Ask and ye shall receive, buddy. What sparked that remark? Take a gander:
https://twitter.com/Neal_Dewing/status/542791313532669952
THIS: "If there’s one conservative news site that’s been sorely overlooked by media reporters, it’s…" http://t.co/2gNMy2h3I9 @woodruffbets
— Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair ? (@senatorshoshana) December 10, 2014
That conservative news site is Twitchy. As Twitchy readers know, that article (a must-read, for serious) also helped highlight another point. War on Women? Not in conservative new media. But there is a war BY women.
Congrats on a solid piece of reporting on Conservative sites! Loved it! @woodruffbets http://t.co/5KZYhRjzUV #WarBYWomen
— Julie (@JRoAZ) December 11, 2014
Yep.
The Slate article also went on to say this:
https://twitter.com/JonGarthwaite/status/542851054036353024
OK, so that’s a humble brag. But allow us to bow and curtsy for a moment. Because don’t worry: It’s not all humble brags. Betsy Woodruff’s article also divulged this oh-so-awesome gem.
Also, who is the D.C.-based reporter whose uncharitable Twitchy story came up on a date? http://t.co/DkJYzS8MMU
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) December 10, 2014
No, really. That happened.
https://twitter.com/woodruffbets/status/542797832026341377
The site has also brought a new word into reporters’ lexicons: Twitchied, which refers to the often days-long onslaught of Twitter attention (and, sometimes, abuse) that journalists get after being featured on the site. One D.C.-based politics reporter, who didn’t want to go on the record, said one uncharitable Twitchy story about him came up on a date. His date had Googled him before they went out, and the Twitchy story bashing him was close to the top of his results.
Well, Twitchied or Twitchy’d as a verb shows something else too: Perhaps that whole “overlooked” thing isn’t working out so well for said journos when journos are discussing being Twitchy’d. Snicker.
Recommended
https://twitter.com/woodruffbets/status/542792594104016896
“For some left-leaning reporters, getting Twitchied is a rite of passage” http://t.co/VlCIcG574v
— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) December 10, 2014
Huge loser @SimonMaloy has never been Twitchied http://t.co/AkOgJqQJ2a
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) December 10, 2014
See?
But the date part: The most schadenfreudelicious thing ever? It’s close.
Who could it be?
https://twitter.com/elisefoley/status/542793196330569728
@elisefoley @igorbobic the way I read that is "Elise is the person googled her date and found out he was Twitchy'd"
— Olivier Knox (@OKnox) December 10, 2014
Heh.
So, whose date did Twitchy ruin? Via @slate http://t.co/q7YmoyLErW pic.twitter.com/d9WjpPR9Sq
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) December 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/542798205847871489
Inquiring minds wanna know! RT @GPollowitz: So, whose date did Twitchy ruin? Via @slate http://t.co/44gHAyjp5r pic.twitter.com/5Zu7IMDpZz
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 10, 2014
Indeed.
Here are some flashbacks that might help solve this mystery:
AP reporter deletes tweets after cheerleading for Obama, getting facts wrong
Inflammatory! Could mace boy Chris Hayes have made a more irresponsible Ferguson tweet than THIS?
Jackpot: Chris Hayes’ first-ever tweet is solid Twitter gold
Chris Hayes gets called on his Ebola ‘lie’
‘Go with that, skippy’: This Chris Hayes flashback is deliciously painful
Matt Yglesias flogged with his own seven month old buffoonery
‘Never gets old’: Stephen Kruiser shares time-honored Matt Yglesias tweet that’s still funny
Oh dear! John Kerry crush inspires Matt Yglesias’ most sidesplitting tweet yet?
Ace reporter Matt Yglesias falls for fake Twitter account of ‘Iranian president’
‘Lying hack’! Ezra Klein throttled for calling Obamacare cancellation stories ‘mostly hype’
Synced spin! Ezra Klein, others: GOP ‘sabotaging’ Obamacare; Well, then: ‘Proceed’
Lapdog poetry: Rick Klein gushes over Bill Clinton with junior high-worthy verse
Hack-tastic! Rick Klein: GOP is a total loser, because NJ election; Guess who isn’t a loser
Lib journo Howard Fineman to Hollywood: You owe it all to Obama!
This journo is SHOCKED the WH can’t be trusted; This has to be the most unreal statement ever
This TIME journo asked absurd Obama admin question; The schooling answers will crack you up
These CNN journos whine about Fox News ‘name-calling’; Get smacked down by MSNBC reminder [photo]
Hey moms! See a NYT journo mock your ‘faux outrage’ over Dems saying you don’t have a real job
And we can’t forget HuffPo’s Ryan Reilly:
What are your guesses, Twitchy readers?
@woodruffbets @TwitchyTeam ew don't use impact as a verb betsy
— Chris Moody (@moody) December 10, 2014
Hmm. Doth he protest too much?
https://twitter.com/woodruffbets/status/542798663882641408
You tell ’em, Betsy.
This Twitter user has an idea of what happened when one lib journo was Googled:
@TwitchyTeam @GPollowitz @Slate I know what happened when Igor's potential date googled him: pic.twitter.com/HWFxLgFZq3
— Natasha Fatale, Pottsylvanian Spy & Bombshell (@N_Fatale) December 10, 2014
Snicker. Speaking of Mr. Bobic, he was mentioned in the article as well:
Igor Bobic, Huffington Post’s associate politics editor, has also faced Twitchy’s wrath. “It’s become somewhat of an inside joke among reporters, and even prompts a round of congratulations,” he emailed. “What’s not fun is the avalanche of hate it immediately brings to your Twitter page, often forcing you to sign off for the next 24-48 hours.”
And is he back for more?
.@woodruffbets does her best to get me Twitchied http://t.co/DkJYzS8MMU
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) December 10, 2014
Don’t worry. We are sure it will happen again soon enough.
In the meantime, there’s this:
https://twitter.com/Obolerfan/status/542805314030944256
https://twitter.com/Macrotots/status/542858839217815552
Awesome.
https://twitter.com/ChristinaDiSomm/status/542853433192357889
It’s ours too!
Related:
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