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Kaivan Shroff

Aug 14 • 13 tweets • 5 min read

@scottbix

Okay so the @scottbix article about Kamala Harris supporters is just as bad as people are saying. Another tone-deaf smear by white male media to paint a predominantly minority political identify as rabid against the backdrop of Republicans threatening violence against the FBI.🧵

The piece is essentially just a gratuitous effort to bash fervent VP supporters as “rabid” and “insane” citing to old articles.

The piece DIRECTLY contradicts its premise…acknowledging that Harris supporters “do continue to largely support her.”

The author then cites *one* anonymous twitter user to support his argument that #KHive has abandoned Harris.

Despite the abuser framing of the article…the only other reasons given for “retreating” from KHive were that the election ended 2 years ago and some talk of trademarking KHive….so literally nothing to do with waning support for VP.

@scottbix

Of all the news and all the takes one could make during this hugely consequential week, instead @scottbix forces an unsupported narrative to attack the first Black woman VP…who wouldn’t see that as media bias? 🤷🏽‍♂️🙄

@JuneSummer1

Also…this is from one of his sources. (H/t @JuneSummer1)

https://twitter.com/notcapnamerica/status/1558851050647461889

Okay wow and reading the above, this is really quite egregious. See the quote as used in the article and the actual quote in context — which, ironically, implicates the media.

https://twitter.com/reeciecolbert/status/1558902944950525954

And another source cited in the piece has also spoken out:

https://twitter.com/reeciecolbert/status/1558902944950525954

*absurd framing of the article (sorry)

Last point on this that really bothers me…this thread imo is totally within the bounds of reasonable media criticism. Yet, I know journos take issue with these types of call-outs & even equate them with Trump’s attacks on media. It’s very unfair and dangerous to compare the two.

https://twitter.com/iamchanteezy/status/1558992529566994432

A third source used speaks out…

https://twitter.com/iamchanteezy/status/1558992529566994432

@scottbix

It appears @scottbix and others in media stand by the shoddy reporting. He continues to promote the article without correction this morning. Disappointing, but not surprising, to see.

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Nope. This is a massive cop out from a reporter who gotten to interview him 1-1 many times.

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