Another day, another made up media kerfuffle with GOP presidential candidate Rand Paul.
Today’s example of hackery is that Sen. Rand Paul walked out/cut short/stormed off an interview with a Guardian reporter and his staff turned out the lights rather than answer one last question:
Rand Paul reportedly storms out of interview with newspaper http://t.co/J1KIoAbvBh
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) April 10, 2015
Rand Paul walks out on Guardian interview and lights go off – video http://t.co/h4lrHSlTR2
— Guardian US (@GuardianUS) April 10, 2015
Rand just apparently cut short an interview with the Guardian on periscope after qs about GOP and criminal justice
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) April 10, 2015
#winning >>> Rand Paul Reportedly Storms Out Of Interview With Newspaper @TPM http://t.co/j6XrMyhk8Z
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 10, 2015
Rand Paul literally just cut off the whole guardian interview when asked for specifics, the lights turned off and everything
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) April 10, 2015
Except it was CNN that turned off the lights:
. @ZekeJMiller he did get annoyed w the guy but actually we turned lights off when he finished bc our intv was right after in same room
— Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) April 10, 2015
We didn't turn the lights off and neither did my staff. CNN producers did. It was time for my interview with @DanaBashCNN – Team Rand
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) April 10, 2015
And Sen. Paul was more than gracious with the Guardian reporter. Here’s the video where Paul tells the reporter “one last question.” But after Paul’s answer, the reporter asks another one and that’s when CNN cut the lights:
@ZekeJMiller Hi Zeke. Mind tweeting out the video of Rand answering the reporter's "one more question. Thankshttps://t.co/ItjNHObbtg
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) April 10, 2015
Time for every single one of these outlets to correct their reporting. Now.
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Editor’s note: A typo was corrected in the headline.
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