It’s interesting that they are choosing this, of all things, to double down on. They’re not just contesting what happened at the event, but doing it in a confrontational fashion that guarantees it will remain a story long after the rest of us move on. It would be one thing to simply say “We had a discussion over this, We’re right, they’re wrong”. But they keep pushing it.
How many NPR fans are on Twitter these days, anyway? If Twitter had not chosen to step in and falsely label this story, it might have gotten 10 click-throughs and that’s it. But now, it’s an actual story, it remains in the news, and I’m not sure if that’s positive for the Trump campaign.
I know, it’s just what they do. It’s the crowd size thing, the Sharpie thing, the “alternative facts” all over again. My hope is that every time they push their false reality too far, a handful of voters realize what is happening, and it prevents them from gaining more power.