A TIME columnist and New York University professor made up a wild quote Sunday morning, which painted President Donald J. Trump in a bad light. Many members of our esteemed media and political commentary apparatus immediately jumped to share the false quote – which quickly went viral – without verifying that it was real.
"President Trump in Tokyo: ‘Kim Jong Un is smarter and would make a better President than Sleepy Joe Biden,’" Ian Bremmer said on Twitter.
Only four hours later did Bremmer admit that the quote was a fake, after it had made its way around the internet. He pretended as if he was doing some sort of social experiment, saying the misinformation he intentionally spread was "objectively a completely ludicrous quote," and that people on Twitter are partisan and will believe whatever fits their worldview. (Gee, thanks for the insight, professor).
"That’s the point," he said.
Media figures attributing false quotes to Trump is pretty horrid, but worse were the reactions from other media people who were salivating at the opportunity to cast Trump in a negative light.
Here’s a list of the culprits, compiled by Nick Monroe:
Fernand R. Amandi, a political commentator and professor.
"If you still support Trump, it means you also hate the United States," he said at the risk of painting with a broad brush.
David Lazarus is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times and KTLA, as well as a radio show host.
"Every time you think he can’t stoop lower," Lazarus said, proving that he’s definitely not a partisan hack.
Jessica Ellis seems to be some kind of producer. I’m not really sure what she does, but Twitter has deemed her enough of a public figure to give her a blue check mark.
"At this point I’m not even mad at him for being a raging fuckhead monster. My fury is reserved for every weak, amoral, pudding-willed Republican continuing to do nothing," she said, adding in a separate Tweet "There’s a reason we charge accomplices and accessories to crimes."
Quartz technology editor Mike Murphy got in on the fun, accusing Trump of "treason," because nobody knows that word means anymore.
Bill Prady is the executive produce of Hollywood sitcom "The Big Bang Theory," who appears to have spent a good amount of time researching what the United Nations had to say about North Korea. In other news, Hollywood’s opinions continue to be useless.
Confirming the level of intelligence of our intelligence services, former CIA spook Emily Brandwin took a crack at Trump.
Jeremy Pond, a self-described "PR Maven" called for Trump’s impeachment.
Virginia Senate candidate, attorney, and social justice dork Qasim Rashid joined the party.
Wall Street Journal writer Farnaz Fassihi jumped in, too.
Digital media attorney and unremarkable blue check-haver Antone Johnson said the Republican party is broken – and then that he had "no words."
No outrage cycle would be complete without RussiaGate conspiracy theorist and CNN contributor Ana Navarro giving her hysterical take.
SOURCE
https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/a-time-columnist-fabricated-a-trump-quote-a-bunch-of-idiot-media-people-shared-it-heres-the-full-list/
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