Former MSNBC contributor Kurt Eichenwald is on a mission to prove that Kyle Kashuv, a Parkland student activist who is pro-Second Amendment, is attempting to conduct a media takedown of him and others by unfairly accusing media personalities like himself of attacking Parkland survivors. Eichenwald’s theory comes amid backlash from “trolls” and “bots” for his regrettable exchange with Kashuv on Friday.
Last week, Parkland gun control activist David Hogg, with the enthusiastic support of Media Matters, targeted Fox News host Laura Ingraham’s advertisers, a routine that has become familiar, particularly from the Left. As the boycott campaign was revving up, Eichenwald responded to a tweet by Kashuv by slamming him as “trafficking in fantasies.” Eichenwald eventually deleted the tweet and explained that he thought he was responding to someone else. Shapiro wrote up the incident and rhetorically suggested it was time to boycott Eichenwald if we’re “playing by the Left’s rules.” Shapiro ended the piece by slamming politically-motivated boycotts. “The strategy of boycotting political opponents is an ugly one. And the more the Left embraces it, the worse our political discourse will get,” he concluded.
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