Spin much? : < https://t.co/Wod45WPnBD
— Chris Burke (@CBurkeBtB) January 13, 2016
Iran has released ten U.S. sailors who were taken into custody, but not after using video and photos of their surrender and questioning for propaganda purposes.
The New York Times managed to work up a positive angle:
I figured the New York Times' Iran coverage would be bad, but wow. pic.twitter.com/orhspQLfGR
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) January 13, 2016
@Heminator That's some potent Kool-aid.
— WhyteNoize (@InfernalDante86) January 13, 2016
@Heminator Merciful Release of Trespassers a Victory for Obama Diplomacy
— Razor (@hale_razor) January 13, 2016
@Heminator Unbelievable.
— David Marcus (@BlueBoxDave) January 13, 2016
A new low for the New York Slimes. https://t.co/TmRzxDciub
— Brent Mazur (@Brent_Mazur) January 13, 2016
Now if we seize some of their ships and sailors it would REALLY warm up relations. https://t.co/oVAih0JlVu
— matt miller (@Hillbilly_Matt) January 13, 2016
It's finally official, Orwell was a starry-eyed optimist. https://t.co/2FFPYDpeDL
— Cruadin (@cruadin) January 13, 2016
Try again, NYT:
@Heminator pic.twitter.com/lX9Pl0Gspt
— aThirdOfDuane (@aThirdOfDuane) January 13, 2016
Editor’s note: This post has been updated to include an additional tweet.