Fox’s Dana Perino Snarks About Central Park Trash; Central Park Actually Fires Back

Josh FeldmanSep 22nd, 2015, 3:50 pm

Fox News’ Dana Perino got quite an earful from Central Park on Twitter after snarking that they only finally cleaned up the place for the pope’s arrival:

Well, well, well – Central Park has finally been cleaned up after a summer of trash. The Pope should come more often!

— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) September 22, 2015

Well, hours later, Central Park’s official Twitter feed actually seriously shot back and told her she’s wrong:

1/3 @danaperino such an unfair & uninformed tweet. Central Park Conservancy staff work 24/7 365 days a year pic.twitter.com/zz89jkcalv

— Central Park (@CentralParkNYC) September 22, 2015

2/3 @danaperino Pope or no Pope to keep Central Park immaculate under pressure of 42 million visits a year! pic.twitter.com/5CmXdc9lSn

— Central Park (@CentralParkNYC) September 22, 2015

3/3 @danaperino We remove 2,46 TONS of trash and 70 TONS of recycling every year. pic.twitter.com/OJ21IP0NBi

— Central Park (@CentralParkNYC) September 22, 2015

@danaperino 4/4 excuse me, that should be: We remove 2,246 TONS of trash and 70 TONS of recycling every year.

— Central Park (@CentralParkNYC) September 22, 2015

Perino clarified that her irritation is with Central Park’s garbage-tossing tourists:

Oh wait – I love the staff and thank every one of them. They're amazing. The overnight visitors, by so much https://t.co/zARgGUJiSY

— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) September 22, 2015

And, I'm a supportive member of the conservancy. So not uninformed. I'm there every day. https://t.co/2TZecr8s3E

— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) September 22, 2015