Thread by @SethAbramson

Jesus Christ The Daily Beast is garbage.

I said literally none of the things attributed to me here, which is why there are *no pull quotes* here, just a pulled-from-nothing summary of things I don't believe and didn't say.

This is such hack "journalism." thedailybeast.com/conspiracy-the…

1/ I said Epstein has Saudi ties that must be investigated. I said Epstein has ties to Leon Black that must be investigated. I said Black is tied to Saudi Arabia, via Kushner. This is from *major media*. I *never* said "Epstein’s death was the result of a hit by Saudi officials."

2/ Just so, there's hard data indicating that bots are pushing a conspiracy theory that the Clintons had Epstein killed. I was right to call that out. The idea that I said Trump was "involve[d]" in Epstein's death is *insane*. I never said that—nor would I say that. Jesus Christ!

3/ @thedailybeast, retract your false claims about me. You can't never contact me, take no pull-quotes from my Twitter feed, and then blithely claim that I said the Saudi government had Epstein killed *and* that Trump had Epstein killed when I said *neither* of those things. JFC!

@thedailybeast 4/ According to @BotSentinel, the *top hashtag being pushed by professionally identified bots* is (I won't use the tag) "Clinton Body Count." Why am I being punished for correctly citing the data, @thedailybeast?

It's *astounding* that *this* is how media handles today's events.

@thedailybeast @BotSentinel 5/ Hell, even @foxnews managed to get my words and beliefs right—probably because they quoted me, which tends to (as I know from teaching journalism) *significantly* increase the odds that you've gotten something complex correct. I hope @KellyWeill will make this right, and ASAP.

@thedailybeast @BotSentinel @FoxNews @KELLYWEILL 6/ By the way, this, below—and yes, I realize I'm "on-recording" my own DM comments here—is how I respond when media outlets actually contact me for comment. This occurred earlier today—prior to the article in @thedailybeast. It was a major media outlet, but I won't name it here.