The left-wing publication The New Republic stirred intense viral backlash for fixating on the political donations made by the CEO of the missing Titanic submersible as time is running out to save those aboard.
OceanGate chief Stockton Rush is among the five individuals that were on the Titan vessel seeking to explore the wreckages of the famed Titanic cruise ship when the sub went missing on Sunday as experts believe the crew may run out of oxygen by Thursday.
But on Wednesday, The New Republic prioritized Rush’s “history” of donation to GOP candidates, running the story titled “OceanGate CEO Missing in Titanic Sub Had History of Donating to GOP Candidates.”
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“What the f— is wrong with you?” commentator Noam Blum reacted.
“The New Republic thinks the CEO of OceanGate deserves to suffocate on the bottom of the ocean because he supported Republicans,” Media Research Center associate editor Nicholas Fondacaro wrote.
“Thanks for this very vital information. I really didn’t know what to think about the entire story until this,” conservative writer A.G. Hamilton sarcastically told The New Republic.
“The entire article – from top to bottom – is like a work of art. A how-to for how NOT to do journalism. It’s beautiful, really, in a hilariously moronic sort of way,” National Journalism Center program director T. Becket Adams wrote.
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