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A Lot Of Journalists Made The Same Lame Scott Free Joke

By: Emily Jashinsky
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President Trump’s strange capitalization habits and persistent spelling errors combined to create a memorable typo Monday morning.

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President Trump’s strange capitalization habits and persistent spelling errors combined to create a memorable typo Monday morning. In a tweet lamenting Michael Cohen’s request to serve no prison time, Trump turned the word “scot-free” into “Scott Free.” The latter, of course, is hilariously incorrect and resembles a name. That was not lost on denizens of Media Twitter, many of whom rushed to further defile the World Wide Web by making the exact same terrible joke.

It was, perhaps, the worst attempt at skewering the president since “The Situation” took the microphone at his Comedy Central roast, asking whether Flava Flav’s dentist was Trump’s decorator before being booed off the stage.

Love him or hate him, Trump is funny. To successfully make fun of him, you have to actually be funny too. Asking “who’s Scott Free?” is basically the equivalent of dunking on a child-size basketball hoop. That so many people in media immediately cracked the same lame joke is a somewhat amusing testament to the lazy groupthink that characterizes much of their daily commentary on the president, who is eminently easy to laugh at. It shouldn’t be that difficult. (Indeed, a few people were actually more creative.)

Behold the orgy of cringe-inducing dad humor below. This collection is not at all exhaustive (nor confined exclusively to journalists, though they make up most of the tweets), as that would probably be impossible.

https://twitter.com/BrettLoGiurato/status/1069615016561786880

https://twitter.com/mikewickett/status/1069619760994897920

Emily Jashinsky is culture editor at The Federalist and host of Federalist Radio Hour. She previously covered politics as a commentary writer for the Washington Examiner. Prior to joining the Examiner, Emily was the spokeswoman for Young America’s Foundation. She’s interviewed leading politicians and entertainers and appeared regularly as a guest on major television news programs, including “Fox News Sunday,” “Media Buzz,” and “The McLaughlin Group.” Her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, Real Clear Politics, and more. Emily also serves as director of the National Journalism Center, co-host of the weekly news show “Counter Points: Friday” and a visiting fellow at Independent Women's Forum. Originally from Wisconsin, she is a graduate of George Washington University.

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