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Daily Caller‘s Exclusive Interview With Matt Yglesias: ‘Go F*ck Yourself’

by Frances Martel | 1:33 pm, August 14th, 2010

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First it was the ~~Washington Post~~‘s Slate’s Dave Weigel, whose private emails got him temporarily fired and rehired by the same parent company (and a news network). Then it was Wired‘s Spencer Ackerman‘s “plate glass window” quote that became a DC meme. Now, Think Progress‘s Matt Yglesias tells Daily Caller reporter Jonathan Strong where he can go after inquiring about his tweets.

Yes, Strong was the reporter who reprinted Weigel’s Journolist indiscretions after FishbowlDC lit the spark with a blurb on them, and he’s clearly on a mission to point out things that former Journolisters say. Noticing a tweet from Yglesias stating, “Fighting dishonesty with dishonesty is sometimes the right thing for advocates to do, yes,” Strong saw the opportunity for a story, despite the fact that the comment seems to have been within the context of a much larger discussion, not a standalone view.

Calling Yglesias for comment, Strong reports that Yglesias was not referring to his own job (which, on its own, the comment doesn’t indicate). “I don’t think that’s conducive to what I do. I’m trying to inform people, so I try to present them with accurate information,” he told Strong. Strong also made sure to note the conclusion of his conversation with Yglesias: “In concluding his interview with The Daily Caller, Yglesias said ‘go f*ck yourself’ and hung up the phone.”

To get the flip side of this important policy debate, Strong interviewed “Yglesias’s Twitter opponents,” who called Yglesias “a child.”

In other, less important news than Matt Yglesias’ Twitter, fires in Russia are threatening to engulf post-Chernobyl radioactive forests, Iran is opening its first nuclear power plant, and Julian Assange‘s polemical new 80s hair hasn’t been arrested yet.

daily caller, Jonathan Strong, Journolist, Matt Yglesias, twitter

http://apostrophejones.com Apostrophe jones

And Yglesias is one of the classiest liberal thinkers .
murf

The emasculation of liberal men continues…

Seriously, what bunch of groupie juvenile pussies .

The revenge of the nerds !

T
http://apostrophejones.com Apostrophe jones

And Strong should have known better than to call Yglesias when Matthew was trying to marinate his cat . Hungry guests coming soon, you see .
murf

Single dudes with 20 cats , is a great , but , true stereotype.
http://apostrophejones.com Apostrophe jones

That is the face of cat marination on the East Coast .
Bootleghaircut

“Single dudes with 20 cats , is a great , but , true stereotype.”

Yes and all stereotypes are true after all.

Good job with that.
adel

Matthew is solid…if you disagree with his analysis then do so…
BatBoy

adel said:
Matthew is solid

Solid what????
shootfromthehip

“The emasculation of liberal men continues…Seriously, what bunch of groupie juvenile pussies .The revenge of the nerds ! ”

I’d say “go fuck yourself” is hardly pussy speak.

But you are right, liberals like Bill Gates are nerds.

Without us, you’d still be using a typewriter.

SUCK ON THAT, FUCKSTICK.

Love, a “pussy” who could easily probably destroy you IRL.
Sean68

Yglesias has a sissy voice. He makes Truman Capote sound like Sam Elliot. “Go fuck yourself!” LOL. Bet he doesn’t have what it takes to say that to another man’s face. A good ass kicking would improve most people.
Sean68

shootfromthehip said:
“The emasculation of liberal men continues…Seriously, what bunch of groupie juvenile pussies .The revenge of the nerds ! ” I’d say “go fuck yourself” is hardly pussy speak. But you are right, liberals like Bill Gates are nerds. Without us, you’d still be using a typewriter. SUCK ON THAT, FUCKSTICK. Love, a “pussy” who could easily probably destroy you IRL.

You’re right. With all due respect to Bill Gate’s tremendous technical contributions to the development of the personal computer, I think William Shockley might have a greater claim to getting the world off typewriters and on to computers.
Sean68

Sean68 said:
You’re right. With all due respect to Bill Gate’s tremendous technical contributions to the development of the personal computer, I think William Shockley might have a greater claim to getting the world off typewriters and on to computers.

Sasrcasm should never be subtle. Bill Gates didn’t invent shit.
shootfromthehip

You’re right, “Sean68.”

Bill Gates “didn’t invent shit.”

Microsoft officially has a value of zero.

Windows is not an operating system installed on over 90% of the world’s computers.

Also, the earth is flat.
Rescuedog

“In other, less important news than Matt Yglesias’ Twitter, fires in Russia are threatening to engulf post-Chernobyl radioactive forests, Iran is opening its first nuclear power plant, and Julian Assange’s polemical new 80s hair hasn’t been arrested yet.”

Oh, for Christ’s sake Frances. Do you want us to thank you for sacrificing your integrity and your aspiration to serious journalism in order to bring us these stupid stories? All right then, thanks.
http://www.nukethefridge.com MartiniShark

Rescue, I was going to write the same type of rejoiner. Why would that get written at the end of any posting? If you truly feel some content is so rediculous, or even beneath you, then why write it at all? Unless Frances wanted to support Yglesias but really could not find a way to do so, therefore trivializing the whole thing was the only way to save face.
Sean68

shootfromthehip said:
You’re right, “Sean68.” Bill Gates “didn’t invent shit.” Microsoft officially has a value of zero. Windows is not an operating system installed on over 90% of the world’s computers. Also, the earth is flat.

It’s fun when they pretend to miss the point.
NORBIT

Note Everyone:

This ‘journalistic cuckold’ is still getting paid to spew his admittedly Left-Wing lies & propaganda!!

How long before he grabs an anchor spot on msnbc??
DrFunke

Fantastic response

I wish most would give the Daily Caller writers the same treatment