{"id":55577,"date":"2022-12-01T11:27:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T19:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=55577"},"modified":"2022-12-01T11:27:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T19:27:07","slug":"wtfox-fox-news-hack-asks-press-secretary-if-the-white-house-is-going-to-shut-down-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=55577","title":{"rendered":"WTFox? Fox News Hack Asks Press Secretary if the White House is Going to Shut Down Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"

The melodrama engulfing Twitter since it was devoured by the American oligarch, Elon Musk<\/a><\/strong>, is spinning ever more ludicrous plots. And in keeping with the themes dictated by Donald Trump, they generally involve some wealthy wingnut’s paranoid delusions of persecution and victimhood. Poor little billionaires.<\/p>\n

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Whenever there is some feigned offense as perceived by the uber-elites, the Fox News propaganda machine can be relied upon to pursue its mission of spreading disinformation on behalf of Trump’s Republican Cult Party. Central to that undertaking is the Fox News White House correspondent, Peter Doocy, whose role has always been to manufacture preposterous narratives for his network’s news mangling.<\/p>\n

RELATED: WH Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre to Fox News\u2019 Peter Doocy: That\u2019s a Ridiculous Question<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

On Wednesday Doocy assumed his position in the White House press room to fulfill his assignment for the day. He quickly excreted another contrived and bizarre scenario that wasted everyone’s time and forced the Press Secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, to school him on some basic principles of communication and free speech.<\/p>\n

Doocy:<\/strong> When are you guys gonna delete the White House Twitter account?
\nJean-Pierre:<\/strong> Why would we do that?
\nDoocy:<\/strong> Well, you say that you’re keeping an eye on Twitter because it might not be a suitable platform. So why use it?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s difficult to comprehend just how inept and unqualified Doocy is for the job he’s allegedly doing. Unless, that is, you accept that his job is to babble incoherently in pursuit of what he thinks is a “gotcha”<\/em> question. Obviously the White House can post comments on Twitter that convey their positions without embracing everything about the site that is troublesome. But Doocy needed the remedial explanation…<\/p>\n

Jean-Pierre:<\/strong> I want to be very clear here. The President has always said, and he has been very clear in his belief that it is important for social media platforms to continue to take steps to reduce hate speech and misinformation. And he will continue to say that. But media platforms make independent choices about the information that they present. So I don’t have anything to share on any policy or any changes that we will be making. We have multiple platforms, as you know, that we utilize to communicate with the American people.
\nDoocy:<\/strong> You say that you’re gonna be monitoring the speech on there. If you see something that you don’t like, would you try to shut Twitter down?
\nJean-Pierre:<\/strong> When you talk about monitoring, I hate to break it to you Peter, just like everybody else, we very much monitor the news. We pay close attention to everything that you all are reporting. And Twitter is in the news a lot. And that’s what we’re paying attention to. We’re paying attention to what is in the news and what is being reported on the misinformation that’s out there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Fox News\u2019 Peter Doocy: \u201cWhen are you guys gonna delete the White House Twitter account?"<\/p>\n

White House Press Sec. Karine Jean-Pierre: \u201cWhy would we do that?" pic.twitter.com\/6mWbw8FkDH<\/a><\/p>\n

— The Recount (@therecount) November 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n