Well, maybe not quite the end … but this definitely isn’t Bloomberg Politics’ best day.
If you give the news site the benefit of the doubt, they were only trying to link to a weekend story about White House chef Sam Kass. But it was the accompanying photo juxtaposition that made many tweeters take notice:
https://twitter.com/baratunde/status/524330043112042496
https://twitter.com/gritty_grinder/status/524331550792769536
Get it together @bpolitics pic.twitter.com/xQOVqjZN23
— JohnnyMath (@johnnymath) October 20, 2014
The tweet didn’t stay up for long:
https://twitter.com/fbihop/status/524332723700117504
But it was around long enough:
Welcome, @bpolitics, to your 1st twitter hatestorm.
RT @bpolitics: A special investigation…http://t.co/15eDQGBWWe http://t.co/9Lj3KTBWUM
— Steph Haberman (@StephLauren) October 20, 2014
Right now @bpolitics is just kinda hoping you didn't see that super racist tweet it just made about the president
— Caleb Garling (@CalebGarling) October 20, 2014
https://twitter.com/MaalikSimmons/status/524335981055705089
https://twitter.com/TheObamaDiary/status/524337673822294016
https://twitter.com/daniecal/status/524330383949955072
https://twitter.com/AthertonKD/status/524326167470292992
Dafuq? RT @baratunde: so this happened, and i just don't have words https://t.co/t20M07ZDxG http://t.co/Ndg6a4UTy1
— Hematite (@Kaibutsu) October 20, 2014
https://twitter.com/jfdulac/status/524329114061111296
https://twitter.com/itstheannmarie/status/524329108788887552
Oh. Fuck. NO!! #ffs RT @ZerlinaMaxwell: What in the entire…..uh…. RT @jaredbkeller: Um. https://t.co/TZr4JDHcKu pic.twitter.com/jSQ6Rrab65
— Dr Fauci groaned! ? IMPEACHMENT IS FOREVER ? (@mdrfl) October 20, 2014
Oh racists, look at you. "@bpolitics: A special investigation…http://t.co/iIBlBLZAXx http://t.co/oI2o359fLT"
— emokidsloveme (@emokidsloveme) October 20, 2014
@bpolitics Are you guys serious with this?! WOW.
— ????? ????? #BlackLivesMatter (@AngieGraceLA) October 20, 2014
https://twitter.com/7im/status/524327240129982464
Ah, I see that the @bpolitics duo decided to remind us how RACIST the Beltway Press is.
Cheers!#FuckYou #GoToHell— Kevin D. Grüssing (pronounced Grew-Sing) (@KevDGrussing) October 20, 2014
Just…..no. RT @baratunde: so this happened, and i just don't have words https://t.co/vXHubCf3q6 http://t.co/7TmCvhgfEn
— Katie Klabusich (@Katie_Speak) October 20, 2014
Excellent branding move, white dudes: https://t.co/0bH43Prc5b
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) October 20, 2014
WTF… "@ZerlinaMaxwell: yup RT @baratunde: so this happened, and i just don't have words https://t.co/i4Apo2iVtI http://t.co/wRsUDpGIpT"
— m ???? (@mprodrig) October 20, 2014
Jesus. RT @ZerlinaMaxwell: yup RT @baratunde: so this happened, and i just don't have words https://t.co/6DiOLtD5y1 http://t.co/pudhhluBMB"
— Tim Brannigan (@tim_brannigan) October 20, 2014
https://twitter.com/uhalrightmaybe/status/524334057510141953
https://twitter.com/ChrisBerend/status/524334108680667137
If you're ever looking back at the moment it all went wrong, @bpolitics – this was it. pic.twitter.com/DdDjn4dnD1
— sarah (@sazza_jay) October 20, 2014
What happens next?
Cue the "we got hacked" excuses… “@baratunde: so this happened, and i just don't have words https://t.co/hCqUwoWD9G http://t.co/aIH6SpQ2MF”
— Darren (@manvsmachine) October 20, 2014
So @bpolitics just deleted this tweet. Empty apology in 3… 2… 1… pic.twitter.com/O551D0Y1s4
— Steph Haberman (@StephLauren) October 20, 2014
https://twitter.com/baratunde/status/524336230108909568
Bloomberg Politics executive editor Mike Nizza didn’t play the “we were hacked” card:
https://twitter.com/mikenizza/status/524337038359666688
https://twitter.com/baratunde/status/524338684376522753
No @bpolitics tweets on the dust-up so far. Stay tuned …
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