SERIOUSLY!? WaPo columnist's lecture to FBI Director Comey about 'news business' falls on its face

Today in the Department of Unhelpful Comparisons: https://t.co/ZlAXWjm9HM

— Lt. Kernel Robert Kroese (ret.) (@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

https://twitter.com/Coondawg68/status/792375930358534144

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

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.

Nope. Hillary Clinton owns every single bit of this. No one else but her. @nytimes

— Silence is Consent!⭐⭐⭐ (@NoSilentConsent) October 29, 2016

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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

https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/792374257091092481

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.