‘Are you proud of that tweet?’ Clown prince Ronan Farrow sparks mockery; Amended

He should’ve done that a long time ago:

https://twitter.com/RonanFarrow/status/525336255538946048

Seriously?

This is not real. Tell me this is not real. https://t.co/hGZVDk0uKm

— Sarah (@sarah_wxtx) October 23, 2014

It’s real, all right. And not spectacular.

https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/525336960924401665

That’s what you ask a Nobel Laureate? MT @RonanFarrow: Malala is bulwark angst extremism but how does she rate her skills on dance floor?

— Ashe Schow (@AsheSchow) October 23, 2014

https://twitter.com/NoahPollak/status/525337423459647488

https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/525337686006300672

@lachlan Also: Walter Cronkite journalism award winner. http://t.co/prNlXEUerz #realjournalism

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) October 23, 2014

https://twitter.com/DougWilliams85/status/525339127219511297

@RonanFarrow Dude. No.

— angie (@angiep213) October 23, 2014

@BecketAdams "How good of a surfer was Mother Teresa?" – @RonanFarrow, probably

— Snake Plisskenish (@_CrotalusAtrox_) October 23, 2014

@RonanFarrow @RonanDaily @msnbc Are you proud of that tweet?

— Dr Hugo Hackenbush (@MangyLover) October 23, 2014

https://twitter.com/jesseberney/status/525336541733081088

https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/525337317096325121

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And MSNBC is thinking about canceling this? https://t.co/fiBtvrTvJ8

— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) October 23, 2014

It really is a head-scratcher.

https://twitter.com/RedGalBlueState/status/525337718117920769

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Update:

Hey @TwitchyTeam, @RonanFarrow responded to the Malala tweet: https://t.co/TnPPPcCVH3

— Ashe Schow (@AsheSchow) October 23, 2014

Here’s what he said:

https://twitter.com/RonanFarrow/status/525338950756761600

Fair enough. Though Farrow’s well-deserved reputation as a crappy journalist made it all too easy to assume this was just another example of his crappy journalism. And this doesn’t endear him to us:

https://twitter.com/RonanFarrow/status/525344396850761729

No one was attacking Malala, Ronan. Their derision was reserved just for you.

Editor’s note: The title has been amended for clarification.