Opinions about Donald Trump vary among Twitchy staff, but even Joy Reid on her old blog admitted the guy can be pretty funny when he wants to be. So it’s not surprising that pro journalists have such a difficult time absorbing half of what he says — they think they possess the humor gene because all late-night TV comedy shows lean left, but they can’t help but take everything he says literally.
That’s why it was so pathetic when so many blue-check journalists felt the need to point out that CRTV’s hilarious and obviously satirical interview of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by Allie Beth Stuckey was “fake.” And yet when Alec Baldwin appears on “Saturday Night Live” as Donald Trump, they seem to get that it’s a bit without a disclaimer.
Among those journalists cautioning that CRTV was spreading fake news was The New York Times’ Shane Goldmacher, and he helpfully kept an eye on things and noted that CRTV was eventually compelled to add a disclaimer.
This faked interview of @Ocasio2018 by @CRTV has nearly 1 million views on Facebook. In less than 24 hours.
Interview didn't happen. It takes clips from @MargaretHoover's show and edits in faux questions.
Not labeled satire (other than a ? emoji).https://t.co/ipUPsOoyLH
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) July 24, 2018
New: After I posted this, CRTV has updated the Facebook posting with the language: "Update: Yes, this is satire created from excerpts of the viral Firing Line interview with Ocasio-Cortez."
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) July 24, 2018
Cool, now just show me where you spoke out against this. https://t.co/4mvEXBzwlZ
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/unicodeutf8/status/1021845588109873152
https://twitter.com/Stick_Man_Says/status/1021846583871242240
The real question is, did they think it was real, or did they feel the need to flag it because it made socialist darling Ocasio-Cortez look bad?
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/1021793538915352577
The real interview should be labeled satire as well…
— Robert Conklin (@conklirb) July 24, 2018
*Yes, you idiots https://t.co/Iwadg5swPK
— Currently between fraudulent suspensions (@jtLOL) July 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/JoBarkman45/status/1021794469509824514
Comedy needs more fact checking. The progressive future is looking bright
— Matt Brown?? (@M_Wiggin) July 24, 2018
And you needed clarification? Lol
— Kyle Buse ?? (@jkbuse) July 24, 2018
Because they thought people would understand obvious satire https://t.co/ak1alWJqOE
— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) July 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/deanomac22/status/1021796876641869824
https://twitter.com/72greysweater/status/1021810542535536640
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 24, 2018
Oh my God you saved us all! Can you now just delete your account for being a truly worthless human being.
— mark – ? (@reinforcedtv) July 24, 2018
Seriously, you're totally doing the lord's work. https://t.co/5wtHFzrwHa
— Senate Popular VotEEE (@EEElverhoy) July 24, 2018
Idiots like this are the reason we need warning labels on everything.
Omg it was easy to tell it was satire
But guess they need some sort of false narrative to keep pushing. https://t.co/oDMLWR13lE
— Mickey Myers (@MickeyMyers86) July 24, 2018
I am extremely confident that Shane will virtue alert SNL every time they do a SATIRE skit. He's obviously used to dealing with other libs that have no since of humor and wouldn't recognize humor if it sat in their lap. https://t.co/hygSL1URuQ
— The Right is Right (@Hammock_Chas) July 24, 2018
They still have it posted from 15 hours ago as an interview-most recent post states satire
— nancyjj (@nursemomracecar) July 24, 2018
Good … then we can go watch it again.
We just can’t with this next one …
This is one of facebook's worst features. You can make posts go viral with a status and then edit the status and that changes for all the shares. Not a single congressional representative has mentioned it. https://t.co/8LfqlMhKMy
— Brett Banditelli (@banditelli) July 24, 2018
We’re sure that’ll be Ocasio-Cortez’s first priority after she’s elected: congressional oversight of Facebook posts.
We’re not sure if that last line was satire or not, and that’s scary.
Related:
NO. WAY! Linda Sarsour, journos drop BOMBSHELL about Allie Beth Stuckey's 'interview' with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez https://t.co/gHRwIFBuWz
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 24, 2018
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