As Twitchy reported, this afternoon, the Associated Press crossed over into “outright deception” with this tweet:
BREAKING: Senate Republicans block bill to restore free contraception under health care law.
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 16, 2014
Informed tweeters immediately called B.S., but unfortunately, other people didn’t realize that they’d been misled:
https://twitter.com/LilMissRightie/status/489479668345868288
They swallowed the AP’s take hook, line, and sinker:
Of course. Take note women @GOP is anti us “@AP BREAKING Senate Republicans block bill to restore free contraception under health care law.”
— *Sigh* (@valeriesee) July 16, 2014
@AP Why would any woman EVER vote Republinut!
— No Morons for President! (@chuckheffernan) July 16, 2014
@AP we had free contraception be fewer republicans
— Michael Feldman (@myfeldman) July 16, 2014
Hypocritical @GOP! RT @AP: BREAKING: Senate Republicans block bill to restore free contraception under health care law.
— Deanna Schindler-Ord (@TheDSO) July 16, 2014
https://twitter.com/spksingh/status/489482248799150080
https://twitter.com/EmmaSchmood/status/489478989313241088
@ButchCrassidy @AP Fuck all white old men aka the GOP.
— Kirstyn (@kirstynrenee) July 16, 2014
@kirstynrenee Americans criticize other nations for the way they treat women and yet, men here *constantly* want to police vaginas.
— Blank. (@ButchCrassidy) July 16, 2014
@kirstynrenee Get raped and want to take precautionary measures? Comes out of your pocket. Wanna have an erection for 4 hours? On us!
— Blank. (@ButchCrassidy) July 16, 2014
@ButchCrassidy Hypocrisy reigns supreme here. Next up will be taking away women's right to vote.
— Kirstyn (@kirstynrenee) July 16, 2014
@ButchCrassidy This country blows. I would move to Europe in a heartbeat.
— Kirstyn (@kirstynrenee) July 16, 2014
https://twitter.com/KingArty/status/489478927157821440
@AP What a bunch of cunts.
— Julie (@JulesssDarling) July 16, 2014
It’s easy to dismiss these people as ignorant lefties, but we need to learn from this. Like it or not, a lot of people will believe whatever the media tell them:
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/489481785169158144
And that can spell disaster.
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/489481882401521665
https://twitter.com/bccover/status/489485839412760577