Journalists Troll InfoWars Editor After He Offers Free Trip to Sweden’s ‘Crime Ridden Migrant Suburbs of Malmo’
This weekend, Milo Yiannopoulos‘s shocking comments on pedophilia weren’t the only ones making headlines. Donald Trump, too, made a surprising proclamation about a terror attack in Sweden that — much like Kellyanne Conway‘s Bowling Green Massacre and Sean Spicer‘s Atlanta attack — never, ever happened. Trump, of course, took heat for making up yet another terrorist incident.
InfoWars editor-at-large Paul Joseph Watson (whose belief in conspiracy theories is broken down by our Alex Griswold here) defended Trump with the following tweet:
Any journalist claiming Sweden is safe; I will pay for travel costs & accommodation for you to stay in crime ridden migrant suburbs of Malmo
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) February 20, 2017
Naturally, journalists have been jumping at the chance to have a trip to Sweden paid for.
hey gang, for our trip to #Malmo on @PrisonPlanet‘s dollar, can we swing by the mice shops please? They look sick https://t.co/jOpsWAMGr4 https://t.co/JEHAlRmGsM
— Henry Langston (@Henry_Langston) February 20, 2017
Thank you Paul for funding my trip to my ancestral homeland. I prefer the window seat on the left side of the plane. Skål! https://t.co/4sYG6p8RQd
— Dan Olson w/ an ‘O’ (@FoldableHuman) February 20, 2017
Visited Sweden three months ago. Have family near Malmo. Happy to go back Paul, especially if you are paying. Thanks.https://t.co/HNTvLCIZt7
— Matt Haig (@matthaig1) February 20, 2017
@JackO_May @PrisonPlanet Shall we just get a group together? Hacks on Tour? The wine bars wouldn’t know what hit them.
— Josh Withey ❀ (@josh_withey) February 20, 2017
@PrisonPlanet thanks. I will take you up on that
— Elizabeth Ammon (@legsidelizzy) February 20, 2017
I’ll take you up on this offer. https://t.co/OB8SrJ6RDJ
— Emily of the State (@EmilyGorcenski) February 20, 2017
Sure, I’m up for this https://t.co/IwHlq8JNca
— Peter Spence (@Pete_Spence) February 20, 2017
omg I’ve been meaning to visit @vinterflamma so this is perfect, thanks! https://t.co/6AxJcL0tZM
— Abi Wilkinson (@AbiWilks) February 20, 2017
I too would like a free trip to Malmo, thank you Paul. https://t.co/4drjJqw5Yh
— Tom Phillips (@flashboy) February 20, 2017
.@PrisonPlanet yes please.
— Nadia Khomami (@nadiakhomami) February 20, 2017
Gosh, I’d love that! https://t.co/OicirCCnop
— IM?HIM (@ziyatong) February 20, 2017
@PrisonPlanet I accept. I will send you my bank info and send you selfies from Malmo. If you do not pay, you will be ridiculed.
— Joey Ayoub (@joeyayoub) February 20, 2017
I’M STILL WAITING FOR MY MONEY @PrisonPlanet. I WANT TO GO TO MALMO NOW.
— Joey Ayoub (@joeyayoub) February 20, 2017
Hey @PrisonPlanet, here’s a photo of me and my passport. Ready to fly whenever you’re ready, snowflake. GIMME MONEY NOW. pic.twitter.com/DAvyioSKqp
— Joey Ayoub (@joeyayoub) February 20, 2017
I’m a journo who believes Sweden is safe. Keen to visit Malmo! Happy to accept travel & accommodation costs via @PayPal. #SwedenLastNight https://t.co/g2FhWIYvmg
— Theresa Mallinson (@tcmallinson) February 20, 2017
The Holiday Goer On rides again https://t.co/8Dph0Aem14
— Sam ? Kriss (@sam_kriss) February 20, 2017
Happy to take you up on this, Paul. ? DM when you get the chance. https://t.co/LVW4i9Pqf9
— Stephen Paton ❄️ (@stephenpaton134) February 20, 2017
@PrisonPlanet I think Sweden is safe. Happy to go investigate, and return with findings.
— Rob McDonagh (@RobMcD) February 20, 2017
We would be happy to send a few people over. How do we claim the money? https://t.co/0DCcsay2rj
— OCCRP (@OCCRP) February 20, 2017
I bloody love Malmo. Cheers, you utter cretin. First week in March suits me. https://t.co/HwAHxYaowE
— Neil Cameron (@NeilCameron5) February 20, 2017
I am interested! Travel costs will be cheap too, I live about ten minutes away. Seven bucks should get me there and back. https://t.co/fJNPKCOwD6
— Andreas Ekström (@andreasekstrom) February 20, 2017
I’ll take you up on that. https://t.co/3NT7qQvXjo
— Philip O’Connor (@philipoconnor) February 20, 2017
Count me in Paul. Let me know how we can arrange this. https://t.co/XeD3ZhKD6J
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) February 20, 2017
@PrisonPlanet yes please. I’ll have two weeks of holiday in April. Cheers
— Jonny Singer (@Jonny_Singer) February 20, 2017
@PrisonPlanet pumped for my trip to Malmo, cheers pal
— Tasha Fierce (@tash_wynarczyk) February 20, 2017
@PrisonPlanet I could probably do a week in April. Here are cheapest flights for you https://t.co/NG8SUj5PYT
— Ewan Palmer (@EwanPalmer) February 20, 2017
@PrisonPlanet I am in.
— Ahmad Pathoni (@apathoni) February 20, 2017
.@PrisonPlanet will you venmo direct or do I need to submit receipts for reimbursement – I’m a freelancer so things can get tight
— Patrick Blanchfield (@PatBlanchfield) February 20, 2017
@PrisonPlanet hi there, I’m a journalist, and I’ll do this. I’ll even split the cost 50-50 with you. If you don’t accept, you’re a coward.
— Kevin Slane (@kslane) February 20, 2017
Here’s a reporter who didn’t want to claim the trip, but wanted to deliver some information:
Malmo’s crime rate has barely budged in a decade — it’s actually gone down a bit. It doesn’t even have the highest crime rate in Sweden. https://t.co/Z5byBm5y7b
— Justin Ling (@Justin_Ling) February 20, 2017
(Watson did respond to that one, unlike many of the others. He said that Justin Ling was “wrong again,” then linked to an InfoWars article on Malmo being the most dangerous city in Western Europe.)
Anyway, all of those tweets above don’t even come close to representing the amount of journalists who’ve stepped forward to claim their trip, let alone the amount of people shredding Watson for being seemingly pompous and ill-informed. He’s responded to it all like this:
All you lefty idiots accepting a “trip to Sweden”. Can you read? I said you’d be staying here. Good luck. ? pic.twitter.com/Zt92LFYzoU
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) February 20, 2017
Culturally Enriched Malmo, Sweden is the Most Dangerous City in Western Europe – https://t.co/5VQAZqHYMk pic.twitter.com/rzUyCYyASd
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) February 20, 2017
We hate to be the bearers of bad news, but it doesn’t look likely that anyone is actually getting a free trip out of this.
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