Following Hillary Clinton‘s conversation at the Women For Women luncheon on Tuesday with Christiane Amanpour, journalists took to Twitter to voice their disagreement with the former Secretary of State’s assessment of the media during the 2016 campaign.
Some journalists pushed back on the idea that Donald Trump wasn’t pressed hard enough on policy details, specifically against the false claim by Clinton that none of the debate moderators asked Trump for specifics of his plans (NBC’s Lester Holt made this his first question in the debate he moderated):
Come on — that was Lester Holt’s first question in the very first debate https://t.co/xUEmrMoFcb https://t.co/fwxP09xoLM
— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) May 2, 2017
Hillary attacking the media is totally misguided: We asked Trump for specifics on his plans over and over again.
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) May 2, 2017
And over and over https://t.co/xVG9wYhZaK
— Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) May 2, 2017
@ThePlumLineGS @GlennThrush @PhilipRucker It’s also just really hard to win a third term for the same party. That’s another reality of this. But why the need to blame journos?
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 2, 2017
Glenn Thrush of The New York Times criticized Clinton for, in his estimation, refusing to own up to her own faults as a candidate (Clinton said “I take full responsibility” for losing the election, but also mostly blamed FBI director James Comey and Russian interference for her defeat):
Hillary takeaways 1) Loathes Trump 2) blames Comey/Putin 3) the ‘real’ Hillary-funny, hard-edged, unguarded 4) blames everyone but self
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) May 2, 2017
Uh huh sure she did https://t.co/EXcs4ZvFJm
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) May 2, 2017
Uh huh sure she did https://t.co/EXcs4ZvFJm
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) May 2, 2017
Clinton’s Communications Director, Jennifer Palmieri, fired back at Thrush:
@GlennThrush You are all about @hillaryclinton being authentic until she says speaks her truth.
— Jennifer Palmieri (@jmpalmieri) May 2, 2017
Thrush responded:
Remember the podcast with me where u sat under a map of the US — pointed to the Midwest — and said we’ll win them AFTER the election? https://t.co/k0chZcsYdn
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) May 2, 2017
Jon Favreau, a former speechwriter for President Barack Obama who recently founded a progressive podcast network, also pushed back at media reaction from Thrush and others — saying that while Clinton was not blameless in her own loss, the media’s performance in the 2016 election was, likewise, not without flaws:
I’ve been critical of HRC’s mistakes but I can’t understand this obsession from reporters who still refuse to admit any fault of their own.
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) May 2, 2017
Let it go, guys. It’s ok to say “Yeah, we made a few mistakes too.” I promise. We all have.
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) May 2, 2017
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