Amanda Carpenter was not alone. “This Week” featured noted diplomat Dennis Rodman, who is back on American soil after an oppression tour in North Korea.
Back in the USA today! Mon in NYC I will tell what is true and not true of what you have heard and read. Love you all.
— Dennis Rodman (@dennisrodman) March 1, 2013
Huh. Truth is hard, though. You see, Rodman appeared on “This Week” to continue his reprehensible bromance with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
BREAKING: Dennis Rodman, after watching hoops with N. Korea's Kim Jong Un, joins @GStephanopoulos today on @ThisWeekABC
— Mike Allen (@mikeallen) March 3, 2013
https://twitter.com/grantswhelan/status/308233095520337923
Twitter users were baffled. The Fourth Estate continues to be in its death throes.
https://twitter.com/SconnieRob/status/308224966753665025
Dennis Rodman is going to be on "This Week" today. World explode.
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) March 3, 2013
Clearly, Dennis Rodman is brokering world peace. Makes perfect sense. RT @NathanCHubbard: Seriously what is going on http://t.co/wwc7GhLPzS
— Peter Stringer (@peterstringer) March 3, 2013
George Stephanopoulos demeans excellent & historic political program by having Dennis Rodman on this morning. Washington is so, so broken.
— Brian Gass (@RBrianGass) March 3, 2013
Dennis Rodman on This Week discussing North Korea and diplomacy? What is happening?
— J.K. Simms (@jksimms) March 3, 2013
@JoshElliottABC @GStephanopoulos @ThisWeekABC So glad we have Dennis Rodman wking on relations w threatening nations. I can sleep now! WTF?
— Kendal (@1kcrawford) March 3, 2013
Just watched Dennis Rodman on This Week interviewed by Stephanopolis. Jaw dropping.
— Bob Garrett (@BobGarrettRadio) March 3, 2013
When I think diplomacy, I don't automatically think Dennis Rodman.
— Ryan Duffy (@ryanpduffy) March 3, 2013
Wolf Blitzer does! He called it a “diplomatic triumph.” No, seriously, you guys.
Remember when the CIA collected intel on dangerous foreign leaders? Now we rely on Dennis Rodman. #ThisWeek #TCOT
— Ed Bell (@ed14ers) March 3, 2013
https://twitter.com/aseitzwald/status/308234864707137537
Indeed. And just look at our dunce-like Secretary of State and bumbling buffoon of a Secretary of Defense. But, what did Rodman say on “This Week”? Insanity and inanity.
https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/308235675977805824
https://twitter.com/aseitzwald/status/308236093642383360
"He'a a good guy to me. He's my friend. I don't condone what he does. … What I did was history" — Rodman
— Felicia Sonmez (@feliciasonmez) March 3, 2013
Dennis Rodman's N. Korea interview with George Stephanopoulos was what I expected: A bumbling, nonsensical mess from a fame-addicted jock.
— Matt Taliaferro (@MattTaliaferro) March 3, 2013
https://twitter.com/j_rimel/status/308222838886785024
RT @mikiebarb: Rodman on his trip "what I did was history".<- Walter Cronkite just rolled over in his grave, America.
— Steve Haddad (@SNHaddad) March 3, 2013
After being challenged about his North Korea trip on @ThisWeekABC, @dennisrodman's final words were "Don't hate me:" http://t.co/ZVxU9mcRwy
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 3, 2013
Don’t hate him just because he loves him some oppressive tyrant who tortures and kills political prisoners.
https://twitter.com/npmommy2aqt/status/308223580997550080
Yes, he did.
"Pressed by Stephanopoulos on the 200,000 people in North Korean camps, Rodman said: “We do the same things here.”" http://t.co/qo6InhS0Tw
— kyle wagner (@kylenw) March 3, 2013
Same things like starvation, torture and execution of political prisoners. But, hey, Kim Jong Un just wants President Obama to call him, maybe.
Dennis Rodman on Kim Jong Un: "He want Obama to do one thing, call him…
He said if you can, dennis, I don't want to do war." #ThisWeek— Elliott Schwartz (@elliosch) March 3, 2013
"He wants Obama to do one thing: Call him." — Dennis Rodman on Kim Jong Un. http://t.co/fkf8EAlW0D
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) March 3, 2013
"@ThisWeekABC: .@DennisRodman says #KimJongUn wants @BarackObama to "call him." #ThisWeek" When did Dennis Rodman become a diplomat???
— Steve Osunsami (@SteveOsunsami) March 3, 2013
Unreal. This Twitter user tries to look on the bright side with a movie pitch for the useful idiot.
Wishing Rodman was on some kind of secret CIA mission and not just a dupe. I'm calling the movie pitch Zero Points 30 Rebounds.
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) March 3, 2013
Update: Call him, he’s just a kid! Unreal:
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