It was epic, but we’ll get to that. First, some background:
https://twitter.com/MetricButtload/status/516595623005814784
Snort. Why? Well, as Twitchy readers know, the idiots over at Vox spread the lie that Hong Kong protesters were putting their hands up … in solidarity with Ferguson. That really happened and it was rightly mocked. A WaPo reporter embarrassed himself by defending the moronic lie. MSNBC and Donna Brazile also repeated the outlandish claim.
The mockery continues:
@redsteeze Favre saw the significance of Ferguson before anyone tbh @Max_Fisher pic.twitter.com/e5OuzioKcF
— olliander (@ollieblog) September 29, 2014
@redsteeze @msnbc all across the nation fans at games were showing solidarity with Ferguson. It was almost wave-like. pic.twitter.com/LWUHop7Sei
— Snyder Arts (@snyderart2012) September 29, 2014
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/516603090158374912
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/516587863950245888
Enter MSNBC:
11 minutes ago: https://t.co/04pCxxzTzY
— Christian Vanderbrouk (@UrbanAchievr) September 29, 2014
Yep.
Hong Kong protesters mimic Ferguson’s "hands up, don’t shoot": http://t.co/GPgTP5Xd3T (Photo: Alex Ogle/AFP/Getty) pic.twitter.com/g0BsbQcrDg
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) September 29, 2014
Well after the absurd lie was debunked. But it was even worse:
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/516595012470325248
Um.
https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/516591062895587328
https://twitter.com/traciglee/status/516591220877828096
She is an MSNBC digital producer. How awkward!
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/516594472424308736
https://twitter.com/ScottLofquist/status/516595235606900736
.@redsteeze Maybe @traciglee should send her employers an email about their inaccurate tweet? @AdamSerwer
— RBe (@RBPundit) September 29, 2014
https://twitter.com/Trent_Hill/status/516595866170580992
@traciglee Speaking truth while working for @msnbc? You should probably go ahead and update your resume'
— ↪Me↩ (@fourm32n0) September 29, 2014
Beautiful.
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/516592796632117249
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/516593344261419008
Love.
And a kitten gets in on the mockery. Just because.
https://twitter.com/coolhandschlute/status/516640598137507840
Adorbs.
Related:
‘Stupidest thing ever seen’? Yes: Donna Brazile, MSNBC ‘vomit Vox’s’ Hong Kong/Ferguson lie
#HandsUpDontShoot: Don’t look now Vox, but your epic stupidity has a mock-tastic hashtag [photos]
‘No one is that dumb!’ Oh yes, Vox is. Take a look at THIS epic idiocy sparking snark [photo]
‘You’re embarrassing yourself’: WaPo reporter defends Vox’s Hong Kong/Ferguson knee-slapper
Twitchy coverage of Vox buffoonery
Instagram blocked and other updates from the ‘umbrella revolution’ in Hong Kong [photos]
‘Nailed it in advance’: Snark-elicious new angles on Hong Kong story
‘Invented in Missouri’: Hong Kong protesters using Ferguson ‘hands up, don’t shoot’ gesture?
‘I want freedom’: Massive crowds, tear gas at Hong Kong democracy protests against China [photos]
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