Tucker Carlson's nasty little protege
by digby
In case you are even slightly tempted to take this ridiculous screed by Patrick Howley about the Huffington Post's Ryan Reilly at Tucker Carlson's online rag seriously, keep this in mind:
A conservative reporter and his high-profile boss extended an apology to Buzzfeed's Rosie Gray on Wednesday night for a pair of crude and sexist tweets that immediately set off an uproar.
The tweets came from The Daily Caller's Patrick Howley, who pulled the offensive content shortly after it was published. But the Huffington Post's Ryan Reilly spotted the tweets before they were deleted and let The Daily Caller's editor-in-chief Tucker Carlson know that he had a copy.
Several journalists soon asked Reilly what Howley said, but Reilly initially indicated that he didn't intend to republish the tweets. Howley subsequently taunted Reilly on Twitter.
Then, after receiving permission from Gray, Reilly shared screencaps of the tweets he said "will hopefully haunt" Howley for a long time.
How pathetic that Tucker Carlson allows this sexist twit to work out his little vendetta by accusing Reilly of shaming the journalism profession. But frankly, it was probably Carlson's idea. He's the snottiest creep in media, always has been. Looks like he has a protege.
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