But for real; Take a gander at this doozy:
Has anyone ever said this about Rolling Stone? “legendarily tough fact checking procedures”? pic.twitter.com/Y51oXZlqnB
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) December 11, 2014
Stop it! Our sides are aching so hard. Twitchy readers know about the atrocity known as Rolling Stone and its now disastrous and discredited UVA gang rape story by contributing editor Sabrina Rubin Erdely. But, hey! “Legendarily tough fact checking,” guys!
@MZHemingway um, the first claim I had seen was Matt Taibbi's, a claim made only this past week. Apparently now it's just a "Known Fact."
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 11, 2014
Yep. His claim sparked much mockery and deservedly so.
@MZHemingway That is like saying Mad Magazine has "legendary fact checkers." Then again, don't remember them ever screwing up this badly.
— William Keane (@largebill68) December 11, 2014
https://twitter.com/L_Allen_/status/543094196463484928
Snicker.
@MZHemingway @DanRiehl well, Rolling Stone DID get "Boston Bomber as victim" right… oh, wait..
— Grizzly Joe ???? (@OccupyBawlStree) December 11, 2014
Ah yes. Remember that repugnant move that inspired actor James Woods to call out the “sh*trag” mag?
And another flashback that should crush the “legendarily tough fact checking” claim once and for all:
Those legendary Rolling Stone fact checkers on guns, from July: http://t.co/VNBbe8Gheh
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) December 11, 2014
Whoops!
So, so good. RT @MZHemingway: Those legendary Rolling Stone fact checkers on guns, from July: http://t.co/bcmfhIkxOE
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 11, 2014
It never gets old.
And this Twitter user brings it all full circle with some beautiful snark.
@TwitchyTeam @MZHemingway tell them to stick to rape stories…oh i forgot…oops
— marciacrocker (@MarciaCrocker01) December 11, 2014
Heh.
Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld sums it up as only he can:
at this point Rolling Stone is wondering why it didn't just stick to pandering to awful musicians
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) December 11, 2014
Ding, ding, ding.
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