Eric Trump took to Twitter Friday to launch his latest attack against the media: criticizing Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold for doing … journalism.
In a Friday afternoon tweet, the President’s son went after Fahrenthold for reaching out to a Trump Organization employee as a potential source. In the email, Fahrenthold offers the Trump Organization employee an opportunity to speak “on background” or to send documents anonymously.
These are the tactics used by the @WashingtonPost. @JeffBezos – you should be very proud… ? pic.twitter.com/9RO91n7XGX
— Eric Trump (@EricTrump) September 6, 2019
Soon after Trump’s tweet was posted, journalists and media personalities from across the country proceeded to dunk on his latest media gripe:
quite nice of Eric Trump to show young journalists everywhere a model template for reaching out to sources https://t.co/VguBQ4Spkq
— Steadman™ (@AsteadWesley) September 6, 2019
Lol is this supposed to make Fahrenthold look bad? He looks like a total pro here https://t.co/nsOOGAqvxe
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) September 6, 2019
Outrageous! Next you're gonna tell us postal workers sort and deliver mail
— Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) September 6, 2019
Basic reporting via polite emails?
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) September 6, 2019
This email sent by @Fahrenthold to a potential source is not only perfectly appropriate for a reporter to send, David goes above and beyond in how transparent and professional he is. https://t.co/yPhcFyAizR
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) September 6, 2019
It’s called Reporting 101.
Thanks for pointing out @Fahrenthold’s professionalism to Bezos.— Marcus Baram (@mbaram) September 6, 2019
Bezos, peering into the Washington Post newsroom: I'm shocked, shocked to find that journalism is going on in here!
— Laura J. Nelson ? (@laura_nelson) September 6, 2019
This is called reporting, Eric
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) September 6, 2019
Damn, Eric back on top of the Who Is The Dumb One Trump family power rankings. YOUR MOVE, DON JUNIOR
— Erin Sharpie Meteorologist Ryan (@morninggloria) September 6, 2019
??? This is the best self-own since your birth.
— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) September 6, 2019
The Trump sons, Dumb and Dumber, and no one knows which is which.
I love this one:
Too funny!
Always left wondering with those two kids.
Is it Gorilla Glue, Elmers or Titebond for that hair style.
It just demonstrates how little they understand about how the world works, and that they think anything that might intrude on their world is a betrayal. They can’t comprehend that journalists offer to talk to people all the time, and that sometimes people will talk back to them…it’s probably their greatest fear that one of their employees will go to the press and share all the shenanigans going on.
Don’t bother quoting Rumi, Eric. We know exactly who you are. Dumb is a hard thing to hide.