Sounds like somebody's read her Vox today> @AmbassadorPower @TheWarRoom_Tom
— Fred Garvin (@FredGarvin007) July 18, 2014
That U.S. has confirmed that a missile brought down a Malaysia Airlines 777 plane in Ukraine yesterday, killing all on board. Vox.com “Voxsplained” the horrible loss of innocent lives this way:
MH17 claimed a bigger share of the Dutch population than 9/11 did in the US http://t.co/xQ9liDbHLp
— Vox (@voxdotcom) July 18, 2014
Many couldn’t believe Vox made the comparison:
Are you f’in kidding me, @voxdotcom? pic.twitter.com/tAuyx9AOpn
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) July 18, 2014
https://twitter.com/mmscout/status/490135438892355586
I suspect Vox is trying to go out of business. “@JohnEkdahl: Are you f’in kidding me, @voxdotcom? pic.twitter.com/Kte88u5cId”
— Chris (@4cchild) July 18, 2014
Today in "Stupid Comparisons": “@voxdotcom: MH17 claimed a bigger share of Dutch population than 9/11 did in the US http://t.co/p33o4XsCZM”
— Meagan Jones (@MegEJones) July 18, 2014
Congrats on your math. Condolences on your lack of heart MT @voxdotcom MH17 claimed a bigger share of Dutch population than 9/11 did in US
— ?It's Groundhog Day (@lamblock) July 18, 2014
https://twitter.com/Dan_H/status/490131546645348352
Clueless Morons –> @voxdotcom MH17 claimed a bigger share of the Dutch population than 9/11 did in the US https://t.co/o4hIWzMHr4
— The Gunny (@Gunny_Says) July 18, 2014
https://twitter.com/johnnykrisma/status/490137011563425792
@voxdotcom do you guys think before you tweet?
— Matt Meaux (@M_Meaux14) July 18, 2014
However, a short time later, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power tweeted something very similar:
Scale of #MH17 disaster is horrific for people of Netherlands: Number of victims relative to total population is same as 9/11 for U.S.
— Samantha Power (@AmbPower44) July 18, 2014
Is Power a Vox reader or is that a total coincidence?
.@AmbassadorPower Oh good, our UN Ambassador is regurgitating Vox headlines and CNN is RT'ing them. https://t.co/VAVmFtj5gj
— Let's all calm down (@NikVanHelsing) July 18, 2014
@AmbassadorPower @DLoesch wow!!.. using Vox for your talking points!!. Really???.. #amateur
— Tim Jankowski (@TimJankowski4) July 18, 2014
@AmbassadorPower would prefer if US Ambassadors would get their own talking points instead of echoing the drivel from @voxdotcom
— Sigh-tama (@jewfulnoise) July 18, 2014
A government official citing Vox? What could possibly go wrong?
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