God, I hope @TwitchyTeam is getting this. #HasDylanLanded
— Carl Gustav (@CaptYonah) October 16, 2015
Dylan Byers, a former Politico reporter now with CNN, broke some news to America:
#Break: The @FreeBeacon editor who led charge against Stephanopoulos contribs to Clinton Foundation is a Trump donor http://t.co/Hm37DMetNV
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) October 16, 2015
Andrew Stiles, digital managing editor of Washington Free Beacon, has given more than $500 to Trump campaign > http://t.co/Hm37DMetNV
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) October 16, 2015
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) October 16, 2015
@JohnEkdahl dylan byers- fearlessly speaking truth to power
— Nino (@baldingschemer) October 16, 2015
Byers wrote:
Andrew Stiles, the digital managing editor of Washington Free Beacon, has given $544.25 to Trump’s presidential campaign, nearly all of it in the third quarter of this year. The contribution appears to be for an order of Trump’s “Make America Great Again” hats. Stiles’ occupation is listed as “#1 TRUMP FAN” on the FEC filing.
The Free Beacon makes no secret of its conservative bias, and $500 is a small sum when compared to the $75,000 Stephanopoulos gave to the Clinton Foundation. But political donations of any amount are nevertheless a rarity in an industry that prides itself on freedom from conflict of interest.
The “donation” was for hats?
Yep, hats:
@CalebHowe They bought Trump hats as a gag, and Byers thought he had the scoop fans lifetime. https://t.co/uH3BoRgHwR
— Carl Gustav (@CaptYonah) October 16, 2015
@DylanByers Has anyone yet told you the hats were purchased for the staff to mock Trump? And they've been put to good use?
— Dawn (@aurora_g96) October 16, 2015
It was for an order of hats for his staff. Also, in what universe is this a scandal? https://t.co/N9zAeoOeLp
— Angela Morabito (@AngelaLMorabito) October 16, 2015
@DylanByers Tangentially, hats count as contributions now…
— Katherine Miller (@katherinemiller) October 16, 2015
@DylanByers (And the Beacon got a bunch of hats for a gag https://t.co/pfDsWP050U)
— Katherine Miller (@katherinemiller) October 16, 2015
https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/654858278338449408
Do you see a trend in our editorial meeting? #MakeAmericaGreatAgain pic.twitter.com/ReSOgjpYxU
— Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) August 24, 2015
Heh. So it wasn’t really a much of a “scoop.”
????? Gonna suck going in to the office tomorrow. https://t.co/uH3BoRgHwR
— Carl Gustav (@CaptYonah) October 16, 2015
When you read about the #DylanByers Free Beacon "scoop." pic.twitter.com/hSde3LgjEG
— Carl Gustav (@CaptYonah) October 16, 2015
#Break: Exclusive footage of the Free Beacon staff reading @DylanByers's scoop. pic.twitter.com/nLNpDKQhmC
— RBe (@RBPundit) October 16, 2015
Dylan Byers breaks another huge story pic.twitter.com/9l4SsflMVm
— kilgore trout was in the loop (@KT_So_It_Goes) October 16, 2015
@DylanByers At the risk of sounding like an obnoxious one-percenter, isn't $500 a pretty small amount of money?
— Robert Harkin (@DoomsdayPicnic) October 16, 2015
Hey, maybe you should take this story down now before anyone notices it. @DylanByers
— jon gabriel (@exjon) October 16, 2015
He has an out — he can blame CNN as the source.@exjon @DylanByers
— Brad Slager: It's Lt-Col-VP-Rev-Kaiser, SIR ? ? (@MartiniShark) October 16, 2015
.@AndrewStilesUSA is so good at trolling that he makes other journalists troll their audiences on accident. https://t.co/r8Rtt806Ab
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) October 16, 2015
i'm sorry but i'm still laughing at the free beacon Dylan Byers thing.
— Vulpes vulpes (@Oenonewept) October 16, 2015
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