Is America finally ready for “interracial love”? asks NBC News in a now deleted tweet on the new season of “The Bachelorette”:
Hmmm… seems like @NBCNews deleted the tweet. Oh NBC, the internet never forgets pic.twitter.com/BlZC0654oe
— BellaMG (@SkinsFanPG_Wife) May 24, 2017
WTH NBC News?
And here’s actor and Twitchy favorite Nick Searcy with a reality check for the person running NBC News’ social media accounts:
This has happened before, children at @NBCNews. History didn't begin when you went to the 10th grade. https://t.co/9crZ78KLck
— Yes, Nick $earcy! (@yesnicksearcy) May 24, 2017
Others jumped on NBC News before they deleted it:
It's 2017 @NBCNews not 1917. Delete this nonsense. https://t.co/l1eOoiV8zv
— TheSnitt (@bapwinter) May 24, 2017
@offbeatorbit And then there's this https://t.co/w4LwDOgcfT
— ElizabethNolanBrown (@ENBrown) May 24, 2017
Good God another one https://t.co/VNAPi4BIb7
— Daniel Summers (@WFKARS) May 24, 2017
It appears Newsweek had an equally absurd take…
JFC pic.twitter.com/x4yZdxobse
— BellaMG (@SkinsFanPG_Wife) May 24, 2017
…but the magazine of record of the dental industry later removed the story and apologized:
Newsweek has removed a story posted on May 23 about the Bachelorette. We apologize for any offense it caused.
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) May 24, 2017
The New York Times wrote on the “fraught racial dynamics” of the season:
Can we steal you for a sec to talk about all the cultural signals in “The Bachelorette” premiere? https://t.co/UooL2pZPxq
— NYT National News (@NYTNational) May 24, 2017
Do these “fraught racial dynamics” include takes like this?
wow why didn’t anyone tell me there was a silicon valley caricature on the bachelorette? pic.twitter.com/amL4v8rdOr
— alyssa bereznak (@alyssabereznak) May 24, 2017
We assume the woman above is comparing the contestant to Kumail Nanjiani from HBO’s “Silicon Valley”:
Hey new Silicon Valley tonight! Tune in & see why I would say such a thing. #SiliconValleyHBO @SiliconHBO @HBO pic.twitter.com/mXiwu4XP5v
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) May 8, 2017
But, hey … this season has controversy for everyone! This white guy, who is woke enough to marry a black girl, is being accused of transphobia after saying his biggest date fear is finding out the “chick is actually a dude.”
The Bachelorette contestant Bryce Powers is already in the internet doghouse after making a transphobic comment: https://t.co/nzzT3KcZlG pic.twitter.com/24N7mYVu7x
— E! News (@enews) May 21, 2017
Tune in next week to see which member of the grievance industry will be most outraged!
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