The Women’s Media Center (WMC), a non-profit “progressive women’s media organization,” was founded in 2005 by Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem. Two hours ago it published the above tweet linking to Jezebel’s attack on Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. Just one problem: Jezebel had already retracted its ill-informed article.
https://twitter.com/woodruffbets/status/572094269504290816
.@womensmediacntr You may want to remove this tweet: https://t.co/l5aPlfszBY @Jezebel
— Max Q ⚡ (@Randy_Shannon) March 1, 2015
https://twitter.com/NorthDallas30/status/572095219904073728
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/572095353228427265
@womensmediacntr This was debunked literally 20 minutes after being published and you know this. You're pushing a lie for political gain.
— Shane Styles (@shaner5000) March 1, 2015
@womensmediacntr @jezebel Did you even read the piece you linked?
— Lt. Colonel Lucky Peter (@spongeworthy2) March 1, 2015
@womensmediacntr @Jezebel This has been debunked and retracted by the original publishers. Issue your own please.
— Ron Barker (@WrongNowShutUp) March 1, 2015
Who ever is running the twitter feed at the @womensmediacntr ..You're doing it wrong. The Scott Walker story is @Jezebel's dull torch.
— Max Q ⚡ (@Randy_Shannon) March 1, 2015
https://twitter.com/ChelieinTX/status/572096980979089409
Why are you tweeting a fake story? @womensmediacntr
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) March 1, 2015
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WMC’s Board of Directors includes Dee Dee Myers, Geneva Overholser and other luminaries. A full list of Board members can be found here.
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