https://twitter.com/TheBucketShop/status/852620684899475456
Something wrong was spotted in this USA Today hot take about the MOAB dropped on ISIS in Afghanistan this week. As you can see, it was deleted after a while, but not before being saved for posterity:
https://twitter.com/USATODAY/status/852609857857499136
Sorry @USATODAY , you can delete but we aren't done dragging you! pic.twitter.com/PYPZwwG3DB
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) April 13, 2017
The “fake news” was strong with that one!
Anyone who doesn't know better who saw that might think we just basically set off a nuke.
— Satan (@IAmReallySatan) April 13, 2017
Maybe that was the conclusion somebody was in too much of a hurry to draw:
You stupid, stupid bastards. The bomb dropped on Hiroshima was 15 KILOtons. You are off by a factor of 1,000. https://t.co/gg165JFNTl
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) April 13, 2017
This tweet is only off by a factor of 1,000 https://t.co/2Pt49Ta5oS
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) April 13, 2017
Hiroshima bomb was 15 THOUSAND tons, not 15. https://t.co/hCFn5qTFHe
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 13, 2017
— Chuck Graef (@chuckgraef) April 13, 2017
did they affirmatively retract or just delete?
— Jeff Stillman (@StillmanJeff) April 13, 2017
Just delete
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) April 13, 2017
USA Today isn’t the only one to go full delete after beclowing themselves attempting to explain the MOAB.
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