As Twitchy told you last night, the Wayback Machine Internet Archive didn’t find any evidence that homophobic content posted on Joy Reid’s old blog was “fraudulent,” despite Reid’s claim that she was hacked.
It’s been more than four hours since I asked @MSNBC for clarification about an Internet Archive post that casts doubt on @JoyAnnReid’s claim that homophobic posts attributed to her were fabricated by hackers
— Joe Bernstein (@Bernstein) April 25, 2018
But despite how bad it looks for Reid — who once touted the powers of the Wayback Machine — it appears MSNBC is standing by her:
.@msnbc standing pat on @JoyAnnReid issue for now. Am told network waiting for results of law enforcement investigation into her allegation that her blog was hacked.
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) April 25, 2018
“Investigation.”
you mean like Anthony Weiner's twitter account was hacked?
— Glenn Amurgis (@gamurgis) April 25, 2018
Something like that, yeah.
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) April 25, 2018
ha ha ha https://t.co/fPYONTqbn1
— Jim Treacher is a dumb pseudonym (@jtLOL) April 25, 2018
I can solve it: It wasn’t hacked. Case closed. https://t.co/TSW4lDLv3p
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) April 25, 2018
Narrator: It most certainly wasn’t hacked https://t.co/c8xrm1sJxU
— Mujahed Kobbe (@Moj_kobe) April 25, 2018
We can save them the time. There was no hack.
— Taro Tsujimoto (@RCannon74) April 25, 2018
It wasn't hacked. This is just pathetic.
— JWF (@JammieWF) April 25, 2018
It really is. But good luck getting MSNBC to admit it.
MSNBC is dragging its feet on releasing a statement on Joy Reid probably because she refuses to admit the truth and they don't want to look stupid by believing her ridiculous hack claim
— Scott Greer (@ScottMGreer) April 25, 2018
Sounds about right.
Found Joy Reid’s hacker pic.twitter.com/7tCuyFYqEZ
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) April 25, 2018
Snort.
On the Joy Reid stuff; when's the last time a claim of "I was hacked" in response to a troubling post has actually been proven? Trying to think of one and coming up short.
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) April 25, 2018
That Anthony Weiner fellow seemed trustworthy
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) April 25, 2018