Another day, another Oliver Willis tantrum. This time it’s about Ron Fournier tweeting a Detroit News editorial that calls for a special prosecutor for the Hillary email scandal.
newspaper editorial that endorsed romney and mccain buying right wing spin? shocking, if true. https://t.co/9TLppmpFXg
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 23, 2015
citing the detroit newspaper with 1/2 the circulation of the detroit free press in order to scrounge up an anti-clinton editorial. sad.
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 23, 2015
Or maybe Fournier just tweeted the article because he thought it was interesting and newsworthy.
soon ron fournier will be citing supermarket circulars and handbills that also call for clinton to be prosecuted. because narrative.
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 23, 2015
Oh, but you don’t have a narrative you’re trying to promote. Got it.
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/635508992236720128
the editorial board ron fournier cites to further an anti-clinton narrative. pic.twitter.com/8hmJbUUTS8
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 23, 2015
Translation: Because it endorsed an evil Republican, don’t put any credence into any other story EVER published by the paper.
it reminds me of a trick instapundit used to pull. he'd say xyz newspaper is reporting… then link to a rw op-ed in that paper
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 23, 2015
So now it’s Instapundit’s fault?
like linking to something say "the new york times is reporting…" then link to a ross douthat op-ed. super dishonest. SOP for the right.
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 23, 2015
it relies on the idea most people won't click the link or check the ideology of the source. people hear detroit, assume liberal paper.
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 23, 2015
because "paper that endorsed romney/mccain indulges right-wing conspiracy theory" is a little too accurate.
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 23, 2015
And here’s the irony:
https://twitter.com/Daggy1/status/635512173280686080
Update:
Fournier fires back.
.@owillis The FBI. Petraeus' prosecutor. A federal judge. @nytimes. You don't have enough bullets to shoot every messenger. Must be scary
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) August 23, 2015
Ouch.
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