As Twitchy told you, Kurt Eichenwald took a pretty personal swipe at Kyle Kashuv — shortly after decrying personal attacks on Parkland students. Since David Hogg is apparently making the rules these days, some tweeters wondered if it’s time to call for a boycott of any companies who advertise with media outlets associated with Eichenwald.
Kashuv initially responded to Eichewald’s hypocrisy by fighting fire with fire:
Here's the sponsors for @MSNBC that we should now boycott.
Smile Direct Club $640K
Jeep $540K
Proactiv $379K
Otezla $318K
Office Depot $288K
Cadillac $287K
Trivago $269K
Sleep Number $263K
Humira $261K
Omaha Steaks $244K— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) March 30, 2018
MSNBC and @kurteichenwald feels it's okay to attack Parkland survivors. As we know, that calls for a boycott! @smiledirectclub@jeep@proactiv@officedepot@cadillac@trivago@sleepnumber@omahasteaks pic.twitter.com/IIybDEzuRs
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) March 30, 2018
But Kashuv was just trying to make a point:
On a more serious note, Kurt: If you made a mistake and you’re truly sorry, apology accepted. We should all be more forgiving — including you (and others) of Laura Ingraham.
When will you and MSNBC do the same for Laura? https://t.co/x8W5mkD85T
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) March 30, 2018
Well done, young man.
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) March 30, 2018
Others should take notes. https://t.co/BNcl2MVtrQ
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) March 30, 2018
https://twitter.com/PMBHarley/status/979783007534903296
Well done, Kyle.
— Michele Blood (@BloodBrief) March 30, 2018
This. @KyleKashuv is a class act. More should follow his example. https://t.co/VIkPdcoY5E
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) March 30, 2018
This, my friends, is how it is done.
And note that Kyle also has made mistakes and had to apologize. That is how this works. https://t.co/bs6WbEtVIK
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) March 30, 2018
David Hogg could learn a lot from him. So could Kurt Eichenwald, for that matter.
I call on @kurteichenwald to publicly accept @IngrahamAngle apology to @davidhogg111 just as I accepted your apology.
Mistakes happen. Doesn't mean it should be the end of their career.
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) March 30, 2018
You still haven't replied to my tweet
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) March 30, 2018
He’s getting to it, Kyle. Any day now, we’re sure.
Thanks. I did make a mistake. I wish I could remember the other kid's name. It's on my feed a couple of weeks back. Your followers responded exactly the same way the other kid's followers did. I know you are not responsible for your followers. But that is how I got confused.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) March 30, 2018
Does confusion also explain why Eichenwald thinks he can cut and run?
…but in the Laura issue – I'm neither forgiving nor unforgiving. Not my circus. What I DO support – and which too many people on the left are abandoning – is free speech. Laura is free to say what she wants. Still is. People are free to respond. She is free to apologize….
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) March 30, 2018
…the person she apologized to is free to accept it or not. It is a totally different situation if she was having a discussion with someone she thought was David Michaels, who ran onto her feed with insults a few weeks back. I don't tell anyone what to believe or what to think..
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) March 30, 2018
…what I DO say is that debate needs to be without invective, and on substance. That was my challenge to @benshapiro, which has gone ignored for weeks, but that this other kid with the podcast picked up.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) March 30, 2018
…and if you read what I wrote (accidentally) to you, think about the context – I had kept telling this kid to drop the invective and I would consider debating. But he wouldn't do it. So when I said "continue to disappoint" it was about him.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) March 30, 2018
What B.S. Aside from the “accidentally” nonsense, Eichenwald inserted himself into the Hogg-Ingraham affair.
Unbelievable. His timeline is full of tweets cheering on the mob going after Ingrahams advertisers. pic.twitter.com/xETDSHalm0
— BT (@back_ttys) March 30, 2018
They never consider the possibility of these stupid games backfiring on them. pic.twitter.com/QLTEz4Emwm
— BT (@back_ttys) March 30, 2018
He doesn’t get to suddenly distance himself now that Kashuv is holding him accountable.
Still no acceptance of @IngrahamAngle apology, huh? Someone's acting like a hypocrite… https://t.co/0nmlt4Cv2f
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) March 30, 2018
Someone’s acting like Kurt Eichenwald.
Parting reminder:
It's a dangerous game. Don't be a hypocrite. When you are, watch how life bites you back.
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) March 30, 2018
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Update:
Who’s up for a flashback?
Hopefully the Laura Ingraham blow-up will teach conservatives: You are not "debating" gun control when you insult survivors of a mass slaughter for advocating laws you dont agree with. You are just being infantile bullies.
Wanna debate POLICY? Great. Wanna insult kids? Shut up.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) March 29, 2018
Oh yeah. Kurt Eichenwald is most definitely full of it.
Life has a way of hitting you in the head https://t.co/pAK2S38Lop
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) March 30, 2018
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