So, this happened.
https://twitter.com/SteveBuckland4/status/760512984091205637
Boy, are they. The media is actually already giddily reporting that Donald Trump kicked a baby out of his rally today.
This sounds like journalists' typical Twitter snark RT @HallieJackson: A second-by-second roller coaster of emotions pic.twitter.com/zRHCIBrYh5
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) August 2, 2016
Only now their snark counts as actual reporting?
This Trump baby thing is being taken SUPER SERIALLY by journalists. So I guess it wasn't said as a joke? Sounds like Trumpian humor, no?
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) August 2, 2016
Yes, it does sound like off-the-cuff joking. But to journos? Nope. Super serious is right. Take a look at just the first two (Politico and NBC):
It's Politico-official: Trump kicked a baby out of his rally in Virginia today: https://t.co/3vSaWWw9cR
— Jason Noble (@jasonnobleIA) August 2, 2016
Trump: There can be only ONE crying baby at my rally and THAT'S ME! Get 'em out of here! https://t.co/EsvNoHMzbQ
— Tina Dupuy (@TinaDupuy) August 2, 2016
Another:
So Trump asks a mother to take her crying baby out of his rally. I am not kidding. https://t.co/cgtIUPkLcK @Rosie @Alyssa_Milano
— SamTheMailman (@SamTheMailman) August 2, 2016
And this:
Donald Trump Lashes Out at a Crying Baby https://t.co/s4nYEaRJnA
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) August 2, 2016
LASHED OUT. Crikey.
Others on Twitter took the bait:
There's only room for one big crying baby at a Trump rally.
— Danielle Blake?️ (@abradacabla) August 2, 2016
Trump ejecting a crying baby from a political rally … can anyone really say they are surprised by that?
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) August 2, 2016
Trump has 5 kids but has probably never had to console a crying baby. Because, y'know, that's a woman's job. https://t.co/xKohMpePu8
— one-bed trope (@typicalfeminist) August 2, 2016
Trump must have misheard when his staff told him to “kiss” a baby, kicked one out instead https://t.co/IJP2XY9FTv
— Gwen Rocco (@gwenrocco) August 2, 2016
Good grief. Support him or not, the media is WAY out of hand.
Trump makes a joke about a crying baby. The media treats it like it’s some great insight into his psyche. And we wonder why he’s doing well.
— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) August 2, 2016
Soon this headline will be "Trump Eats Baby At Virginia Rally." And it won't really shock us, will it? https://t.co/UG72wqYUnv
— Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) August 2, 2016
Seriously.
But wait … what’s this?
https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/760507764003266560
Huh.
Really funny, actually https://t.co/8ZLvegmMSz
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) August 2, 2016
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/760510183953096704
Yep. Well, at least it proves this evergreen tweet:
#EvergreenTweet https://t.co/Pz0dAg3UGg
— Lori Ziganto (@snarkandboobs) August 2, 2016
Paradoxically, the humorless are the funniest people of all.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) August 2, 2016
That’s the media!