PHRASING! Looks like NBC News had a, um, HARD time with this tweet

It’s not every day that we find ourselves agreeing with Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall, but on this, he’s really got a point:

this tweet could have used another edit https://t.co/dTHtUQEk7r

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 13, 2018

No kidding. Check it out:

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue goes #MeToo, but not everyone is happy with how the magazine has thrust itself into the debate. https://t.co/t8SwMAH7v9

— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 13, 2018

Hang on, NBC News … How the magazine has what, now?

pic.twitter.com/w3V936gUeZ

— unspecified ratfish (@girlyratfish) February 13, 2018

https://twitter.com/smakumyakum/status/963546597639446529

That’s what we thought that said.

Oh my.

— soupcity (@emmbee1002) February 13, 2018

@NBCNews Are we really not doing "phrasing" anymore?

— turtlesallthewaydown (@anne_thayer) February 13, 2018

Guess not.

LOL

— Lauren Campbell (@laurenlabruce) February 13, 2018

Writing a headline is hard.

— FFS, I'm the whistleblower, ok? (@Pardons4All) February 13, 2018

Really, really hard.

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