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The higher-ups at CNN mighta thought it was a cool thing to invite teen climate activist Greta Thunberg to be one of the panelists on the “expert” Wuhan virus panel the network will showcase Thursday, but they’ve gotten a ton of feedback questioning why the heck they would put someone like Thunberg on a panel of “experts” considering she is most definitely not one.
Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro was one of the many people who dunked on CNN for their decision. He replied to a tweet from CNN’s senior media reporter Oliver Darcy, who was doing his tiresome “look at Fox News!” thing:
CNN is featuring Greta Thunberg on an "expert panel on covid-19," so maybe CNN should sit this one out https://t.co/5l48X3OzXV
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) May 13, 2020
Darcy, as he often does, became triggered over Shapiro’s criticism and rushed to defend his network’s decision and Thunberg herself:
she is donating $100,000 (money she was awarded) to help kids affected by coronavirus! it's not like she's being brought on as a medical expert https://t.co/85YoXVcaur
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) May 13, 2020
Except … that still doesn’t make her an “expert” on anything, noted Shapiro:
She's not an expert on anything. Bill Gates is donating millions to develop a vaccine, and he actually knows things about vaccines. If signing checks gets you on CNN as an "expert," I feel like you're watering down expertise rather substantially.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) May 13, 2020
Darcy then revealed his inner Thunberg fangirl in claiming she was only “trying to do a good thing by donating time/money” to help young people impacted by the Wuhan virus:
And Bill Gates has been on many times. Thunberg is trying to do a good thing by donating time/money to help kids impacted by coronavirus. Not sure why it's so terrible to highlight that work!
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) May 13, 2020
Shapiro was not impressed, and continued to press his point about how Thunberg was not an “expert” in the first place:
Dude, I didn't bill this townhall this way. CNN did. pic.twitter.com/ZzKeS7iqno
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) May 13, 2020
At that point, Darcy feigned ignorance on why so many people would disagree with putting her on an “expert” panel in the first place:
yeah she's one of the special guests? what am I missing?
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) May 13, 2020
Shapiro, however, got the last word:
Special guests: former CDC director, former HHS director, doctor, child.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) May 13, 2020
Poor ol’ Oliver did not respond.
It’s really not been a good last week or so for Oliver Darcy. He tried and failed in his petty attacks on Fox News’s distinguished anchor/journalist Brett Baier yesterday, and he got his you-know-what handed to him last week after trying to mansplain White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany’s job to her.
Almost makes you feel sorry for the guy.
Almost.