Video from many years ago showing now Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dancing in a college video had Newsweek trying to assist with the “conservatives pounce” spin:
Conservatives mock Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for college dancing video, everyone else thinks it's adorable https://t.co/4RY4cQcrCt pic.twitter.com/AEpCMtSfKd
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) January 3, 2019
The problem was that there was no conservative pouncing, and Newsweek’s article about the alleged conservative mockery of the video contains absolutely no examples to support the headline:
Examples of conservatives mocking AOC in story: 0.
Journalism is crap. I'm sorry journalists who I like get offended when I say this, but it is.
I'll return the favor by not getting offended when you say bad things about my industry or party. https://t.co/CJTd65lPJR
— Nathan, son of Robert (@NathanWurtzel) January 5, 2019
They tried… a little too hard.
Name one conservative….. one.
You can't#fakenews #Trump2020 https://t.co/MipbIbZnix
— John (@John7Istheman) January 5, 2019
Let's give Newsweek the benefit of the doubt here…
Let's assume the account (now deleted) that distributed the video wasn't a burner account.
That's one alt-right nut job.. Newsweek offers no evidence of a second "conservative" in the article. https://t.co/NLluARZSQi
— Blue Shift Blog (@BlueShiftBlog) January 5, 2019
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I admit I made a tweet with much the same message as this article, but who are the "conservatives" indicated in your tweet? It's just one anonymous Twitter account. Conservatives are mocking this just like liberals. Very misleading.
— Oliver Traldi (@olivertraldi) January 4, 2019
Can you please list these conservatives? I can't seem to find it anywhere
— Teddy Murphy (@wernerKrimsin) January 5, 2019
"Conservatives" = One anonymous Twitter user with a now-deleted account.https://t.co/1YGLZL8voi
— a proper gander ͡° ͡° (@thxUSA) January 5, 2019
Her dancing was quite adorable and showed her personality…. as a conservative I don’t like her policies and politics
— Dave (@ImDaverich) January 5, 2019
Which conservatives were those? Everyone I follow liked it.
— Keith Maniac, from Guatemala (@CutItOutPutin) January 4, 2019
Nice try though, Newsweek.