As Twitchy told you, CRTV’s Allie Beth Stuckey recently posted an interview with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:
Enlightening & hard-hitting interview with Socialist “it girl” and fellow millennial, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. pic.twitter.com/4txoxwqql6
— Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) July 23, 2018
Well, Linda Sarsour has got some news for you people:
#FakeNews like it’s actually really fake and doctored. #desperation https://t.co/AsB923zN7s
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) July 24, 2018
Fake and doctored? No way! We totally thought it was real.
This is awful. How embarrassing
— Jacqueline Guzman Cereceres (@jacquelinesteps) July 24, 2018
Yes. It’s embarrassing for Ocasio-Cortez. And for Sarsour, who felt like she needed to point out something that should be totally obvious to anyone.
This is very clearly satire.
— Les Hayes (@realLesHayes) July 24, 2018
This is satire, but I’ve seen the original and it’s not much better tbh. ?♂️
— Sgt. Thunderfist, M.D. (@RealCorduroyKid) July 24, 2018
Speaking of not much better, so-called “journalists” who are supposed to be better at this stuff are apparently just as inept as Sarsour:
This faked interview of @Ocasio2018 by @CRTV has nearly 1 million views on Facebook. In less than 24 hours.
Interview didn't happen. It takes clips from @MargaretHoover's show and edits in faux questions.
Not labeled satire (other than a ? emoji).https://t.co/ipUPsOoyLH
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) July 24, 2018
There's still no way to report CRTV as spreading misinformation/fake news on FB. pic.twitter.com/MumdLM5XF1
— Heather Timmons (@HeathaT) July 24, 2018
Manipulated video to create entirely fake interview presented as real by verified account here and on Facebook where it has over 1.1 million views in less than 24 hours. https://t.co/P6E5LfQi3K
— Robert Mackey (@RobertMackey) July 24, 2018
a "joke" would not include fake backdrop – this was a clear intent to deceive: pic.twitter.com/aR8OHWEWVM
— Robert Mackey (@RobertMackey) July 24, 2018
If you’re dumb enough to not understand that Stuckey’s intent was satirize Ocasio-Cortez, you deserve to get mocked.
It was an obvious parody. The background’s don’t even match!
— Ashe Schow (@AsheSchow) July 24, 2018
“Journalists” running to the rescue of Socialist Bae https://t.co/sSQwQ5FvNK
— Orange Muppet Energy (@sunnyright) July 24, 2018
"THAT'S NOT FUNNY" https://t.co/2gOO4UCf8C
— Currently between fraudulent suspensions (@jtLOL) July 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/kebejay/status/1021778650566279168
Oh my god, you're actually doing this. You work for the NEW YORK TIMES, dude. https://t.co/q4i2Lw5Kfs
— Currently between fraudulent suspensions (@jtLOL) July 24, 2018
Maybe Linda Sarsour and Ocasio-Cortez’s media defenders are just pissy because in their heart of hearts, even they can’t deny that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a flaming idiot.
Now that’s no joke.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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