Media Matters fellow Oliver Willis thinks conservatives are dumb. He thinks conservatives who have questions about what happened in Benghazi last fall are especially dumb. As Twitchy reported earlier today, he even created a hashtag, #GOPBenghaziQuestions, designed to mock those who think the White House has neither fully explained nor owned up to the awful events that transpired on September 11, 2012.
Fox News host Greg Gutfeld was among those who took issue with Willis’ hashtag game:
Hey @owillis do u have any knee-slapping tweets about Sandy Hook you bumbling, irrelevent gasbag?
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) February 17, 2013
Hey @owillis how's that "fellow" title working for you? Does it get u a discount on housecoats?
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) February 17, 2013
What followed was one of the most dishonest Twitter diatribes we’ve seen, and that’s saying a lot.
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/303269822341468161
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/303271058440601600
Of course, Gutfeld never said that “child victims of gun violence don’t exist,” as Willis falsely claimed. Gutfeld’s point was that some of the “kids” who are touted as innocent victims of gun violence are in fact nearly-adult criminals who were killed as a result of their gang involvement.
Don’t take our word for it. Judge for yourself. (Scroll ahead to 1:50.) It’s not the first time Willis has been wrong on his facts.
But Willis wasn’t done yet. First, he falsely accused Gutfeld and his Fox News colleagues of mocking the Americans who were killed in Benghazi:
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/303272118924218368
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/303272579874037760
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/303272879917776896
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/303274667848912896
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/303274849093177346
Next, Willis repeated his mischaracterization of what Gutfeld said … but this time trotted out the race card for good measure:
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/303275443254075392
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/303276031266156544
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/303276501950935040
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/303276723351474176
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/303276977517887488
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/303277209286737920
Willis must have known what he was alleging was false, but perhaps he hoped that repeating the false allegation over and over again would somehow make it seem more truthful.
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/303277573075505153
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/303277798875873280
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/303278359616581632
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/303278888916750337
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/303283725716828161
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/303283983985283073
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/303284134644703232
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/303286139018682370
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/303286353997733890
Gutfeld was more than capable of defending himself:
realizing he's a sad suckbag @owillis resorts to hiding that he mocked tragedy by shouting "Hey I have a two year old relative!" Pathetic
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) February 17, 2013
God I hope @owillis gets a promotion to "senior" fellow. That means he gets free wifi in his stuffy bedsit.
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) February 17, 2013
@owillisobvious ploy: called out as a sad douchebag, you frantically look for other sad douchebags to deflect your weak, cowardly life.
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) February 17, 2013
Question: when @owillis applied for a job as a fellow at Media Matters, did he really think there was an office?
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) February 17, 2013
how many times did @owillis condemn the right for insensitivity + now mocks the American dead? tonite Ollie's Senior Fellowship is over.
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) February 17, 2013
Hey @owillis got anything to say to the families of Bengazi dead? A joke? I bet u tell people u could standup. if u could stand up.
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) February 17, 2013
I'm on a bumpy flight to jfk and I'm handing my anxiety to @owillis for mocking the Bengazi dead. Bet he's wearing a cape and taking a bath.
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) February 17, 2013
What's the difference between @owillis and a boiler? One generates heat in a basement, and the other warms schools and factories.
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) February 17, 2013
Willis was reduced to accusing Gutfeld of being obsessive, even though Willis’s tweets about Gutfeld outnumbered Gutfeld’s tweets about Willis.
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/303291229699993600
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/303290694502588416
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/303292939055030273
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/303304507201302528
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/303306810167787520
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/303311335754702849
And here’s the bottom line:
See @owillis takes stuff out of context and paint u as racist. when u call him on is mockery of american dead, he hides like a coward
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) February 18, 2013
Willis mocked conservatives who, in good faith, have been asking questions about the murder of four Americans in Benghazi last September. Then, when Gutfeld objected, Willis falsely accused him of claiming “child victims of gun violence don’t exist.” Then, as if that weren’t bad enough, Willis claimed Gutfeld’s statement revealed racial animosity toward black people.
Naturally, Eric Boehlert sided with his Media Matters colleague.
yikes. Fox host @greggutfeld spends holiday wkend obsessively tweeting about @mmfa's @oliverwillis; http://t.co/MQUEaBtl
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) February 18, 2013
These people consider themselves arbiters of media misinformation. Utterly shameless.
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