As we told you last night, conservatives on Twitter lit up Brian Stelter after he shared this anonymously sourced article by Oliver Darcy stating that the Washington Examiner’s new magazine, helmed by Seth Mandel, will be “pro-Trump” and will replace the “independent” Weekly Standard:
The view of a source familiar with the Weekly Standard situation: "They're expanding the pro-Trump mag [Wash Examiner] that does what the owners want, while threatening closing of an independent magazine that has its own history and identity." https://t.co/eBd8zpFJjS
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 5, 2018
Bethany Mandel, Seth’s wife, weighed in this morning and called out CNN for just “uncritically repeating obviously untrue garbage” in that report:
Journalism in 2018 consists of uncritically repeating obviously untrue garbage from anon sources and shrugging when called on it. https://t.co/w6YIoVIOGj
— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) December 5, 2018
Because anyone who has read Seth KNOWS that he’s the furthest thing ever from being “pro-Trump”:
It’s awful people are losing jobs. Especially close to Christmas. But to the source leaking the idea SETH MANDEL was hired to channel Trump
— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) December 5, 2018
It’s laughable and very beneath you, whoever you are.
— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) December 5, 2018
Seth then explained what the new mag will and will not be and from this description, the CNN report looks even more wrong, if that’s even possible:
No idea why someone would try to throw me of all ppl under the bus but glad to see the Internet is laughing it out of the room. Seems obvious I was brought on to do the exact opposite of what CNN is reporting, but guess someone watches too much House of Cards. What can you do.
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) December 5, 2018
Anyhoo, as our press release indicated, we’ll have more details on the expansion soon: lots more arts and letters, culture columns—we’ve got stuff in the pipeline from art to architecture to music and sports. Expect the Examiner to be the opposite of clickservatism.
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) December 5, 2018
My philosophy in creating this magazine—the new version of the Examiner—is that conservatives must be three-dimensional. Not everything we say or write should be geared toward cold partisan ends. We should debate ideas for ideas’ sake.
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) December 5, 2018
Politically speaking, we must establish conservatism as something that looks to the future, not an ideological pinball that bounces from cycle to cycle without self-control or presence of mind. Life is bigger—and so must be any serious philosophy of life.
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) December 5, 2018
And beyond politics, we’re going to broaden the discussion because not everything conservatives talk about should be political. There’s a real lack of seeing conservatives as fully human people, and that’s partly our own fault. So we’re going to correct that.
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) December 5, 2018
And a whatever your ideology, you will find me ready to listen and learn.
But: I don’t do cafeteria drama, and I don’t play childish games. Livelihoods and careers are depending on me.
So take that target that off my back. I don’t care how lucky you feel today. Walk away.
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) December 5, 2018
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Related:
‘You have to be clueless’: Brian Stelter’s reliable sources don’t know much about the Washington Examiner https://t.co/ZqI23p9FR3
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 5, 2018
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