Quote of the Day:
“Applying for an apartment on Avocado Street. AVOCADO STREET. HOW AMAZING IS THAT.”
— Taylor Trudon, MTV.
A member of the Washington media… when pressed for an opinion on the new Politico Playbook: “I don’t have an opinion on the dumb new Playbook.”
Really dumb remark from a scholar
“Remarkable naked pictures of Melania Trump in NY Post. Have to wonder if it is Michelle Obama’s body with her photoshopped head!” — Norm Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.
Poor Mark Halperin asks some stupid questions…
BuzzFeed trashes Bloomberg Politics‘ Mark Halperin‘s interview with Donald Trump: Watch here.
Journo: Is anyone buying Pence’s bullshit?
“Pence keeps talking about these policy discussions he has had with Trump. Does anyone — seriously, anyone? — believe this has occurred?” — Jon Ralston, KTNV, Las Vegas, Politico contributing editor.
Kentucky governor insults Washington journalist
“Had an interesting encounter with @GovMattBevin this afternoon. He told me I was a biased and cynical reporter. Declined to offer examples.” — The Hill‘s Jonathan Swan.
Media hate is in the air
“Feels like a fresh wave of think pieces on living inside an insular media/reality bubble are coming soon thanks to Trump’s comments lately.” — Brandon Wall, BuzzFeed News.
There’s really nothing Latino about this breakfast
“McDonald’s is testing Latino-inspired breakfast bowls, like an egg white scramble with sautéed baby spinach & kale.” — NYT Business.
GOP Comms guy: Breitbart stinks…
“Andrew Breitbart is spinning in his grave over the vile, evil, pathetic joke his namesake website has become.” — Matt Mackowiak, linking to this story. Mackowiak, a GOP “comms guy,” compiles the Sunday political shows for Politico Playbook.
Speaking of Breitbart News…
CNN’s Jake Tapper defends his honor against Twitter antagonist
“It’s interesting that you’re assailing my intelligence since this person who spoke on TV whom you’re insulting was not me.” — Jake Tapper. The antagonist is Dr. Nick Poulios — self-described Renaissance man — who called Tapper “dumb” among other things. He wrote, “Journlist @jaketapper (aka dumb) on sleazy @CNN -created zero value makes ignorant statement abt @realDonaldTrump doesn’t understand Crimea.” Of course, Poulios can’t even spell “journolist” so there’s that.