Yesterday we told you about a triggering among White House reporters after White House staff tried to move CNN from the front of the room to the back in order to give the print pooler a view from the front. A Yahoo News reporter didn’t like that one bit:
I am not going to participate in a briefing if the White House moves reporters from their assigned seats.
— Hunter Walker (@hunterw) April 24, 2020
That tweet brought with it the following reply in gif form:
— B.J. Nash (@bjnno1) April 24, 2020
As it turned out, Rep. Thomas Massie gave that tweet a “like,” and it didn’t slip past the eagle-eyed and thorough journalist:
Congressman @RepThomasMassie liked this reply to my tweets about the threats to move reporters in the briefing room. It's a gif of a crying baby. Thanks for your bold, intelligent, and thoughtful contribution to the discourse congressman. pic.twitter.com/F5guNpRxwB
— Hunter Walker (@hunterw) April 24, 2020
Massie noted that the Press Corps Karens were on the job:
Someone called the manager. https://t.co/sZiRrPIUmX
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) April 25, 2020
LOL.
Well played. I am SO sick of these activists whining. They are not journalists. #JournalismIsDead
— Ice_Empress (@IceEmpress2) April 25, 2020
— Dana Carangi (@conservdmc) April 25, 2020
Imagine being a grown adult and getting this upset about a gif.
— Kelby (@KelbyCaplinger) April 25, 2020
And a brave media firefighter at that!
We're in the middle of a pandemic, but triggered "journalists" are complaining about people hitting the like button on tweets critical of their hot takes. #journalism pic.twitter.com/IcQ0vhPe7Q
— Sister Toldjah ? (@sistertoldjah) April 25, 2020
Some journalists sure do have their priorities!
Editor’s note: This post has been updated to include additional tweets.
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