Yesterday, PBS’s Gwen Ifill caused quite a commotion with a “take that, Bibi” comment about a tweet from @TheIranDeal.
Hilary Rosen came to Ifill’s defense after the ensuing backlash:
This "Jew" knows @GwenIfill is the furthest thing possible from an anti-semite.She's a stellar journalist. Twitter can be moronic sometimes.
— Hilary Rosen (@hilaryr) September 3, 2015
“Twitter” is moronic?
https://twitter.com/JohnBurtner/status/639456714761371648
Sure looks like it!
It doesn't have to be anti-Semitic to be really dumb on her part. Red herring. https://t.co/Sy67PRBoAj
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) September 3, 2015
Also, what's with the quotation marks around Jew? https://t.co/Sy67PRBoAj
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) September 3, 2015
https://twitter.com/davidjacksmith/status/639461426499846144
What could these scare quotes possibly mean? https://t.co/JVBJJthgFT
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) September 3, 2015
https://twitter.com/frankstrategies/status/639451404936069120
Straw man. She's not antisemitic. Just biased and stupid. https://t.co/3yvr2JYx2l
— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) September 3, 2015
https://twitter.com/Jarjarbug/status/639456298585591809
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https://twitter.com/JammieWF/status/639443516234559488
Speaking of that, Rosen can take it up with somebody closer to Ifill:
BOOM ===> PBS Ombudsman shoots @gwenifill in the head over her insane Bibi tweet: http://t.co/yDGGC2jqHK
— John Schindler (@20committee) September 3, 2015
The PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler called Ifill’s tweet “inexcusable for an experienced journalist.”
@20committee whoa- have come to expect milquetoast responses from ombudsman in general, so that was pretty brutal
— Nino (@baldingschemer) September 3, 2015
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