When Philip Rucker claimed one of his readers told him the WH switchboard used the term ‘fake news’ when asked about Trump’s Puerto Rico tweets, we laughed.
A lot.
Just in: A reader told me she called WH switchboard to object to Trump's Puerto Rico tweets. WH receptionist told her WaPo was "fake news."
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) October 12, 2017
We’re guessing this reader is the grandmother of the little Hispanic boy another journo ran into on the metro who asked him why Trump hated him.
Just in: I called WH switchboard to find out if this is true. WH receptionist told me "Philip Rucker is an idiot." https://t.co/KoxnMMRg3e
— Amber Athey (@amber_athey) October 12, 2017
Funny, that WH switchboard told us the same thing.
Also, in case another idiot "journalist" decides to report this: it's a joke
— Amber Athey (@amber_athey) October 12, 2017
Heh.
Sad that we have to verify such things these days but better safe than sorry.
Just in: I called the WaPo switchboard and receptionist said "Who is Philip Rucker?"
— Raymond Gatter (@Dienekes_Sparta) October 12, 2017
Was @PhilipRucker available, or too partisan to comment?
— Jim Dandy (@lordthx1139) October 13, 2017
He was too busy being owned by Amber here.
I just called the White House Switchboard.
I asked if Al Coholic was there…
They hung up muttering "damn kids."— Patrick Brehon II (@vetssc17) October 12, 2017
We called and asked if they knew their refrigerator was running – they didn’t think we were funny.
And oh yeah, THAT’S A JOKE TOO.
Told this to my 3 month old.
She asked if @PhilipRucker knows volunteers run the switchboard.
— Dylan Gillespie (@DGillespie_Sig) October 12, 2017
Could do this all day.
Does @PhilipRucker really think people are stupid enough to believe his WH fable? LOL.
— I Told You So (@get2thegulch) October 12, 2017
Sadly yes.
Welcome to journalism, 2017.
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