'Irony Event Horizon': Salon, Media Matters highlight lack of 'liberal version of Breitbart, Drudge'

https://twitter.com/hboulware/status/710515405085757440

Salon can always be counted on for a laugh, but on occasion they can really get us rolling on the floor:

Right-wing journalism is rarely journalism: "There is no liberal version of Breitbart, or The Drudge Report" https://t.co/Sz0xb516Yj

— Salon (@Salon) March 17, 2016

First let’s get this out of the way:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA https://t.co/qbtHTf1JKv

— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) March 17, 2016

Salon’s evidence for that claim came from Media Matters, where the article, written by Eric Boehlert, originally appeared.

Reality quickly came calling:

https://twitter.com/JustEric/status/710512544503484416

. @Salon "there is no liberal version of Breitbart" says the liberal version of Breitbart.

— Nathan Woundy (@nathandwoundy) March 17, 2016

If irony had a physical weight, you could use this statement to kill a puma. https://t.co/zTZVFnVcrG

— Rev. Boof (@1LogicalMan) March 17, 2016

We are approaching Irony Event Horizon. https://t.co/ffJJv7RZMb

— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) March 17, 2016

https://twitter.com/Gregory_ESawyer/status/710511465036251136
https://twitter.com/EF517_V2/status/710512911073087488
https://twitter.com/hboulware/status/710514901605744640

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And the universe just collapsed in on itself https://t.co/9PN8xUqNKH

— Sarah (@sarah_wxtx) March 17, 2016

@Salon YOUR. OWN. FUCKING. SITE!!!

This is the height of cognitive dissonance.

— Metlife Cat Fan Account (@BrandonBibb_DBD) March 17, 2016

I really appreciate this coming from one of the closest liberal alternatives to right-wing media. https://t.co/8XsHHq2B0g

— Julia Shumway (@JMShumway) March 17, 2016

@Salon Let's see: Salon, Slate, HuffPost, ThinkProgress, Daily Kos, MSNBC…

— Something Somethingist (@anarchohindu) March 17, 2016

Obligatory:

@Salon Holy shit you cannot be serious. This isn't the parody account? Really?

— brixton accidental (@brixtronix) March 17, 2016

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