When she’s not outright lying to Americans, MSNBC’s Katy Tur keeps herself busy by outright mocking them:
Gentleman at Ohio Trump event says he's going to save to start a family with his 1,000 dollar one time bonus.
Average cost to give birth to one child in Ohio is $5,836.
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) February 5, 2018
How dare he?!
He's got some nerve keeping his money in hopes of bringing a child into the world. https://t.co/blWF9KDM2Z
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) February 5, 2018
Right?
https://twitter.com/cmdeb/status/960615590216925189
I had far less in savings when I had my first kid. Good for him. https://t.co/kHgk5ZpXYa
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) February 5, 2018
Or 10% of his Obamacare deductible! https://t.co/nYAo7lNUeY
— Federalist Musket?? (@Patriot_Musket) February 5, 2018
That $5,836 represents the cost that insurance pays, meaning policy holder pays a fraction of that amount (depending on deductible). So $1,000 may actually go a long way to paying for live birth. Could also cover about 2 years of diapers. https://t.co/CRabKPJgeC
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) February 5, 2018
HOLY SHIT. You mean the unexpected cash infusion is only going to pay for about 20% of his bill? His happiness must be hard to understand from that Ivory White Tower of Hackery https://t.co/ZC4mB8FMgm
— Thankful Muppet Energy (Sunny) (@sunnyright) February 5, 2018
But wait — there’s more sneering condescension where that came from:
Woman who just spoke says she's going to use her $1,000 bonus and tax cut to help buy a home and pay for her two kids who are going to college.
In Hamilton Co, Ohio (where they are) avg home is $277,582
Avg cost of private college nationally ~35,000
Public $19,000— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) February 5, 2018
Yeah, people who can use an $1000 in their pockets — money they wouldn’t otherwise have — sure are stupid!
https://twitter.com/JesseKellyDC/status/960614324153790464
Good thing we’ve got someone like Katy Tur to point out how ignorant we all are.
https://twitter.com/torriangray/status/960623589601918976
What part of "help" aren't you getting https://t.co/Gc54tAydjU
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) February 5, 2018
She didn't say she was going to buy a $1000 house she said it'll help go toward buying a house.
This snobbish dismissiveness from the media is why they get the hate they do https://t.co/pUsAtEHzI7
— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) February 5, 2018
This is some monumentally absurd, condescending analysis.
If you got $1,000 and chose to save it, it would absolutely help with a future purchase, starting a family, or college tuition for kids. It doesn’t PAY for it, and no one thinks it does. https://t.co/r4DX5l3ytf
— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) February 5, 2018
Imagine hearing a woman describe getting a $1,000 bonus and a tax cut and saying it would help buy a home, and then Googling how much the average home costs in the town she’s from to try to portray her as an idiot, like @KatyTurNBC did. Incredible.
— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) February 5, 2018
I legitimately don't get the point when the alternative is… not having that $1,000? Still not being able to pay for homes and children?
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) February 5, 2018
The point is that Katy Tur is about as out-of-touch as it gets.
Do journalists know what it's like to be poor? What $20/week could do for gas, food, something for a family? Man.
— Melissa Mackenzie ? (@MelissaTweets) February 5, 2018
Fascinating logic, by the way. So it would be better if these little poor people didn't get this $1,000? They will forever be childless and destitute? I mean, they couldn't possibly have jobs or anything. Such a weird tweet. https://t.co/Ob70tyHF72
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) February 5, 2018
So I assume Tur's point is…these people shouldn't even bother to have lofty goals?
Just enjoy their lot in life, I guess. https://t.co/X9Ec8MSGfY
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) February 5, 2018
The media and Democrats are REALLY going all-in with the argument that bonuses and pay raised are crumbs that mean nothing to people.
— Federalist Musket?? (@Patriot_Musket) February 5, 2018
Good idea to mock the plebes who are happy with an extra grand being paid to them. https://t.co/EaBEYjdI4Q
— Mike (@ThePantau) February 5, 2018
It's me, a brave firefighter rushing in to condescend to working people who don't understand how numbers work
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) February 5, 2018
You put those fires out fast. https://t.co/c21P4x1hgV
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) February 5, 2018
Nice… mocking people happy with an additional $1000 bonus, and painting them as stupid.
That’ll go a long way in gaining people’s trust in the media. https://t.co/eOCoujNced
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) February 5, 2018
Keep up the good work, Katy.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional text and tweets.