PBS anchor Gwen Ifill got some Twitterers riled up with the following tweet, which linked to the White House’s Iran deal Twitter account trolling Benjamin Netanyahu‘s infamous bomb graphic:
Take that, Bibi. https://t.co/V9Gn9vP6xN
— gwen ifill (@gwenifill) September 2, 2015
And the linked tweet in question:
With the #IranDeal, Iran's program is significantly less dangerous. This is what that famous drawing looks like now: pic.twitter.com/ZsOy3Il4S7
— The Iran Deal (@TheIranDeal) September 2, 2015
She ended up getting some blowback for it and clarified:
every now and then, you inadvertently poke twitter in the eye. and it never disappoints.
— gwen ifill (@gwenifill) September 2, 2015
@gwenifill Come on. You're smarter than that. Your tweet was classless (being polite). Just own it and fix it.
— Act for Israel (@ActForIsrael) September 2, 2015
Fair question @ActForIsrael : I was RT'ing a @TheIranDeal tweet. Should have been clearer that it was their argument, not mine.
— gwen ifill (@gwenifill) September 2, 2015
The Washington Free Beacon reached out to Ifill, who further explained, “No it was not a shot at Prime Minister Netanyahu, even though it has become apparent that, in certain circles, it was taken as one. I was calling attention to what seemed to me to be criticism directed toward him coming from State.”
Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt asked Chris Christie for his thoughts this afternoon, and Christie very bluntly said, “Gwen Ifill should be ashamed of herself.”
You can listen to the audio below, via The Hugh Hewitt Show:
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