'Brave? REALLY?' Ryan Lizza takes journalistic self-aggrandizement to LUDICROUS heights

Those brave firefighters are at it again!

Yesterday, New York Magazine’s Olivia Nuzzi ran into the burning building that is the White House press briefing:

I played the audio of children separated from their parents at a US Customs and Border Protection facility that was published by @ProPublica today at the White House briefing. Officials failed to adequately and truthfully answer questions about the policy. https://t.co/M7jyZQUwwK

— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) June 18, 2018

And CNN political analyst Ryan Lizza couldn’t’ve been prouder:

This was a really important and brave moment. Why should reporters just sit in that room like potted plants and take abuse from the White House? https://t.co/F9sszTGucK

— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) June 19, 2018

So important and brave.

Brave how?

— Jim (@Ifitsthisname) June 19, 2018

Brave? pic.twitter.com/kd02gUQDBh

— BobFromEastBoston (@Coach_Bob_1956) June 19, 2018

https://twitter.com/harlowme/status/1009098149603020800

So doing your job is “brave” now? What consequences did you face? Imprisonment? Gitmo? Rendition?

No. None of these.

Pathetic.

— dubs (@mrbigdubya) June 19, 2018

Brave? You have no idea what brave is, kid.

— The Blue Knight (@DoctorKOH) June 19, 2018

Don’t hate! These reporters are standing up to abuse, dammit! What’s braver than that?

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What abuse?

— Jay K (@JayKlos) June 19, 2018

https://twitter.com/kebejay/status/1009093658178510848

https://twitter.com/kebejay/status/1009095353059045376

Hey, don’t insult these reporters’ important bravery.

https://twitter.com/MarkRubello/status/1009087939450720256

Yeah, that’s her. But she was probably just trying to rescue a cat or something.

You are not the story.

— JWF (@JammieWF) June 19, 2018

Oh, but they are. They have to be. It’s the only thing that gives their lives meaning.

Reporters could just do their jobs instead of trying to make themselves protagonists in a morality play. Or is that too much to ask? https://t.co/lxNWu3GFF6

— Mo Mo (@molratty) June 19, 2018

Well, they’re not quite brave enough to do their jobs.

The press and Trump deserve each other pic.twitter.com/7BWSbIau6b

— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) June 19, 2018

They really do.