What’s the only thing faster than a Lamborghini? Twitter. Putting pedal to the medal, the site has been gaslighting the outrage of millions over the barbarity of Planned Parenthood.
This morning, the Internet erupted at a new Center for Medical Progress video revealing Planned Parenthood’s Dr. Mary Gatter haggling over aborted baby limbs. In the clip, the top abortion officer says she’s eager to make the sale at a good price, because “I want a Lamborghini.”
Right out of the gate, almost as soon as the video dropped, thousands voiced in horror and indignation. But rather than highlighting tweets fueled by this outrage, Twitter underscored the unremarkable drag race between two Lamborghini super cars.
That less-than-newsworthy tweet has sputtered with 14 retweets.
Then, after Twitter realized that that particular story was definitely not the reason for Lamborghini’s rise on Twitter, it suggested this — a story with retweets in the single digits — was the real reason for the trend:
Why is Lamborghini trending? According to Twitter, it's because of this tweet with 5 RT's. pic.twitter.com/sesQW2e6kd
Sean Davis (@seanmdav) July 21, 2015
Twitter wants the Lamborghini trend to be about anything other than @PPact's dead baby profiteering. pic.twitter.com/CfNbfZpu0k
Daniel Payne (@danieljpayne) July 21, 2015
Nothingburger stories with zero social media traction get highlighted by Twitter, while viral posts with hundreds of retweets get buried by Twitter’s trending algorithm:
Michelle Malkin: 350+ RT’s
1st @PPact baby-parts butcher swilled wine. 2nd jokes that she "wants a Lamborghini"==> http://t.co/qZGMtVx2wv pic.twitter.com/kCD17XDyQk
Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) July 21, 2015
Sean Davis: 220+ RT’s
Planned Parenthood doc: "If the [price] is too low, we can bump it up. I want a Lamborghini." http://t.co/shlzgGJzX2 pic.twitter.com/apsh5ep8qs
Sean Davis (@seanmdav) July 21, 2015
Lila Rose: 125+ RT’s
Breaking: @PPact executive haggling over prices for aborted baby parts, says "I want a Lamborghini." WATCH: http://t.co/cTmUXOGt0H
Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) July 21, 2015
It seems like democracy’s digital forum has a thing for slashing the tires of conservative activism.
