New York Times Bullied Into Deleting Tweet By Outraged Liberals
Peter D'Abrosca
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The former paper of record was forced to delete a Tweet Thursday after users of the microblogging platform deemed it “insensitive.”
“We’re sorry for this tweet. In retrospect, a Twitter poll is insensitive in light of the gravity of this hearing. We’ve deleted it,” the New York Times said, attaching a screenshot of the Tweet in question.
We're sorry for this tweet. In retrospect, a Twitter poll is insensitive in light of the gravity of this hearing. We've deleted it. pic.twitter.com/4CqRhkuCat
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) September 27, 2018
The Times’ followers, it seems, were unhappy with a poll asking whether readers found Christine Blasey Fored’s testimony against Brett Kavanaugh in Thursday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing credible. Holding the “wrong” opinion on matters like this would constitute wrong-think, a serious crime on the political left.
Among the outraged was Verge editor Ruben Salvadori.
“Not ok @nytopinion,” he Tweeted.
Not ok @nytopinion pic.twitter.com/lqpvgwEwFb
— Ruben Salvadori (@ruben_salvadori) September 27, 2018
He was joined by ex-Forbes staff writer Clare O’Connor.
“This is sick!” she said.
https://twitter.com/Clare_OC/status/1045339596140302336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1045339596140302336&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fntknetwork.com%2Fnyts-apologizes-for-poll-asking-if-fords-testimony-is-credible%2F
Jodi Jacobon piled on.
“where is the WTAF button for this question?” asked the Editor in Chief of Rewire.
where is the WTAF button for this question?
— Jodi Jacobson ???????? #BlackLivesMatter (@jljacobson) September 27, 2018
WTAF stands for “what the actual [expletive].
The Times eventually caved to the bombardment of the social justice mob, which ironically they have helped to create by turner their once-revered newspaper into a leftist rag.
Another lesson learned: no matter how politically correct one remains, the social justice crows will always want more.
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