Here’s the story so far: On Saturday night, President Trump called out The Washington Post’s Dave Weigel for tweeting a photo of a half-empty arena in Pensacola, Fla., where Trump appeared Friday night. Weigel deleted the tweet after learning the photo was taken well before the well-attended event began and apologized to the president in a reply to his tweet. We’d thought the drama would have ended there, but in a follow-up tweet, the president called on Weigel to be fired. That obviously upset a lot of journalists, but it inspired CNN’s Brian Stelter to tweet this:
That’s like…how Twitter works https://t.co/0Tdg3joFhc — Andy Swan (@AndySwan) December 10, 2017
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By including Dave Weigel’s @ handle, the president’s statement is inviting followers to gang up on a reporter https://t.co/3C5jKDvFP5
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 9, 2017
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Area man figures out Twitter.
— 100 Proof (@ChampionCapua) December 9, 2017
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That is pretty much how Twitter works, but perhaps the news media could avoid exactly this scenario by not rushing to post fake news.
How about getting facts right?
— Jim Treacher is a dumb pseudonym (@jtLOL) December 9, 2017
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Yes because that’s the problem here, not reporting #FakeNews 🙄#MAGA https://t.co/UNRvwDy6IP
— Steve Mager🇺🇸🍁 (@americana_prime) December 9, 2017
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Then Weigel should not post a picture of a half empty arena and put in quotes "to the rafters." https://t.co/51dJucUDSL
— Gene Chelette (@BaldEagle140) December 10, 2017
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If only you could get this upset at Dave for inaccuracy, Mister Reliable Sources. https://t.co/qpZdlwILHY
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) December 10, 2017
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Gang up? You mean scrutinize creators of fake news? https://t.co/rWwIIuZHpX
— CJ Pearson (@thecjpearson) December 10, 2017
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I assume someone hacked your account. Most likely a 12 year old girl because no grown man would send this. https://t.co/TtS1spVqbr
— Chris Barron (@ChrisRBarron) December 10, 2017
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Stelter is a big bald baby. https://t.co/ErOZqJxFcq
— Liz Mac (@TheLizMac) December 9, 2017
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What a creepy hysterical drama queen! https://t.co/IKiCMYXNRw
— Abu Nudnik (@AbuNudnik) December 9, 2017
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*pearl clutching intensifies* https://t.co/5BaHyczUDu
— C. Miller (@milleramendment) December 9, 2017
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I'll bet you were a handful in junior high school. https://t.co/88pEi42dX8
— CountryBeforeNFL (@UnnaturalBlond) December 9, 2017
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@ ing someone is common, but sure lets make mountains out of mole hills. https://t.co/Xm9kNfkAR4
— Cal Coconut AKA Drupe King (@TheCalCoconut) December 9, 2017
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Not including it is subtweeting, and rude. https://t.co/Gs5t6cGSKn
— Mr X (@GlomarNeverDies) December 10, 2017
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Uhh, was Dave not the one who posted it? Clearly he would @ him !
😂 https://t.co/85NVCrqa0d— Lilly Belle (@KeepINitReal604) December 9, 2017
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Note to whiny bitches of the media cartel: if you troll the President of the United States and quote tweet him, he very well may respond and blow up your mentions. Go melt, snowflakes. That is all.
— Patrick Poole (@pspoole) December 10, 2017
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This tweet is so stupid and deserves to be ratio'd. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to find his Twitter handle by typing his name into the search box. https://t.co/erhrGFMKBs
— Cameron Cawthorne (@Cam_Cawthorne) December 9, 2017
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Don’t worry kid. Twitter will ban them, so wipe your tears and chin up. https://t.co/0Ds0f2Y5By
— jason (@JasonSlusher) December 9, 2017
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Twitter is the public square. If you don’t want attention called to yourself, don’t tweet. And especially don’t tweet falsehoods. https://t.co/B5d8hGcCwg
— Member of The Tribe (@HebrewToYou) December 9, 2017
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If you partisan 'journalist' bitches can't stand the heat, get the fuck out of the kitchen https://t.co/suSLaM1GJZ
— Hugh G. McLeod (@HughGMcLeod) December 9, 2017
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Yes I know reporters believe they should be completely shielded from any criticism. But if you chose to participate in the public discourse you open yourself to criticism, even if it's unfair. If you are on twitter you put yourself in the arena. It was your choice. https://t.co/JUA5A6oTbs
— #BROKEN Micah Kellner (@MicahKellner) December 9, 2017
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I think these guys are literally insane. I guess anything to keep directing attention away from all the fake news they put out 24/7. https://t.co/kw0CPNEyQp
— KY Jeeper (@kyjeeper65) December 9, 2017
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You people are validating everything Trump is saying about you and what we have known for years now. You are not "Press" you are the propaganda arm of the Democrat party. You prove it every day. https://t.co/Jyx5arGXAP
— Keep Calm and Carry (@johnnyfriegas) December 9, 2017
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It's dumb when he tweets out petty stuff. It's dumber that the media en masse consistently reports the petty shit and that you can't even report said petty shit without factual error. https://t.co/h2zHZ26qWf
— L (@LilMissRightie) December 9, 2017
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You guys at @CNN and MSM have been ganging up on @POTUS and his family for over a year. Deal with it. https://t.co/nXtxRKt12M
— Chris Cardillo (@cvcardillo) December 10, 2017
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May I suggest that fake reporters stop ganging up on the president with daily lies. https://t.co/ZfVNg1yZlK
— Ginny Fidler (@KathyMschotschi) December 10, 2017
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Does Brian have reliable sources on this info? Did someone describe the tweet over the phone? Would he have trusted the person if they did? https://t.co/4P0SNsih38
— Conservative (@BrownDeerRepub) December 9, 2017
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Including @DaveWeigel in the tweet, he proves his point that MSM is fake news…as a sidenote Dave has me blocked, wow don't think I have ever tweeted him https://t.co/VwscaAg7Er
— 🇺🇸 yvonne burton (@_YvonneBurton) December 9, 2017
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Is Dave not man enough to handle it? I would advise him to stop tweeting complete bullshit and this wouldn't happen https://t.co/ROXLJLiDte
— Angela Schwan (@schwan_angela) December 9, 2017
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Yeah, heaven forbid that a reporter be held accountable for once, right? https://t.co/ydKx2bpKVo
— The Fourteenth Cylon (@fourteenthcylon) December 9, 2017
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Journalism's extreme fear of accountability is….troubling to say the least. https://t.co/JitsfH8mR7
— Eli Sowry (@UnrealElijah) December 9, 2017
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False. You’re such a piece of shit. https://t.co/SJsl61j3DV
— Meech (@michi83) December 9, 2017
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You're a little snowflake,
short and stout.
Listen to you whine,
listen to you pout. https://t.co/WaElmZvtBn— The Mouth of Soros (@WiFi_Ed) December 9, 2017
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You’re a whiner too @brianstelter, think you would be used to the counter punches after two years of #FakeCNN getting destroyed by everyone https://t.co/obamKYGlww
— Brian Harrington (@BrainHarrington) December 9, 2017
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Yeah, that's it. 🙄Bc w/o the @ handle, none of us would ever be able to figure out how to tag @daveweigel. "Gang up". Pretty sure Weigel can handle the notifications after his blatant falsehood. Grow up. cc: @KurtSchlichter @ChrisRBarron @michellemalkin @redsteeze @johncardillo https://t.co/OYkLdz9QsU
— Michael (@Michael2014abc) December 9, 2017
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Play stupid games, Win stupid prizes. https://t.co/xM8z0TU2HZ
— 🎅Sterls🎄 (@MoreCredible) December 9, 2017
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We've got better things to do buddy. You guys do a bang up job of attaching the rope to the lamp post yourselves anyway. https://t.co/EA8pl280Dj
— Gerard Baring (@deplorablejam) December 9, 2017
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If you were more relevant, Trump would attack you too. https://t.co/r75Nh2fKd5
— Victor (@VictorConservat) December 9, 2017
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@brianstelter is the twitter policy police. Seems like he thinks reporters like @daveWeigel can simply lie and get away with it w/o being called out.
Don't want the repercussions, THEN STOP LYING https://t.co/jdpsTcAq6m— dt (@sublime_carrot) December 9, 2017
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You're like an annoying hall monitor https://t.co/QK4dzD0xCE
— LaurieAnn ✨ (@mooshakins) December 10, 2017
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This, coming from someone that works for a media outlet that doxxed a private citizen over a GIF they didn't like, is pretty rich. https://t.co/wqV3oVKGj0
— R.J. Kendall 🐀 (@RJ_Kendall) December 9, 2017
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YOUR.
NETWORK.
DOXXED.
A.
CHILD.
OVER.
A.
GIF. https://t.co/XAWqGhhtje— David Insley, Writer of things you dare not read (@thedavidinsley) December 9, 2017
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Remember that one time @CNN tried to blackmail that Reddit user?… https://t.co/A1aRa66tXJ
— Precariat Panda (@rubentown) December 9, 2017
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I swear millennial journalists (those in their 30s) can be some of the most insufferable people on Twitter. @JamesRosenTV, @edhenry, @BretBaier @jaketapper @tvkatesnow @dmartosko etc. we're going to have to cryogenically freeze you so you can do news for us forever. PLEASE. https://t.co/OYkLdz9QsU
— Michael (@Michael2014abc) December 9, 2017
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