As Twitchy reported Tuesday night, Paul Krugman and others were buzzing over a piece in New York magazine about a group of computer scientists and lawyers urging Hillary Clinton to contest the election results in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.
The vote in those close contests showed signs of hacking, they claim. That theory was pretty quickly debunked, though. “It’s hard to stress how weak this is,” wrote the New York Times’ Nick Cohn after a quick review of the data.
Still, the prediction was that the article would blossom online into a widespread call for a recount, and it didn’t take long for that prediction to come true. CNN ran a segment during “The Lead” Wednesday afternoon.
Computer scientists believe votes in 3 states could have been manipulated or hacked, urge #Clinton to recount votes https://t.co/wEvtJDHSIH pic.twitter.com/rouZNJ1OzF
— Jeffrey Guterman (@JeffreyGuterman) November 23, 2016
Computer scientists to Clinton camp: ask for a recount https://t.co/rlf6kQno3b @TomForeman reports #TheLead
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) November 23, 2016
.@tomforemancnn calls scientists urge for Clinton to contest results "a conspiracy theory for disgruntled Democrats" https://t.co/Fw6XskhGYn
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) November 23, 2016
What? Disgruntled Democrats? What’s he talking about? These are computer scientists, not conspiracy theorists. Oh, and lawyers. Scientists and voting rights lawyers.
The tenor of the reporting is fairly skeptical but this chyron is so irresponsible pic.twitter.com/oXugda3rip
— John Tabin (@johntabin) November 23, 2016
Yes, but scientists!
— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) November 23, 2016
https://twitter.com/_OSINT_/status/801542218028879872
"Scientists," my Erlenmeyer flask.
— Diana Morrison (@GrandmaD62) November 23, 2016
@JonahNRO notice how the left always use "science" or scientists to pretend their every thought is backed by provable fact?
— Jason Billings (@SingleDallasGuy) November 23, 2016
Well if the "Scientists" said to contest the election, I guess we should. 😉 I wonder what else the "Scientist" want us to do?
— ?️Citizen Mike ?????️ (@halciber) November 23, 2016
https://twitter.com/Skip_Taco/status/801537353282179072
The same scientists that proclaim global warming is settled science #FakeNews @CNN
— Exasperated5 (@Exasperated5) November 23, 2016
https://twitter.com/dannyblanton/status/801539157390594048
One more reason that "Scientists" are considered as truthful as used car salesmen.
— Captain Anton Zilwicki, Royal Manticoran Navy (@antonzilwicky54) November 23, 2016
#FakeNews https://t.co/SLUl8k4HW6
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) November 23, 2016
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