9tzMTq
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 1, 2015
How could an esteemed reporter such as Tapper retweet this sort of garbage? Clinton has admitted before that she’s “simply a passive recipient of unwitting information.”
@jaketapper zomg, someone sent fishing spam.
— NYTNarrative (@NYTNarrative) October 1, 2015
https://twitter.com/atruechula/status/649394063037239297
Maybe Tapper and Gawker’s John Cook could borrow the keys to the Clinton campaign’s “Mystery Machine,” because they seem like they’re just about to close this case.
AP has done the lords work on the email story but this is an oversell. She got phishing spam. https://t.co/oIc07XBEC8
— John Cook (@johnjcook) October 1, 2015
@jaketapper I mean if the Russians knew about the account and targeted it, they wouldn't have used a parking ticket scam
— John Cook (@johnjcook) October 1, 2015
@johnjcook especially since by her own admission she hasn't driven a car in years
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 1, 2015
@jaketapper and there's no indication she was actually targeted, any more than anyone who gets that stuff was
— John Cook (@johnjcook) October 1, 2015
Good point. Because there’s no chance whatsoever that Clinton — who’s so computer savvy she can’t find the ringer on her phone without help — might think the traffic citations were a mistake and open the email out of curiosity. No one would fall for that; if they did, there’d be a whole industry built around PC virus removal.
So sure, the secretary of state received some spam on her private, unsecured, unauthorized server containing classified information.
@johnjcook Right. But if she had a secure server/e-mail she would not have.
— Piney McKnuckle (@PineyMcknuckle) October 1, 2015
,@johnjcook aimed at someone with a New York address and supposedly secret email address. where is the rest of the spam in the State files?
— Dan Roberts (@RobertsDan) October 1, 2015
How many phishing scams get through the State Department http://t.co/TbeKSwYp4s filters?
— VACUOUS CIPHER (@THE_DAILY_BLEAT) October 1, 2015
@jaketapper hope you give this the attn it deserves since she jeopardized national security.
— Max Peters (@TikiMaximus) October 1, 2015
Is it too late for TIME’s Zeke Miller to get in on this hot take?
Clinton email phishing attempts don't indicate that anyone knew that it was *her* account —looks like the generic stuff we all get & ignore
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) October 1, 2015
.@ZekeJMiller What does it matter if they knew it was her? Point is they got the phishing email to her despite her "numerous safeguards."
— Jeff Bechdel (@jeets) October 1, 2015
@ZekeJMiller Dude really? This is the shit you're throwing out as a defense? Bless your heart
— Eddie (@eddiecarl4468) October 1, 2015
@ZekeJMiller if you spin any harder, you'll be declared a category 5.
— The Morning Spew (@TheMorningSpew) October 1, 2015
Speaking of non-stories, there’s nothing to see here either. Just pretend it’s not there.
Quite the exchange here about emails, hacking, and use of personal accounts at the State Department. pic.twitter.com/71n4TgpEcZ
— Matt Viser (@mviser) October 1, 2015
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