Charming! ThinkProgress editor hopes 'Roger Ailes dies slow, painful, and soon'; Update: Tweet deleted

Posted at 4:33 pm on August 14, 2014 by Sarah D.

Alan Pyke is ThinkProgress’ deputy economic policy editor. He is also, according to his Twitter bio, “reflexively assholish.” That sounds about right:

https://twitter.com/PykeA/status/499973453706194944

My, how progressive!

This is the "Civility" that libs always scream about. —->@PykeA I hope Roger Ailes dies slow, painful, and soon.
— VikingsFan (@JeffGill24) August 14, 2014

@PykeA @Chris_1791 That's the most mean-spirited thing I've heard in a while. What does this do to the "American tapestry?"
— Rob Hoey (@RobHoey) August 14, 2014

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Update:

Pyke deleted the tweet and posted this apology:

Deleting my hateful Roger Ailes tweet from earlier. Hoping that another human being dies is a shitty thing to do, and I'm sorry.
— Alan Pyke (@PykeA) August 14, 2014

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