In the final tweet of a 12-tweet thread, Bloomberg’s Shahien Nasiripour says that the relationship between Wells Fargo, the NRA, and gun manufacturers isn’t “wrong or improper,” just newsworthy — but some like Erick Erickson didn’t see it that way.
https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/971450823866748929
Nasiripour, one of three writers credited with the story entitled, “Wells Fargo Is the Go-To Bank for Gunmakers and the NRA,” disagrees.
https://twitter.com/nasiripour/status/971461781926371328
https://twitter.com/nasiripour/status/971466987959455744
https://twitter.com/nasiripour/status/971467898861637632
Whoa, the third largest bank in the country making millions of dollars? That is newsworthy!
https://twitter.com/nasiripour/status/971468597544579072
https://twitter.com/nasiripour/status/971469237322682368
https://twitter.com/nasiripour/status/971470145670524928
https://twitter.com/nasiripour/status/971470669111287813
https://twitter.com/nasiripour/status/971471445510508544
https://twitter.com/nasiripour/status/971472177131347968
https://twitter.com/nasiripour/status/971473186205437953
https://twitter.com/nasiripour/status/971473604989870086
https://twitter.com/nasiripour/status/971475098866782208
He’s not making any judgments, understand, and he found no evidence of anything wrong or improper — he just thought the deep relationship between Wells Fargo, the NRA, and the broader gun industry would be newsworthy to our readers, so he reported on it. You know, clicks.
Because up until now, we thought the NRA kept the dues of its 5 million members in a mattress. Who suspected that the NRA and gun manufacturers used a bank to handle their money? Crazy.
So … is it just a news story or some more anti-NRA activism?
I am shocked, SHOCKED that you would suggest Bloomberg News would ever do such a thing.
— Tony Farruggio (@FlyingCircus) March 7, 2018
What, just because Michael Bloomberg co-founded Mayors Against Illegal Guns and bankrolled Everytown for Gun Safety?
It's Bloomberg. Of Course it's a hit job on something related to guns. Their version of Choke Point.
— Brent Cochran (@BrentCochran1) March 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/971453731572211712
Negative publicity/attempted shaming instead of govt action. I guess that's better? Comparatively? At this point I'm ready to join the NRA and open up a Wells Fargo account.
— Brent Cochran (@BrentCochran1) March 7, 2018
There are plenty of reasons not to deal with Wells Fargo. This ain't one of 'em.
— Nieds Dead Horse (@NDH_j_m_f) March 7, 2018
Yup and they helped finance my house, my business, and the point would be? Oh wait thats right…they loan money to make money…interesting concept
— Scott Shade (@drewshade9) March 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/6hille/status/971467581340225536
How did Wells Fargo get where they are? Well armed private stage coaches.
— WheelmanForHire (@WheelmanForHire) March 7, 2018
Hey, the scolds over at #GrabYourWallet had better get busy and add Wells Fargo to their online naughty list. Get Shannon Watts and Alyssa Milano on the case too.
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