Očigledno satirični “intervju” s otvoreno socijalističkom demokratskom kandidatkinjom Alexandrom Ocasio-Cortez, suočio se s ogorčenom reakcijom ljevičarskih medija i aktivista koji su očito zaboravili kako izgleda jedan od najčešćih oblika komedije, barem kad su autori konzervativci. Kao odgovor, CRTV i voditeljica lažnog intervjua, Allie Stuckey (a.k.a. “Konzervativna milenijalka”), malo su se zabavili na račun pobješnjelih kritičara.
Samo nekoliko dana nakon što je hvalio Sachu Baron Cohena zbog obmanjivanja konzervativaca, BuzzFeed je postao iznimno zabrinut zbog činjenice da CRTV nije učinio kristalno jasnim da je naočigled satirični intercju zapravo satira (h/t HotAir). U svom pokrivanju “krivotvorenog videa” koji je “sakupio više od milijun pogleda u samo nekoliko sati od svoje objave”, BuzzFeed je napomenuo kako je kontaktirao Facebook u vezi videa, ali je našao, na njihovo veliko razočaranje, da “nije prekršio njihove standarde zajednice i ukazao na izjavu o odgovornosti u opisu koja ukazuje na ‘satiru'”.
BuzzFeed je također dobio slijedeći “trolajući” odgovor od CRTV-a o “liberalima koji simuliraju ogorčenje” kad su ih kontaktirali u vezi satiričnog intervjua:
Satira ima dugu tradiciju i igra važnu ulogu u političkom diskursu. Mnogi komičari, domaćini kasno-noćnih showova i TV programa poput Saturday Night Live-a, desetljećima koriste satiru. Mi volimo Allieino kreativno djelo i veselimo se simuliranju ogorčenja liberala u budućim videozapisima.
U međuvremenu na Twitteru, Stuckey je imala slično trolajuće iskustvo. Ispod je većina Stuckeyinih tweetova, uključujući njezinu originalnu objavu s bolno očiglednim satiričnim videom i nekim njezinim ponovnim objavama tuđih tweetova:
Enlightening & hard-hitting interview with Socialist “it girl” and fellow millennial, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. pic.twitter.com/4txoxwqql6
— Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) July 23, 2018
Lol I’m not going to apologize.
— Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) July 25, 2018
Ocasio-Cortez Criticized For Not Clearly Labeling Political Platform As Satirehttps://t.co/vKt87BEB1t pic.twitter.com/P0F7YWWphC
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) July 25, 2018
.@MichaelJKnowles reacts to the leftist outrage over @conservmillen's satirical video of the viral Ocasio-Cortez video.
FULL VIDEO => https://t.co/lWFRtxuZeX pic.twitter.com/EhdnDc4TLg
— The Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) July 25, 2018
Ugh I keep forgetting! I might forget next week, too https://t.co/vZWLkZe6QD
— Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) July 25, 2018
No, @ConservMillen will not apologize to the liberal mob just because she made a joke.
Nor should she. We can't let the #FauxOutrage from the LEFT to become weaponized.
Watch Allie at CRTV:https://t.co/f6Lmpu9LhY pic.twitter.com/N4rueRFBow
— CRTV (@CRTV) July 25, 2018
Lol @SophiaBush be mad 🤷🏼♀️ pic.twitter.com/0UHrMMyqRl
— Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) July 25, 2018
and they say investigative journalism’s dead! 🕵🏻♂️ https://t.co/7fFjlsMD0q
— Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) July 25, 2018
Funniest thing I’ve seen all day. The same libs who claim they’re smart enough to run the economy, & the healthcare & education systems, are complaining because this obviously SATIRICAL clip isn’t labeled “SATIRE.” If you have a functioning brain cell you can tell this is satire. https://t.co/nMgslRMpAb
— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) July 24, 2018
This is *literal* fake news, @washingtonpost. It was always satire. It was clarified later for the especially dense. https://t.co/DnTuPUQfaI
— Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) July 25, 2018
It's political satire and nobody is confused. These types of "fake interview" videos are actually pretty common on YouTube. But the fact that you're actually taking it seriously and describing it as "fake news" means @conservmillen just outwitted you. https://t.co/vNZOobxhdG
— Art Tavana (@arttavana) July 25, 2018
