Oh, the giggle fits! Our sides can’t take much more!
Quite possibly the funniest tweet I've ever read in my life. https://t.co/A4G8TIXx Completely unhinged from reality. He's SERIOUS, folks.
— RBe (@RBPundit) September 21, 2012
.@RBPundit not only is @owillis divorced from reality, but the judge awarded reality all his stuff, and no visitation rights.
— ¡El Sooopèrr! ن c137 (@SooperMexican) September 21, 2012
Media Matters’ Oliver Willis popped on a bright red clown nose this morning and tweeted that “actual reporting” is really more of a liberal thing than a conservative one. His examples? These shining beacons of “real reporting”: Mother Jones, Talking Points Memo, The American Prospect and — snort! — Media Matters.
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/249173875982749697
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/249164561532473344
Oh, and just so you know, BuzzFeed doesn’t count as a liberal site.
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/249168715420164097
Actress Ellen Barkin once asked, “This Twitchy, is it real?” We’re tempted to ask the same about Willis.
https://twitter.com/seanagnew/statuses/249163785108086785
Evidently it’s not a parody account!
https://twitter.com/jaycaruso/status/249162532974108672
LMAO RT @owillis conservative media largely about punditizing, limbaugh style, while liberal media leans much more towards actual reporting
— Marc T Grove (@MarcTGroveSr) September 21, 2012
— Kemberlee Kaye (@KemberleeKaye) September 21, 2012
https://twitter.com/FJ473/status/249163655931891712
@owillis B…B…B…BWAAAAAAHAHAHAHAAA!!!#Sigh
— House of Gurn (@jeffgurner) September 21, 2012
@owillis Now Oliver, did you tweet this to get a laugh or are you serious? Please tell me you did that for a laugh. No really!
— One of Many Patriots (@genjunky) September 21, 2012
https://twitter.com/jaycaruso/status/249165056560996352
Some conservatives interrupted our giggle-wheezing to agree with Willis.
@lachlan Yes, and conservative critics shouldn't discount this observation.
— Sean Hackbarth (@seanhackbarth) September 21, 2012
@RBPundit Actually he's right that their side invests a lot more cash in reporting than we do-look at TPM, BuzzFeed. It's a problem.
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) September 21, 2012
Fair enough; an influx of cash for conservative media would be great.
But you left out the sneer quotes around “reporting.” Lapdog regurgitation of White House talking points doesn’t actually count. And neither does stacking the news cycle with laughably false “facts” that have to be debunked by bloggers. The Left kicks the Right’s behind at funding investigative reporting, but liberal sites often fail to do the “actual reporting.”
@owillis Liberal media admited it's changing the narrative by story selection. It disguises punditizing as 'reporting' which is far worse.
— Mojeaux (@_MGrey_) September 21, 2012
@lachlan Define "news" cycle. You mean when the mainstream media picks it up? Because then you're making my point.
— RBe (@RBPundit) September 21, 2012
Now back to the giggling!
Join the conversation as a VIP Member