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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA Dangerous Troll Is Now Reporting From The White House
Source: Media Matters
The internets most hapless political blogger now has his own White House correspondent -- a regular contributor with little reporting experience but ample ties to alt-right harassment -- sitting in the White House press briefing room.
At the January 19 Deploraball event before President Donald Trumps inauguration, Gateway Pundit founder and dumbest man on the internet Jim Hoft announced that his outlet would have a White House correspondent with the Trump administration, and that Lucian Wintrich would fill the position. On February 13, Hoft posted a "reader alert" that Hoft and Wintrich will be attending the day's White House press briefing. Hoft confusingly wrote, "Please look for us and keep your fingers crossed that one of us is asked a question."
Hours later, Hoft tweeted a photo of himself and Wintrich standing behind the lectern in the White House press briefing room, displaying a hand signal associated with the racist Pepe meme. The tweet itself also included the hashtag "Pepe" and a frog emoji, commonly understood to invoke the hate symbol.
Hofts political blog has often served as the single source for completely unfounded reporting that nonetheless catches fire in the right-wing internet world, until it becomes what Kellyanne Conway might deem an alternative fact. The frequency with which he posts hoaxes and complete fabrications as fact suggests Hoft either has a reckless and total disregard for the truth or is so incompetent he cannot separate fact from fiction.
At the January 19 Deploraball event before President Donald Trumps inauguration, Gateway Pundit founder and dumbest man on the internet Jim Hoft announced that his outlet would have a White House correspondent with the Trump administration, and that Lucian Wintrich would fill the position. On February 13, Hoft posted a "reader alert" that Hoft and Wintrich will be attending the day's White House press briefing. Hoft confusingly wrote, "Please look for us and keep your fingers crossed that one of us is asked a question."
Hours later, Hoft tweeted a photo of himself and Wintrich standing behind the lectern in the White House press briefing room, displaying a hand signal associated with the racist Pepe meme. The tweet itself also included the hashtag "Pepe" and a frog emoji, commonly understood to invoke the hate symbol.
Hofts political blog has often served as the single source for completely unfounded reporting that nonetheless catches fire in the right-wing internet world, until it becomes what Kellyanne Conway might deem an alternative fact. The frequency with which he posts hoaxes and complete fabrications as fact suggests Hoft either has a reckless and total disregard for the truth or is so incompetent he cannot separate fact from fiction.
Read more: https://mediamatters.org/blog/2017/02/13/dangerous-troll-now-reporting-white-house/215320
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A Dangerous Troll Is Now Reporting From The White House (Original Post)
demmiblue
Feb 2017
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Buns_of_Fire
(17,119 posts)1. Master Wintrich has a definite James O'Keefe air about him.
Quite impressed with himself, he is.
demmiblue
(36,751 posts)5. Well, seeing as they are a part of the new 'Rat Pack'...
Heres what else we know about Wintrich: He is close with figures of the racist and misogynist so-called alt-right who are known for launching online harassment campaigns that frequently target women. Wintrichs art exhibit featured contributors like Breitbart.com editor and transphobic serial harasser Milo Yiannopoulos, Pharma bro Martin Shkreli, misogynist and racist conservative troll Gavin McInnes, and deluded citizen journalist vigilante James OKeefe, among others, when he brought it to New York City in October. Were bringing back the Rat Pack, Wintrich captioned a photo of Shkreli, himself, and Yiannopoulos. This group also regularly tweets about and directly at each other, praising and participating in one anothers misguided projects.
I am still amazed by how these people are given even an ounce of credibility or standing. Post Trump America.
rusty fender
(3,428 posts)2. It looks to me like Harry Potter
has gone to the dark side.
But honestly, I really thought that Wintrich was a 12 year-old posing with his dad.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)3. KNR
s-cubed
(1,385 posts)4. Trump uses that hand signal all the time. I didn't know it's association.