Imagine thinking this is somehow a ‘scoop’:
SCOOP: Trump Labor Department's new sr adviser Leif Olson posted on Facebook that Jewish media "protect their own." In response to my request for comment on Olson's anti-Semitic post, @USDOL says they've accepted his resignation. https://t.co/68kDvaFn0h
— Ben Penn (@benjaminpenn) September 3, 2019
From Bloomberg:
A recently appointed Trump Labor Department official with a history of advancing controversial conservative and faith-based causes in court has resigned after revelations that he wrote a 2016 Facebook post suggesting the Jewish-controlled media “protects their own.”
Four hours after Bloomberg Law requested comment from the White House and DOL about Leif Olson’s social media post, the department said he has resigned, without elaboration.
And the media wonder why Trump calls them the enemy of the people.
This is awful.
This isn’t a “scoop,” Ben. It’s a deliberate attempt to get a guy fired for mocking the very position you’re accusing him of holding. And you know it.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) September 3, 2019
Of course, he knows it.
This is awful. Anyone reading Olson's post thinking he was serious should have their head examined.
— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) September 3, 2019
Welcome to the media in 2019. It’s not about the story, it’s about punishing anyone and everyone affiliated in any way with the Trump administration.
It’s pretty clear based on the context that he was being sarcastic.
— Jane Coaston (@cjane87) September 3, 2019
Yup.
This appears to be the most obvious sarcastic joke in the history of sarcastic jokes.
Calling it an "Anti-Semitic Facebook Post" in the headline is thus EXTREMELY disingenuous.
People like you are why Americans don't trust the media. pic.twitter.com/6v2EbTUDGH
— Andrew Follett (@AndrewCFollett) September 3, 2019
Ding ding ding.
I hear Snopes is hiring.
— I don't know you, either (@Idontknowyouei1) September 3, 2019
Ben would fit right in at Snopes, good point.
And now we get to the core of your activist journalism. pic.twitter.com/VVlqzWb5jB
— Cranky Gordon (@StillCrankyAF) September 3, 2019
Right? He seems SUPER objective.
Ironic that this disgracefully shamefully dishonest reporting is coming out the same day people are complaining that the Trump administration is going to hold reporters to the same standard. Here is the plainly ironic statement at issue: https://t.co/BTAcIpmE7J https://t.co/TnSuSM27qQ
— (((tedfrank))) (@tedfrank) September 3, 2019
Ok for me but not for thee.
You should be ashamed of yourself. https://t.co/TUItsf2j8d
— (((tedfrank))) (@tedfrank) September 3, 2019
He should be … but he won’t be.
So, he resigned over a sarcastic joke?
— Beverly Carter (@BeverlyCarter56) September 3, 2019
He resigned over reporters lying that a sarcastic joke is evidence of anti-Semitism in order to damage his boss. Penn gets clicks and a good man who just moved his family from Texas to engage in public service has his life disrupted.
— (((tedfrank))) (@tedfrank) September 3, 2019
Because ORANGE MAN BAD.
I will point out that all I had to do was present DOL with a screenshot of the post and request for comment, and 4 hours later I’m told he has resigned. Not engaging with you any further.
— Ben Penn (@benjaminpenn) September 3, 2019
What a jacka*s.
Engage in a new career.
— pneumataster (@neontaster) September 3, 2019
HA!
That isn’t what you did. You called numerous administration officials and asked why they hired an anti-Semite.
— (((tedfrank))) (@tedfrank) September 3, 2019
WOW.
Cant imagine why people would feel the need to dig through reporters history.
Sure would be a shame to find something about Ben here.
— Steve Powell (@Powow22) September 3, 2019
But you know, if they are held to their own rules it’s mean or something.
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