Fox News sicced the Twitter trolls on a Scientific American editor on Thursday, a day after he revealed he was asked not to discuss climate change during an appearance on “Fox & Friends.”
The hosts of “Fox & Friends” took their revenge against editor Michael Moyer on air Thursday morning for tweeting about his uncomfortable experience on the show. As host Steve Doocy put it, “we put him on, we have a nice conversation and then he stabs us in the back.”
The show even aired a photo of Moyer’s appearance along with the text “‘Scientific’ Coward.”
But the hosts didn’t stop there. They also asked viewers to tweet at Moyer if they didn’t like the way he handled his appearance. And browsing through Twitter on late Thursday morning showed Fox viewers had responded en masse.
Some told Moyer to “lighten up” while at least one slammed the editor’s “climate psychic hotline style crystal ball doomspeak.”
For his part, Moyer told TPM in an email Thursday that he’s “not planning to discuss the Fox matter any further.”
Here’s just a small sampling of the tweets:
@mmoyr Your ignorant
— gRAPE VAN (@terrybollman) May 1, 2014
@foxandfriends @mmoyr to mmoyers – well – im unsubscribing from you – . If you have something bad to say say it to their face – Coward
— Michael Vrabel (@mvrabel) May 1, 2014
@foxandfriends @mmoyr Hey Climate guy, your behavior? Disgraceful. BTW, sometimes a temp shifts 40degrees or more. That’s called #winter.
— Less Gov. More Fun. (@LessGovMoreFun) May 1, 2014
@mmoyr
I’m not saying you’re stupid; it just concerns me that you get to vote and could end up on a jury as one of my peers @foxandfriends
— Robbie Horton (@ididyourdate) May 1, 2014
@tan123 @mmoyr The View and Al Jazeera might be more receptive to climate psychic hotline style crystal ball doomspeak.
— Sundance (@0Sundance) April 30, 2014
@mmoyr Saw Fox interview & your follow-up to the segment. U need to lighten up, too young to be so touchy bad to have wifey mouth off for U
— Scudder (@Scudderguy) May 1, 2014
@mmoyr is just upset because @foxandfriends wouldn’t let him wear his #algore underoos.
— Jim (@westcoasttruckr) May 1, 2014
@mmoyr @GradyForrer @matthewherper Michael try coming down off your high horse for a minute and laugh a little
— cameron scott (@cadefoster2112) May 1, 2014
@mmoyr I think I need to wash my TV after hearing your rants.
— Terri Mathes (@MathesTerri) May 1, 2014
Image via Fox News.
This post has been updated.
Fox News: #1 with racists, mouth breathers, and gullible idiots.
“Your ignorant” is just awesome.
Classic! Dunning-Kruger in two words.
Yep. That’s my favorite.
Roger Ailes channeling Monty Burns: “Excellent.”