@BecketAdams Replace "Obama" with "Bush" and "Trump & Pence" with "Obama & Biden", and this gentleman loses his job.
— Dan Ornelas (@DanielMOrnelas) January 11, 2017
This election cycle has shown an unflattering light on a lot of people, but the media may very well have come out looking worse than anyone. And that’s thanks in no small part to people like Rupert Myers.
Myers, political correspondent for British GQ and the Telegraph, decided it would be a good idea to tweet this out earlier today:
Members of the press continue to adjust to the post-Nov. 8 world with commendable grace and charm. pic.twitter.com/jUdpe99GN0
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) January 11, 2017
Myers’ tweet didn’t stay up for long.
Why did you delete this tweet, @RupertMyers?
Imagine a conservative said this in '08 about Obama. pic.twitter.com/4E7HhFYAKQ
— Harry Khachatrian (@Harry1T6) January 11, 2017
@Harry1T6 it was a joke that I quickly realised could be taken out of context. you've proved my point
— Rupert Myers (@RupertMyers) January 11, 2017
Ah. So it’s readers’ fault for failing to get his crappy “joke.” Myers didn’t delete the tweet because he felt bad about it; he did it because he didn’t like being called out for his jackassery.
LOL guys it's really not that slow a news day. I was just wondering if the president could pardon himself ? pic.twitter.com/i6GNmaB9c3
— Rupert Myers (@RupertMyers) January 11, 2017
Except that’s not what he asked. And now, he’s paying for it:
I'm in the middle of a small tweetstorm being attacked by truly daft & entirely humourless Trump supporters pic.twitter.com/2I2jXnMWkh
— Rupert Myers (@RupertMyers) January 11, 2017
What a shame.
@RupertMyers poor you
— Scills Matthews (@scillsygirl) January 11, 2017
You called for the president elect to be murdered…… https://t.co/aWs2aMl2sU
— EducatédHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) January 11, 2017
Guy who poses a hypothetical question about a presidential assassination is whining about "humorless" people. Fancy that. https://t.co/jMc9Mry13W
— lauren (@LilMissRightie) January 11, 2017
@RupertMyers Maybe joking about killing people in a hyper political environment just isn't funny…
— Yoenis Cespedes (@AppFlyer) January 11, 2017
Maybe.
.@RupertMyers As somebody who hates Trump, I think you pretty much deserve it.
Stop embarrassing real liberals with your blathering idiocy.
— ??Anti-WhiteKnight (@HolyMackerel72) January 11, 2017
