WaPo White House correspondent Philip Rucker should just change his name to Philip Muckraker. Because this scoop is a return to the golden age of investigative journalism:
During Brett Kavanaugh’s time as an undergrad at Yale, his fraternity, DKE, marched across campus waving a flag woven from women’s underwear, according to this @yaledailynews report https://t.co/7o3fyzgmeX
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) September 20, 2018
This is your cue, FBI! Time to swarm on Brett Kavanaugh!
That must mean he's a rapist. https://t.co/hSzshYqhKu
— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) September 20, 2018
Definitely. The evidence is irrefutable.
Or maybe it isn’t:
In case it isn’t clear in my tweet, Kavanaugh is not in the flag-waving photo, as explained in this story, which is about the culture of his frat.
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) September 20, 2018
It wasn’t clear, Philip. But that was by design, wasn’t it?
So why show the photo?
— Lee@eps (@LeighEPS) September 20, 2018
Because narrative.
"During many years a group of people did something, which means one individual may have done something very different."
— Razor (@hale_razor) September 20, 2018
“Look at what other people did – other people that went to the same school as Kavanaugh!”
“Journalism” or something. ?
— Son of Liberty (@filiuslibertate) September 20, 2018
So he was a better person than some ppl in his Frat…. Thanks for the update, Philip https://t.co/K7cMal8tyr
— Mujahed (@kebejay) September 20, 2018
Kavanaugh wasn't the one waving the flag, but I'm going to implicate him anyway by including him in something that must be bad involving women's underwear. Not actual women, just their underwear.
— MagicMan (@MagicMa65492005) September 20, 2018
The Left continues to display how little they understand about the real world.
This is normal frat behavior. Even ignoring that Kavanaugh wasn't part of this, it's still an incredibly stupid story. https://t.co/l7CMG6Rw3Q
— Eric Spencer (@JustEric) September 20, 2018
Exactly.
I can't believe you read this story and thought it was a good idea to tweet
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) September 20, 2018
Incredible. pic.twitter.com/6Ogt740fUi
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) September 20, 2018
Banner day for you, Phil. https://t.co/8NKJkfH5Vm
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) September 20, 2018
Thus far we have media insinuations BK is guilty because he was in a frat, he was a man, he made a bland joke about 3 of his friends in prep school…
You noticing a pattern?
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) September 20, 2018
You’d have to be blind not to.
Plant the flag. Journalism has officially died with this tweet.
— Justin Davidson (@atljad) September 20, 2018
So not in the photo, not alleged to have participated, but still go ahead and paint him with the brush. The @washingtonpost should be ashamed. You should be ashamed. All of journalism should be ashamed.
— Kyle Garlett (@KyleGarlett) September 20, 2018
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