Fox Contributor Suggests MSNBC’s Katy Tur Slept Her Way to Her Position in Tweetstorm
In a tweetstorm Friday, Fox News contributor Richard Grenell went after MSNBC’s Katy Tur over what he felt was her biased reporting on the recent WikiLeaks email dumps. He also suggested that Tur only got her position due to her relationship with former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann.
The former Romney spokesperson used a tweet from Tur’s highlighting the breaking story that Gloria Allred is bringing forth another Donald Trump sexual assault accuser to bring up how she was ignoring the real story of the day.
MSNBC's Tur has no clue about the Breaking News of the smoking gun email found….there's a coverup of the White House's role & she's on > https://t.co/mo9p0GgSnQ
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) October 14, 2016
After Tur clapped back with her own tweet, Grenell then said it was “offensive” for her to call herself a journalist and brought up Olbermann.
calling yourself a journalist is offensive to real ones. Did u intern for @KeithOlbermann or date him? Either way doesn't make u a reporter. https://t.co/kiav3MJOyo
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) October 14, 2016
Tur had a one-word response for Grenell (which he retweeted).
Classy https://t.co/T3AlNdaJKU
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) October 14, 2016
Grenell then sent a number of tweets defending his position, stating it wasn’t sexist and that he was merely calling out phony reporting and journalism.
Stop the faux outrage. Nothing sexist about it. Qualifications matter. Journalism is dying. And we are outraged by phony reporters. https://t.co/IDjW4lfuSJ
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) October 14, 2016
You should be focused on the phony journalists ruining the industry. Aren't you a media reporter?! https://t.co/AtRsNbXSEW
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) October 14, 2016
. @ParkerMolloy @KatyTurNBC no I didn't. That's ridiculous! You don't get a real journalism job by interning for someone famous.
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) October 14, 2016
Women in the media had some harsh words for Grenell over what they saw as a misogynistic attack on Tur.
My god what is wrong with you https://t.co/uLoBPRh6ID
— Michelle Fields (@MichelleFields) October 14, 2016
Must be nice to have so much free time to lob misogynistic attacks against women on the Internet. @RichardGrenell needs some new hobbies. https://t.co/zEU1jSuWjE
— Sara Murray (@SaraMurray) October 14, 2016
Tur and Olbermann used to date years ago. As Mediaite reported in 2010, the two broke up in 2009.
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