We’ll get right to it: nobody goes straight to the “Republicans pounce” headline like the Washington Post. They do it so often we’ve seriously wondered if they do it on purpose just to own the cons — either that or they’re just so self-unaware of their biases they don’t even know they’re doing it. Come on:
“How dare people ‘pounce’ on our bad reporting after we pounced on those kids” pic.twitter.com/IPVpEQST8T
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 23, 2019
So it’s pretty hilarious that the Washington Post is now analyzing the “Republicans pounce” angle and claiming it’s “oversold.”
Analysis: Tucker Carlson and the oversold "Republicans pounce" complaint https://t.co/RiDC9Cwxip
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 19, 2019
If there were nothing to the “Republicans pounce” headline, it never would have become a joke among conservatives who notice that whenever a Democrat faces bad publicity, the story is always about Republicans’ reaction.
WaPo Pounces on Republicans for criticizing WaPo coverage of #JussieSmolletteHoax that focused on their pouncing.
How meta.#Pounce
— Man-Bear-Pig (@Man_Bear_Pig3) February 20, 2019
Republicans Pounce On Republicans Pounce Headlines https://t.co/CU3NVXCxml
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) February 19, 2019
@SethAMandel Pounce-ception
— Allan (@AllanRicharz) February 19, 2019
Perfect
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) February 19, 2019
Republicans seize on “Republicans Pounce”!
LMAO ?
— RashidaRN (@rashida_k) February 19, 2019
They are pouncing on the pouncing
— Richie (@Richie_Sloth) February 20, 2019
You’re pouncing on pouncing. This is incredible
— James Rumsfeld (@JamesRumsfeld) February 20, 2019
If you had learned to code, you would know this is called "recursion".
— JeffC (@JeffChrz) February 20, 2019
This is the least self-aware headline I’ve read in quite a while
— Erik Green (@GreenMachine2o3) February 20, 2019
Conservatives irl pic.twitter.com/WqyN2qlOP8
— Dred (@Dred_44) February 20, 2019
— Chrìstορhεr (@cdwillett66) February 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/Queso_Matador/status/1098013955723792386
BREAKING: @washingtonpost Seizes on Carlson Complaint https://t.co/PgRDs3Uo0p
— WhiteHousePressCorps (@whpresscorps) February 19, 2019
He’s completely right. The media will never start to regain credibility in this country until you start recognizing your unabashed bias. You are literally a joke among the majority of Americans.
— JJ (@blessinginchaos) February 19, 2019
Where's the lie, though? Whenever Repubs do something stupid the media says they did something stupid, but when Dems do something stupid the story is about Repubs reacting. The hypocrisy is clear.
— Levi G. Wesley @ Work (@Levi_BidouSSB) February 19, 2019
The WaPo analysis does not even consider that there's a diff btwn a "pounce" story as a follow-up versus coverage that *begins* with the pounce. https://t.co/aCvmHXuJW1
— Just Karl (@justkarl) February 20, 2019
Have fun getting sued to oblivion https://t.co/ixbKmRSNbP
— Not This Again (@RPJ1975) February 20, 2019
Related:
Washington Post reporter does the ‘Republicans pounce’ angle on the out-of-control Kavanaugh mob https://t.co/OKppqQ9r2L
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 9, 2018
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