Yesterday, the Free Beacon came out with a pretty serious scoop strongly suggesting that Elizabeth Warren’s been lying about getting fired from a teaching job because she was “visibly pregnant.” Given Warren’s track record, it’s not exactly a stretch to suspect that she’d lie about something like that. Nate Silver couldn’t help but notice that the story didn’t seem to be getting much play in the mainstream media.
But now, and the media are finally ready to cover this story. In their own special way, of course.
There is an entire industry of brand new fact checkers we’re told. We’re in the golden age of fact checking journalism… but this one is just a big mystery somehow none of them can look into. https://t.co/RTJJddIouJ
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) October 8, 2019
There is literally proven documentation that Warren made this story up and embellished it but an industry of professionals “hey shes sticking by it. Nothing we can do here.”
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) October 8, 2019
Nothing we can do here … except invite shameless Warren sycophants to defend her unchallenged. Take MSNBC’s approach, for example:
MSNBC had on the vice-president of comms for Emily's List, asked her about Warren's pregnancy story and "does that hold water?"(didn't mention @CAndersonMO reporting). She said it does.
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) October 8, 2019
Check it out:
Wow. @MSNBC's hard-hitting interview on Warren this morning is a must watch.https://t.co/XJXqk0hc57 pic.twitter.com/mbF8aZB9KB
— Brent Scher (@BrentScher) October 8, 2019
Well, if it’s good enough for EMILY’s List, it’s good enough for MSNBC!
In the dark ages of 2007 you just couldn't talk about something like that
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) October 8, 2019
Recommended
If anyone knows how to deal with "visible pregnancy" it's Emily's List https://t.co/TcoWNbVqx6
— F. Bill McMorris (@FBillMcMorris) October 8, 2019
Excellent point.
No follow up question, of course. What media bias?
— tedfrank (@tedfrank) October 8, 2019
"Yes I'll carry that water"
— mitrebox (@mitrebox) October 8, 2019
Well there you have it
— Jim "Halloween Name" Treacher (@jtLOL) October 8, 2019
Works every time.
Warren played this well:
1. Stay quiet as reporters explain away potential scandal.
2. Repeat back the reporters' explanations to other reporters
3. Watch Truth to Power™ reporters declare "See, it's been debunked"— F. Bill McMorris (@FBillMcMorris) October 8, 2019
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