So, who’s this Alix Bryan person? Well, as she puts it in her Twitter bio, she’s “1/3 of a kick-ass web and social media team @CBS6” in Richmond, Virginia.
She’s also a model citizen who took it upon herself to report the wildly successful GoFundMe campaign for Memories Pizza for fraud — despite the fact that she had no evidence whatsoever:
https://twitter.com/alixbryan/status/583412017433866240
https://twitter.com/alixbryan/status/583415107188830208
Just in case?
https://twitter.com/PennyDreadful81/status/584038734263357440
@alixbryan just in case what?
— LaurieAnn ??♂️? (@mooshakins) April 3, 2015
"just in case"? Just in case what? @alixbryan
— Keep Calm and Carry (@johnnyfriegas) April 3, 2015
https://twitter.com/djfitzgerald111/status/584052777413816320
Care to elaborate, Alix?
https://twitter.com/alixbryan/status/584040878169264128
Ohhhh. She was just being cautious.
All in a day's work for the Westboro Tolerance Church https://t.co/fDOXezGEof
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) April 3, 2015
https://twitter.com/moderncomments/status/584045978526724096
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/584060071660937216
So you didn't know whether it's fraud or not, but you reported it anyway. You ever hear of defamation? @alixbryan
— (((Aaron “Worthing” Walker))) (@AaronWorthing) April 3, 2015
If @LawrenceBJones3 did anything other than a honorable act than blast him. But with zero proof you slander him. @alixbryan Why? @CBS6
— FTR Radio (@FTR__Radio) April 3, 2015
@LawrenceBJones3 @DLoesch @FTR__Radio @IEAffiliate @alixbryan @CBS6 Also what's their policy on filing fraud claims, THEN researching them?
— BAH! Humbuggery… (@thehiredmind) April 3, 2015
.@alixbryan You know that a false allegation of fraud is libel per se? Since you're in the media? And that your tweet's admissible evidence?
— IWantNothingHat (@Popehat) April 3, 2015
https://twitter.com/laurakfillault/status/584049545975177217
No. Because, see, in Bryan’s mind, what she did was totally fine:
https://twitter.com/alixbryan/status/584039406052495360
Except according to Lawrence B. Jones, who launched the GoFundMe campaign, Bryan didn’t actually, you know, contact him:
https://twitter.com/LawrenceBJones3/status/584046131006418944
FYI, now @alixbryan falsely claims that she contacted us in her “research.” Never happened. EVER. https://t.co/zydjC6XDQE
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 3, 2015
“@LawrenceBJones3: @alixbryan @LilacSundayBlog @CBS6 you didn't contact me.” She didn't contact @DLoesch or @BenHowe either.
— Chris Loesch (@ChrisLoesch) April 3, 2015
Unless Bryan’s referring to this one tweet:
https://twitter.com/alixbryan/status/583423642941394944
Sorry, honey. But that just doesn’t cut it.
https://twitter.com/CrankyGordon/status/584050304737476608
Just a leeeeetle bit!
So @alixbryan thinks reporting fraud "just in case" without evidence is "totally acceptable." @LilacSundayBlog @CBS6 https://t.co/CSjim54On6
— Area Man (@lheal) April 3, 2015
That's messed up “@alixbryan: I have reported the GoFundMe for Memories Pizza for fraud. Just in case. http://t.co/DiZtLpty63”
— Sarah (@sarah_wxtx) April 3, 2015
@moderncomments haha, just like a progressive. Let's convict with no reason or evidence @alixbryan
— (((I Can't Even))) (@szysgt) April 3, 2015
.@alixbryan Making a false fraud complaint is dishonest. Announcing it is just stupid.
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) April 3, 2015
Alright @alixbryan, it’s time to choose which out you wanna try. Will it be:
1. I was hacked!
or
2. It was just a joke!
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) April 3, 2015
I'm skeptical of GoFundMe fundraisers too. If I were a reporter, I'd do journalism & investigate.
This is hackery… http://t.co/p9zrjtmOxi
— Brodigan Strong Style (@brodigan) April 3, 2015
people do this shit NOT to "help the world," as @alixbryan believes of herself, but because cruelty is PLEASURABLE. It always has been.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) April 3, 2015
Dana Loesch — unlike Bryan — is actually making an effort to contact the parties involved:
My staff is reaching out to @CBS6 to see if they sanction employees falsely reporting fraud: http://t.co/0jq4azHBd9 #DLRS
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 3, 2015
Staff is also reaching out to @alixbryan to ask her why she falsely reported GoFundMe page for fraud: http://t.co/0jq4azHBd9 #DLRS
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 3, 2015
Here’s what Loesch has gotten so far:
Email convo, 1/3: pic.twitter.com/MzFJjloeiJ
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 3, 2015
Email convo, 2/3: pic.twitter.com/F7AmFgQKen
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 3, 2015
Response from Stephen Hayes, @CBS6 GM "Ms. Bryan posted on her personal page. No affiliation to WTVR News or reporting.” Why claim research?
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 3, 2015
Email convo 3/3: pic.twitter.com/5uBsF0J0eI
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 3, 2015
Forgive us if we’re just a mite skeptical of Hayes’ explanation.
@DLoesch @CBS6 but their official page gives links to her private one.
— commonsense (@commonsense258) April 3, 2015
My last reply (see previous): pic.twitter.com/FAmR11u7wg
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 3, 2015
Since that last email exchange, @CBS6 ’s GM Stephen Hayes has stopped responding.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 3, 2015
Nothing more to see here?
Yes @CBS6, Alix Bryn is a verified account because she's just like into Entomology or something. Not because she represents a news outlet
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) April 3, 2015
@DrewMTips She's also verified. I mean, there's a chance she's famous for something other than her employer, but…. I doubt it.
— RBe (@RBPundit) April 3, 2015
It seems doubtful that @alixbryan would have a verified Twitter account for any reason other than being affiliated with @CBS6
— Jim Jamitis (@anthropocon) April 3, 2015
As of yet, @CBS6 has not commented on their web team using verified Twitter accounts to engage in political activism.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) April 3, 2015
1. Verified account makes false fraud allegations.
2. Employer – the reason the account is verified – denies involvement.
3. Shitstorm.— RBe (@RBPundit) April 3, 2015
@DLoesch You should have just reported @alixbryan for fraud. Just in case.
— Brodigan Strong Style (@brodigan) April 3, 2015
Heh. Seriously, though, two — or more — can play this game:
lol I just reported @alixbryan to Twitter for being abusive & spamming #JustInCase
— The Meturgeman (@DraftRyan2016) April 3, 2015
Gotta be sure RT @DraftRyan2016 lol I just reported @alixbryan to Twitter for being abusive & spamming #JustInCase
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) April 3, 2015
https://twitter.com/DanWilson74/status/584055249221988352
@alixbryan I’ve reported you to your employer for plagiarism. Just in case.
— Chase D. Troutner (@Captain_Strongo) April 3, 2015
.@alixbryan "part of kick-ass social media team @cbs6" LOL! Gotta love the media. I should report for shoplifting "just in case"
— LaurieAnn ??♂️? (@mooshakins) April 3, 2015
I've reported @alixbryan for embezzlement…just in case. #MemoriesPizza #Indiana #cbsnews
— Joseph C. Phillips (Blue check mark) (@josephcphillips) April 3, 2015
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/584052497842626561
@alixbryan @AaronWorthing I’ve reported Alix Bryan for murder, just in case.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) April 3, 2015
Hey, better safe than sorry, right?
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Update:
Can we get an amen? This tweeter’s response to whiny hack Alix Bryan is ‘the best’
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