Everyone on the planet understood that this piece by David Brooks is satire.
Everyone realized that this line — “He once canceled a corporate retreat at which Abba had been hired to play, saying he found the band’s music ‘too angry.’ ” — is a joke.
Everyone, that is, except MSNBC’s fact-challenged fact checker, Ezra Klein. On Thursday,while guest-hosting for hyper-partisan liberal Ed Schultz, Klein reported the ABBA cancellation as fact.
A few Twitter users (the entire universe of Ed Show viewers?) noticed:
Romney's laughable, but @ezraklein saying Mitt cancelled an ABBA gig was Brooks satire reported as fact. #edshow http://t.co/sgG4jmzz
— Tim Ellis (@iamtimellis) September 14, 2012
Ezra Klein on Ed Show: Mitt Romney once cancelled an ABBA concert because he found their music too angry. WTF? #MammaMia
— Leftfielder™ (@DaleMoss2) September 14, 2012
@ezraklein We Swedes need a retraction on the ABBA comment. Abba would never perform for Bain. It never happened. http://t.co/ZjPSgrHq
— iswede (@iswede) September 14, 2012
(My Twitter's back UP) Did I hear @ezraklein right? Mitt objected to ABBA once bc their music is "too angry"?! LOL #cantevenbetrustedwmusic
— Noelma Colon (@NolitaCannoli) September 14, 2012
Mitt Romney thinks #ABBA is too angry?!?! #DiscoDisorder @EzraKlein @edshow #edshow
— Leah Yarnes (@Leah1069) September 14, 2012
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Klein (to his credit) admitted that an error was made, although it’s telling that he says “our” rather than “my”:
https://twitter.com/ezraklein/statuses/246640834425020416
Do you think maybe he learned a lesson? Not likely. Just two days later, Klein went right back to smearing Romney.
Update: Look at this:
https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/244136838376341504
Previously:
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Ezra Klein’s lie: Now you see it, now you don’t!
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