.@NBCNews crazy that the holocaust just started 10 days ago
— Nino (@baldingschemer) January 30, 2017
With Barack Obama safely out of office, the media are now free to stoke their outrage over Trump’s immigration policy and its impact on refugees. Take NBC News, for example:
"Everyone says 'I wonder what I would have done if I was around when the Holocaust was going on' and this is the time to know" pic.twitter.com/H4dsRELeHQ
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 30, 2017
Funny … we don’t recall any stories like that back when Obama was restricting immigration — or pursuing a policy of empty threats with regard to Syria:
Obama sat idle while 400,000 Syrians were slaughtered on his red line. You said nothing. https://t.co/8sVKecTnne
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 30, 2017
This refugee crisis, the largest since WWII did not materialize 10 days ago. Obama walked away from his red line and our media let him.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 30, 2017
Maybe cool your holocaust talk when you sat by and let him get away with things like this. pic.twitter.com/BqgkzOlOyA
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 30, 2017
"Assad must go. His days are numbered."
"Okay he doesn't have to go but we need to take in all the people from his country."
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 30, 2017
And by the way, here's my goddamn Secretary of State dining with Assad. Joke's on you American taxpayer.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 30, 2017
Not a whole lot of flood the zone fact checking going on back then.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 30, 2017
When Aylan Kurdi washed up on a beach, Obama was wandering Alaska with a selfie stick. When he got back media asked "How was your trip?"
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 30, 2017
No one protested then. The White House had some magical cloaking device apparently because not one protester was able to find it.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 30, 2017
It’s almost as if the media are guilty of glaring double standards.
where were you when President Obama walked away from his commitments
— Jean Tuttle (@waffle721) January 30, 2017
Somewhere they were unable to do their jobs, apparently.
https://twitter.com/RedFish818/status/826201649366458368
are you serious with this comparison. Get real.
— Mark Gendron (@wmgendron) January 30, 2017
https://twitter.com/ladyluck007/status/826202268835913734
This is beyond insulting and not nearly the same thing. Shameful reporting @NBCNews – https://t.co/xEVCWQ8aci
— AZ (@azescobar1) January 30, 2017
https://twitter.com/elizarose92/status/826202529000206338
Is it any wonder the media’s reputation is in the toilet?
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