Leading journalists make fun of conspiracy theorists who insist they’re all “paid Hillary shills”

[Her Sister]

Leading journalists make fun of conspiracy theorists who insist they’re all “paid Hillary shills”

http://www.dailynewsbin.com/news/leading-journalists-make-fun-of-conspiracy-theorists-who-think-theyre-paid-hillary-shills/24210/

The pattern never fails for journalists: if you write anything positive or even non-negative about Hillary Clinton, even if it’s something as basic and factual as pointing out that she won a state that she won, the paranoid conspiracy theorists across the internet will rise up out of their cauldrons and accuse you of being a “paid Hillary shill.” The implication, of course, is that no one could possibly be inclined to report positive things about Clinton unless they were being paid to do so. Today a number of prominent journalists from various major publications came together to make fun of such lunatic accusations.

After a hapless conspiracy theorist tweeted CBS News political analyst Jamelle Bouie with the familiar and now-tired accusation of “Are you getting paid by the Clinton campaign,” she sarcastically fired back with “I just cashed my check this afternoon.” That led Nate Cohn of the New York Times to get in on the action, tweeting that “I was given half of my payment before she announced, the other half to be received once she clinches.” Finally, Harry Enten of FiveThirtyEight tweeted “I get my checks on Wednesdays.”

The round of jokes came squarely at the expense of the paranoid anti-Hillary fanatics who appear to honestly believe that the entire world is one big conspiracy for her, or against them. These are the same loons who like to falsely accuse our publication Daily News Bin of being “secretly owned” (false) or “secretly funded” (also false) by the Hillary campaign on a daily basis. Now that our detractors are throwing the same insane false accusations at the likes of CBS and the New York Times, we feel we’re in good company.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

1. I also get my checks on Wednesdays. nt

[Her Sister]

2. lol!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

29. Mine must be stuck in the mail

Along with my George Soros check and the one from the MIC that everyone says supports Hillary.

[Hekate]

3. Heh. It's a tactic we've been using here for awhile. The CTs never listen, but it relieves tension

[Hekate]

4. My checks come on Fridays, so I have money for the weekend. Really. I mean it.

[YoungDemCA]

18. Weekend at Bernie's?

Oh wait...

[leftofcool]

5. I get checks on Fridays.

That way I can party all weekend.

[Her Sister]

6. mine are scheduled Mondays

so I can be responsible during the week and do my shillary work!

[Hekate]

20. Bo-ring. I want to par-tay!

Democratic Party, of course.

[sufrommich]

7. I would be getting a lot more,but I

opted for the Christmas Savings deduction.

[leftofcool]

14. I put 50% of mine in Wall Street. Used the rest for pot money.

[YoungDemCA]

16. Did you sign up for the Clinton shills' summer retreat?

Located at Camp Weathervane, if memory serves.

[leftofcool]

27. I sure did!

[sufrommich]

17. Lol. nt

[YoungDemCA]

15. Darn! I signed up online, but got an email that said that the email address was no longer valid

Must have been Hillary's personal email.

[sufrommich]

19. You have to use the super secret bat signal key at the

end of the email address.Don't spread that around though,loose lips sink ships!

[comradebillyboy]

8. Where do I sign up to shill

for Goldman Sachs? I hear they pay the most.

[YoungDemCA]

13. Add the Clinton Foundation to that list

Why, I heard through the grapevine that ole' William Jeff himself personally hands out checks to DU Hillary Clinton Group subscribers from an undisclosed location in Westchester County, New York.

[cosmicone]

9. All my timeouts cut my hours

or I'd have donated more to Tad Devine's -- I mean -- Bernie's campaign

[tanyev]

10. Guarantee some right wing nutters have totally missed the sarcasm and are saying "Ha! I knew it!"

[Hekate]

21. Those aren't the ones you have to worry about, though

If you know what I mean

[YoungDemCA]

11. Her campaign is paying us? I must have missed the memo

[radical noodle]

12. The responses here are better than the article!

Thanks for the laughs!

[fleabiscuit]

22. I say nothing but nice things about Hillary here!

Where's mine sister!

[72DejaVu]

23. I don't even know when the checks come

Since I'm a billionaire oligarch, I don't need to pay attention to that. Besides, I'm too busy scouting locations for the wars Hillary will want to start. I barely have time to infiltrate the Sanders campaign to cancel rallies and tell politicians not to endorse Bernie.

[Tarheel_Dem]

24. Yup. The conspiracy crap is strong. I listen to NPR all day. I think the BS campaign has staffers

who devote their entire day to calling up & berating some innocent talk show host that says anything that's not negative about Hillary. Anything perceived as negative toward BS is immediately met with a flood of outrage.

[mcar]

25. K&R

[BlueMTexpat]

26. This week's check has been

late. I'm going to ask for direct deposit instead and avoid the hassle of waiting for and cashing checks.

[Agnosticsherbet]

28. Paid with this t-shirts "I thought I was a paid Hillary Shill, but all I got was this T-Shirt."

I suppose it's better than the other side and being paid with 'I with S...."

[rbrnmw]

30. I get my check from Hillary herself

David Brock also pays me to comment on MediaMatters. I need the money to keep my kids off of street corners causing racism.

[riversedge]

33. Well, lucky for you that Hillary decided to run. very lucky inded.

[Hekate]

31. With my bonus, I'm sending my grandkids to Camp Weathervane this summer!

Just think of all the things they'll learn!

[wildeyed]

34. They can work on their pantsuit badges

and do target practice at glass ceilings

[Hekate]

37. That's the plan! There's even a camp song...

Maybe someone will remember the words for me.

[wildeyed]

38. Who runs the world?

GIRLS!

[Walk away]

32. I'm waiting for the Media to finally put Bernie on the spot and do what they do to Hillary....

they know he can't run a country, he can barely run a campaign and he certainly can't keep his temper. But they let him get away with his blah blah big banks answers to everything. Let's have him come up here to NYC and meet our press.

[ismnotwasm]

35. I am waiting for the bullshit the start about the ANA

Because that's how they roll

[wildeyed]

36. They are making it rain in here for sure!

Being an oligarch lovin' denizen of Camp Weathervane sure has some upsides!




And that is some next-level trolling by Bouie and company.

[Cha]

39. No one gets excluded from the wrath of the bernie-bros except BS himself who really

needs their level of scrutiny. lol

Thank you for this, HS.

[Hortensis]

40. I'm sincerely grateful their behavior is all Bernie's.

Just imagine what it would be like if Hillary was the recipient of their...special contributions. And "we" included "them." Yuck.