The New York Times on Thursday dismissed a video in which an NRA spokesperson threatens to burn the paper, calling it a cry for attention.
Danielle Rhoades Ha, a spokesperson for the Times, told TPM in an email that “This stunt proves a point made in a recent Times interview with Ms. Loesch — she appears willing to do anything to entertain followers on Twitter.”
In a brief video posted Wednesday by the gun group’s video wing, NRATV, spokesperson Dana Loesch holds a lighter to the paper before pulling it away.
“You know, I don’t even have to do this,” Loesch says to camera. “You guys are doing a good enough job burning down your reputations all by yourselves.”
Text flashes on screen: “Fight their violence of lies with the fire of truth. To be continued…”
Fight their Violence of Lies, with the Fire of Truth. pic.twitter.com/u3gXml3tuF
— NRATV (@NRATV) February 7, 2018
The Times has proven a favored target of NRATV, which specializes in high-octane sneers at bastions of the mainstream.
In August last year, Loesch addressed the paper against her familiar black backdrop: “We’ve had it with your pretentious, tone-deaf assertion that you are, in any way, truth- or fact-based journalism,” she said, adding: “We’re coming for you.”
Later on Thursday, NRATV published their previewed segment:
