We’re old enough to remember when Twitchy favorite Stephen Miller, aka @redsteeze, wasn’t a FOX News op-ed contributor, but now that he is, he’s caught the attention of CNN’s Jake Tapper, and the two on Saturday had a must-see duel of lame stories from each network. You decide who came out on top.
The whole thing stems from something Twitchy covered earlier: the growing anti-government protests in Iran and the seeming lack of interest shown by major media outlets, including CNN:
The @CNN twitter feed last 24 hours:
✅ supermoon
✅ Barack & Hillary are very admired
✅ exotic racecars!
✅ analysis of Trump tweets
✅ Thatcher hated pandas
✅ Ringo and BeeGee knighted
✅ people really like avocados
❌ #IranianProtests— Razor (@hale_razor) December 30, 2017
Miller decided to weigh in as well with this gem from CNN:
Still nothing from CNN Internationsl on #IranProtests but there’s this. https://t.co/WtJ4H6pJNN
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 30, 2017
The most popular GIF of 2017 actually perfectly sums up 2017 https://t.co/rpMgk62lVQ pic.twitter.com/9eOtiJa9og
— CNN International (@cnni) December 30, 2017
Tapper countered with this:
Top of the home pages right now. pic.twitter.com/cnDAWd2Rkv
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) December 30, 2017
CNN’s homepage is promoting the pro-government rally & I can tell you with just about absolute certainty Fox will have more coverage on protests. pic.twitter.com/ViFm1gRvzO
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 30, 2017
It’s just the latest development in a breaking news story. I get that you work for Fox, but try to be fair here.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) December 30, 2017
Right, Jake. pic.twitter.com/wvBdTatZkj
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 30, 2017
Maybe you’re not familiar with how a big breaking news story is covered on Dot-com but the very latest news tends to become the headline and first 2-3 graphs in a rolling story of maybe 25-30 paragraphs. The latest developments recently changed and will change again.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) December 30, 2017
Yes the story here is definitely the "pro government" rally.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 30, 2017
Uh oh … here’s where the slap-fight starts, with Tapper landing the first blow, retweeting a headline from Fox & Friends — certainly not what anyone would consider a hard-news program:
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) December 30, 2017
Pence neighbors in Aspen hang 'Make America Gay Again' banner https://t.co/7oLe1m5rQO
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) December 30, 2017
That’s when Steeze decided to nuke Tapper and CNN from orbit:
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 30, 2017
LOL! In case you’ve been busy over the holidays, that’s the box truck outside Mar-a-Lago CNN has been obsessed with all week.
Twitter news anchor fight!!
— ?? American Dream (@realRichHunting) December 30, 2017
It’s like a food fight, but with headlines.
Stephen for the win! ?
— Jewels (@jewels2715) December 30, 2017
??boom!!!
I Call that a total smack down in one picture.Hear the silence
— ??America First?? (@maga_proud) December 30, 2017
Jake gets trucked up by @redsteeze
— Lee Royce (@L23503241) December 30, 2017
checkmate
— Bob H (@darkiguana77) December 30, 2017
Mic drop
— MachineGunDeli (@SFLHOV) December 30, 2017
And we have THE winner!!!
?????— L__T (@LT51552424) December 30, 2017
It’s all over, folks.
I'm about as much responsible for content on Fox as Jake is for Kathy Griffin holding up a severed head but comes with the byline I guess.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 30, 2017
But wait … a challenger approaches. Can Miller hold off CNN’s Brian Stelter?
Iran is the lead story on the https://t.co/r4cPwPGphF home page.
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 30, 2017
No. “Pro government” rally is the CNN story, but this is neat. https://t.co/qcR7UtmL1V
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 30, 2017
Oh, and by the way, CNN ran the same story as Fox & Friends:
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 30, 2017
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