As Twitchy previously reported, U.S. Senate candidate and Newark Mayor Cory Booker has been caught lying about an imaginary “thug” friend named “T-Bone.”
@RBPundit tweeted NBC News’ Chuck Todd, who is that network’s political director, to find out if he was going to mention the story.
A tweet was returned from one of the reporters some Americans rely on for the latest news:
@RBPundit @ChuckTodd send me a link… I have seen tweets about this, just not the actual story
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) August 29, 2013
Apparently seeing tweets about a U.S. Senate candidate’s alleged imaginary friend didn’t generate enough interest in NBC’s political director to warrant a quick Google search on the topic.
We’ll have to wait and see if Todd considers it newsworthy now that he knows about it, but we’re not holding our breath. Credit to Todd though for at least acknowledging the tip.
@baseballcrank @chucktodd @RBPundit So, Chuck, what say ye? Worthy of at least a casual tweet, right. Maybe even a 200 word blurb.
— Brandon (@Brand_Allen) August 29, 2013
After some ribbing about being NBC’s political director and having to be tipped off on a story about a U.S. Senate candidate by some “just a blogger” types, Todd replied that he’s got too much going on to be able to keep up with all the imaginary friends of everybody in politics:
@RBPundit I "appreciate" all the tweets that assumes something that isn't true. But I'm sure you are familiar with my schedule and workload
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) August 29, 2013
One explanation for why the mainstream press may shrug off this story:
. @RBPundit @JammieWF @chucktodd Cory Booker's imaginary friend is a local style section story at best.
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) August 29, 2013
A Notre Dame football player made up a girlfriend and it quickly exploded into national news. A U.S. Senate candidate made up a “troubled thug friend” in stump speeches and the story still hasn’t gained national traction.
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