Heidi Moore, a reporter for The Guardian, made this claim today then got irritated when people questioned it’s veracity.
https://twitter.com/moorehn/status/508783892439236609
https://twitter.com/ComfortablySmug/status/508784135025205248
https://twitter.com/moorehn/status/508784531038810112
https://twitter.com/ComfortablySmug/status/508784909406986240
https://twitter.com/moorehn/status/508787464895746048
@moorehn I guess we're saying that U.S. Senator doesn't count as a "state-wide" office.
— Bronx Republicans (@TheBronxGOP) September 8, 2014
@moorehn clearly you know NOTHING about South Carolina. One of the most moderate & equally represented states. Stay in the UK.
— Salvaje (@wildbilltour) September 8, 2014
https://twitter.com/moorehn/status/508810558347681793
Really?
SC Lt. governor candidates spar over McMaster’s club membership
Sellers, who could be the first African-Americans elected to statewide office since Reconstruction, said he decided to make McMaster’s membership at the Forest Lake Club an issue because he wants to move South Carolina away from its past, including bouts with racism. (emphasis added)
Clearly her tweet was not a direct quote. Also her tweet leaves out the words “elected to.” Senator Tim Scott was elected to the House of Representatives, but he was appointed by Governor Nikki Hailey to the U.S. Senate when Senator Jim DeMint resigned. So the article is correct while Moore’s tweet was not.
https://twitter.com/moorehn/status/508810028506447873
Apparently neither did you since your “direct quote” was not a direct quote.
@moorehn just read it. your tweet was still factually incorrect, though the article was not. admit, apologize, & move on. #itsnotthathard
— Texan in Cali (@GarrettHeckman) September 8, 2014
@moorehn btw "literally" has an important meaning, as does "elected"
— Texan in Cali (@GarrettHeckman) September 8, 2014
So, @moorehn has issued ~30 defensive tweets instead of just one admitting that she made a simple factual error. She's highly intelligent.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) September 8, 2014
And some wonder why the media aren’t trusted.
Update:
Moore tells Ali Akbar, whose mother is black, “you’re not black.”
https://twitter.com/ali/status/508828182725001216
https://twitter.com/ali/status/508832282929795073
https://twitter.com/ali/status/508829157728722944
https://twitter.com/ali/status/508835463969660930
https://twitter.com/ali/status/508836822588620800
https://twitter.com/ali/status/508837014574465024
https://twitter.com/ali/status/508840116648173570
https://twitter.com/ali/status/508847284139081728
But she’s still the victim:
https://twitter.com/moorehn/status/508845638571012096
https://twitter.com/moorehn/status/508850480060309504
https://twitter.com/moorehn/status/508959972445929472
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