Quote of the Day:
“Don’t threaten my staff, you terrorist coward. If you have an issue, take it up with me.”
— Breitbart News Texas Bureau Chief Brandon Darby.
NED RESNIKOFF: “I think if I could ban one genre of Internet journalism it might be ‘I did something unpleasant because I thought you might find it amusing.'”
OLIVIA NUZZI: “hm really? I liked Weaver’s piece, and I like Rebecca Harrington’s NY Mag series where she tries crazy diets.”
Resnifkoff gave examples: 1. “I rode a Segway everywhere for one week because this is why I got a Master’s degree in journalism and did four unpaid internships.” 2. “I spent 48 hours at a TGI Friday’s because apparently this is what people click on.”
A question we must all ponder: “I don’t have anything until midnight tonight. Anyone in DC want to meet up?” — GotNews‘ Charles C. Johnson on Tuesday night.
Is this Washington journalist now scarred for life?
“Last night I saw two people dirty dancing to the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme song and I’m still recovering from it.” — Ex-Politico reporter Kendall Breitman, who is going to work for Bloomberg Politics.
Travel Bitches
“Does anyone have any recommendations for NYC hotels without extremely, extremely rude front desk and broken thermostat?” — Jana Winter, national security reporter, The Intercept.
Confessional. (BuzzFeed, spoiler alert: you may want to cover your eyes for this one)
“I have a right, as a Christian, to believe that God ordained marriage as between a man & a woman & that doesn’t make me evil, or anti-gays.” — David Limbaugh, brother to Rush.
OUCH!
“I hope you enjoy the end of your career as much as I will but I don’t think that’s possible, @WesleyLowery.” — Charles C. Johnson.
Just in case you missed Tuesday’s BIG Twitter fight
Read all about it here.
Chris Hayes gets a Facebook Q from Russell Simmons
When even the correction needs a correction
D.C. Metro Hell
“My AM: 1 lady almst fell on metro tracks. Anothr faintd on platform & almst got trampld.” — Lis.