By Fox News host Maria Bartiromo ― fresh from allowing President Donald Trump to spew election misinformation unchecked on her show at the weekend ― on Monday accused the media of taking a side.
And folks on Twitter couldn’t believe the irony, given Bartiromo’s past sycophantic comments about the president.
In an interview with the right-wing Daily Caller, Bartiromo claimed legacy media institutions such as The New York Times and CNN are now “just not news.”
“They’ve taken a side,” she complained. “They are the mouthpieces for the Democrat Party and they are trying hard to affect elections. I mean, I think it is election interference.”
Critics could not believe the gall of the anchor who has personally stumped for Trump. “Irony is truly dead,” wrote one Twitter user:
