Today in the Department of Unhelpful Comparisons: https://t.co/ZlAXWjm9HM
— Robert Boooooo-zee (@robkroese) October 29, 2016
Less than two weeks before the presidential election, the FBI announced the re-opening of the investigation surrounding Hillary Clinton, which includes focus on Anthony Weiner, the husband of top Clinton aide Huma Abedin.
The Washington Post’s David Ignatius tried to lecture Comey about the timing:
Note to Comey: In news business, you wouldn't publish story so thin 10 days before election, w/o providing details. https://t.co/dvdQIVWElm
— David Ignatius (@IgnatiusPost) October 28, 2016
Is that so?
.@IgnatiusPost Dan Rather's magic time traveling Microsoft Word program says hellohttps://t.co/QyJeUJHFGn
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) October 29, 2016
You'd at least have the professional decency to forge some documents. https://t.co/3ZcTEZoEYF
— THE Chris Coon (@Coondawg68) October 29, 2016
Ha! Yes, the “no hits close to an election” lecture is hilarious. And besides:
Note to @IgnatiusPost: Comey isn't in the news business, and the biased press is in no position to deliver sanctimonious lectures on ethics. https://t.co/pCH4XwalLJ
— (((David B. Cohen))) (@DavidBCohen1) October 29, 2016
@IgnatiusPost Note to Ignatius: He's not in the news business. And he didn't publish the story. You did.
— Joel Engel (@joelengel) October 29, 2016
Well, there’s that.
@IgnatiusPost Nope. Hillary Clinton owns every single bit of this. No one else but her. @nytimes
— Silence is Consent! (@NoSilentConsent) October 29, 2016
This is fun. The Washington Post chiding the FBI about political ethics #JulietEilperin https://t.co/p3lRmHDOij
— Dean Skoreyko (@bcbluecon) October 29, 2016
Local journalist annoyed that FBI doesn't hold himself to journalistic standards https://t.co/itGOdzvsdY
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) October 29, 2016
What a weird and not very useful comparison. https://t.co/WINbyveGcd
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) October 29, 2016
Note to @IgnatiusPost: in journalism, you wouldn't be condemning government transparency. If u were a journalist. https://t.co/ZUSKaUcC6q
— Simon Templar (@SimonTemplarPV) October 29, 2016
A couple years ago, Ignatius called Obama “perhaps the least political president in modern U.S. history,” so nothing should be too surprising.
