New York Times public editor helps Tucker Carlson get the vapors over Trump-critical reporter tweets

It took years and years, but 2016 is already a cesspool so some idiot decided to put Tucker Carlson on television again. His contribution to journalism this time will apparently be castigating real reporters for having opinions of their own, which is really the only consistent opinion conservative pundits can ever agree on so we can see Tucker's stayed dedicated to the bit.

Couple that with the New York Times' consistently gawdawful public editor and you've got the makings of a by-the-books Fox News segment.

New York Times public editor Liz Spayd said Friday night that she believed certain tweets authored by Times journalists during the campaign were “over the line” and should have been met with “some kind of a consequence.”

The comments came during an exchange with Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who read three particular tweets to her on his show.

The tweets in question were truly the stuff of conservative vapor-having: Two links to stories critical of Der Pumpkinfuhrer and a reaction from one reporter to Ivanka Trump's tacky promotion of the precise jewelry she was wearing when she talked to 60 Minutes about President-Elect My Dad: "White House as QVC. It has started."

I have to say, Tuck, that last one is a pretty tame reaction to the new First Family hawking their own product lines. If that's all it takes for you to shout for the official Fox News Fainting Couch—mind the stains, Sean Hannity has been doing unspeakable things to that particular piece of furniture—you are in for a long, long year.