Why settle for the parody when you can have the real thing? Ladies and gentlemen, Bill Mitchell:
Vanity Fair, WAPO, NYTimes, CNN, NBC – they all just make stuff up and report it as news. Yes, they should have their licenses evaluated.
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) October 12, 2017
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
Artist portrayal of Benjamin Franklin in heaven after checking his twitter feed and seeing that people think newspapers have licenses. pic.twitter.com/XcL7IsdBZV
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) October 12, 2017
You…. do understand we don’t “license” newspapers in America, right? https://t.co/vCruQLVLhS
— Julian Sanchez (@normative) October 12, 2017
Narrator: "He didn't." https://t.co/ownea3b3do
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) October 12, 2017
He definitely didn’t.
… What licenses?
— Henroid (@HenroidT) October 12, 2017
You really don't know how this works? To what licenses are you referring?
— kathleen (@baad_kittee) October 12, 2017
What license is that, exactly?
— Brooke Tunstall (@YesThatBrooke) October 12, 2017
Just what license does Vanity Fair have that you'd like to evaluate?
— Mike Bauer (@Door_Gunner) October 12, 2017
damn and I just renewed my reporters licenses at the dmv https://t.co/A7zrH31cIU
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) October 12, 2017
No no no no no idiot.
— comedy saves (@mamalabonne) October 12, 2017
You're not very smart, are you.
— Jimmy Greenfield (@jcgreenx) October 12, 2017
You're not a smart man.
— Michael Lyons (@slapshotlyons) October 12, 2017
You don't know how stuff works, do you?
— RookieCityCop (@RookieCityCop) October 12, 2017
That's…not how this works. Not how any of this works. pic.twitter.com/Kc3QuGjgAD
— Patrick Kirby (@ThePatricKirby) October 12, 2017
that’s not how any of this works dot gif pic.twitter.com/Uc3r6P5566
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) October 12, 2017
I hear Vanity Fair keeps its magazine license on a velvet pillow under glass. https://t.co/vzNRT3ClGK
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) October 12, 2017
guy who says newspapers, magazines, and tv networks have government licenses is upset about made up stuff https://t.co/iOt8TWJNXm
— andy levy (@andylevy) October 12, 2017
"Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of the press for any media outlet that has a valid license." https://t.co/Pgp6vXJPw7
— Christopher J Scalia (@cjscalia) October 12, 2017
— Betsy (@obetsyann) October 12, 2017
Did you eat paint chips as a kid? Live under power lines?
— TheCyber (@r0wdy_) October 12, 2017
You might want to see a doctor to get that head of yours evaluated, sport.
— Peter Ray (@WPeterRay) October 12, 2017
bill can i see your license to tweet, please
— Adam Steinbaugh (@adamsteinbaugh) October 12, 2017
I’m enjoying your license to be ignorant. For comedy’s sake, please don’t let it expire.
— Beef Unwellington (@ScottB_503) October 12, 2017
Meet Bill
Bill is ignorant
Don't be Bill
— ConservativeBlackMan (@Thomasismyuncle) October 12, 2017
Don’t be Bill.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.