MSNBC’s Katy Tur welcomed “Fire and Fury” author Michael Wolff to her show today, where she proceeded to grill him about the dubious nature of a lot of the details contained in his book.
We kid, of course:
Now Michael Wolff is being allowed to speculate openly on whether he thinls Trump is an anti-Semiite, sexist or racist.
— Sarah Westwood (@sarahcwestwood) January 8, 2018
Michael Wolff on MSNBC just now: Trump is "sexist," "racist" and "xenophobic." But Wolff insists he has "no political agenda."
— John Fund (@johnfund) January 8, 2018
It gets better, though:
Michael Wolff to Katy Tur on his book, "Fire and Fury": "If it rings true, it is true."
— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) January 8, 2018
Is that so?
https://twitter.com/JammieWF/status/950454725333409793
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/950452101557243905
And Katy Tur is promoting the hell out of it:
Michael Wolff is telling @KatyTurNBC that "so-called errors" in his book are the kind of thing you'd find "in any book." And she responds by saying much of the book "feels true."
— Sarah Westwood (@sarahcwestwood) January 8, 2018
If her mask slipped any further, it’d be on the floor.
Standards af https://t.co/XZEyrDHMrZ
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) January 8, 2018
Feels true = Fits narrative
— Hair (@SHannitysHair) January 8, 2018
The new standard for journalism: errors acceptable and ok as long as it “feels true”. Tell me again about the great work being done by our “courageous” media ? https://t.co/YRMrgbPSIy
— Chris Barron (@ChrisRBarron) January 8, 2018
Amazing that this is the exact opposite of @benshapiro famous quote. It’s now, my feelings don’t care about your facts… #Journalism2018 https://t.co/lP30lIgsyr
— Tyler Cralle (@tylercralle) January 8, 2018
Out: Fake but accurate
In: If it rings true, it is true https://t.co/bNdyJx7aZ5
— John Hayward (@Doc_0) January 8, 2018
Pathetic.
Also from Wolff to Tur: "I'm not in your business. My evidence is the book." https://t.co/UcTN881I6p
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) January 8, 2018
Michael Wolff asked on MSNBC about the factual errors in his Trump book.
His actual response: "If it makes sense to you, if it strikes a cord, if it rings true, it is true."
Katy Tur response: "I read it, I — a lot of the did feel true"
This is Journalisming. pic.twitter.com/IOowlxWNvV
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) January 8, 2018
What business is that? The journalism business? Because Katy Tur doesn’t appear to be in the journalism business, either. At least not a legitimate one.
Wow. Here's how @KatyTurNBC just concluded her interview w/ Michael Wolff: "Congratulations on the book and congratulations on the president hating it."
— Gabby Orr (@GabbyOrr_) January 8, 2018
Video: @KatyTurNBC to @MichaelWolffNYC at end of 2 PM EST hour interview on @MSNBC: “Congratulations on the book and congratulations on the President hating it.” #TTT pic.twitter.com/CkM19rZJYM
— Brent Baker (@BrentHBaker) January 8, 2018
This is what the media have become.
That’s some good journamalism there https://t.co/pS12mi3m5W
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 8, 2018
Clown show, bro https://t.co/m3PoQqApdO
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) January 8, 2018
Total clown show.
https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/950454675500929024
I'm not a Trumpkin, but "Feels True" is an unacceptable standard for a person in the news business. https://t.co/iG1rBkJhO2
— Meisterboujie (@meisterbuerger) January 8, 2018
It should be unacceptable in any business. https://t.co/qXxokWGttg
— ? Thankful Ginger ? (@mchastain81) January 8, 2018
Absolutely unacceptable.
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/950455380106268673
Whats fascinating about the media embrace of Wolff is that these outlets were the same ones proclaiming their superiority with "layers of fact checkers and editors" back in the early days of blogging.
Fact-checking for thee and not for me, I guess. https://t.co/LfP5aOkGJE
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) January 8, 2018
If this is how the media have decided to operate now, then they’d sure as hell better own it:
Fine with this, but then NBC no longer gets to claim they are an impartial news agency. Both cannot be true. https://t.co/VyFxj27PKK
— Jonathan Sabin (@jonathanwsabin) January 8, 2018
Bingo.
Note: This is how the media views every Republican presidency. Trump just pushes them into saying it out loud. https://t.co/xqhsSOKsTi
— John Hayward (@Doc_0) January 8, 2018
We don’t need to feel like the media are biased; we know they are. Crap like this just proves it.
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