In what CNN’s Brian Stelter called “top notch trolling,” Tucker Carlson joked on show last night that President Trump looking at the eclipse without protective eyewear was “perhaps the most impressive thing any president has ever done.”
https://twitter.com/AndrewKirell/status/899799638051520512
But not every member of the MSM got the joke:
So are journalists pretending not to understand Tucker's ridiculously obvious joke or are they really that stupid? I honestly don't know.
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) August 22, 2017
Top-notch trolling by @TuckerCarlson. I'm afraid some folks fell for it… https://t.co/jnQjArEdjI
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 22, 2017
Nope. To many in the media, Carlson was serious:
https://twitter.com/natemcdermott/status/899798155495182336
https://twitter.com/Toure/status/899808198428946432
No, looking directly at the sun is not impressive. It's stupid. https://t.co/S66kw5w9ve
— Crooks and Liars (@crooksandliars) August 22, 2017
Fox News Tucker Carlson: Trump watching eclipse w/out glasses "perhaps most impressive thing any president has done" https://t.co/74INnJOmc5
— Claire Phipps (@Claire_Phipps) August 22, 2017
And even outlets that admitted Carlson was joking in their articles, omitted that fact from the headlines:
‘Parody becomes reality’: Internet torches Tucker Carlson for praising Trump’s glasses-free eclipse viewing https://t.co/rKKiEJiede
— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 22, 2017
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Tucker Carlson says Trump looking into the sun was "perhaps the most impressive thing any president's ever done" https://t.co/CpB0lpCAl4 pic.twitter.com/VHA1eIbmCa
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) August 22, 2017
Tucker Carlson: Trump looking at eclipse without glasses "most impressive thing any president has done" https://t.co/czzAp7r5xi pic.twitter.com/sHY4OZtzy4
— The Hill (@thehill) August 22, 2017
Just another banner day brought to you by the anti-Trump MSM:
How is Tucker Carlson a real person? https://t.co/FomGo9CTKA
— Gabrielle Levy ? (@gabbilevy) August 22, 2017
Fox News is so here for Trump that staring at the sun is "perhaps the most impressive thing any president has done," and not, ya know, dumb. pic.twitter.com/QAuL4ygroT
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) August 22, 2017
https://twitter.com/exavierpope/status/899828524244230144
Take a bow, everyone.
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