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Twitter is needling Jenny McCarthy.
Soon after the announcement that the outspoken TV personality was joining the panel on ABC‘s The View, the micro-blogging site became swarmed with snark from entertainment industry jokers and media mavens alike.
Jokes mostly focused on the 40-year-old mom’s controversial views on vaccines. She has claimed that a vaccination triggered her son’s autism, medical evidence to the contrary. Here are some choice tweets:
Congrats ABC for hiring vaccine crank Jenny McCarthy for her “outrageous … fresh POV,” bc actual medical science is so stale and dull
— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) July 15, 2013
@MoRocca Unlike her kids, who are immune to nothing #idiautism
— David Kenniston (@Vertigo_Shtick) July 15, 2013
“Congrats to Jenny McCarthy on The View! We’re proud to have one of our best allies in such a prominent position.” – communicable disease
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) July 15, 2013
Why WOULDN’T parents take vaccination tips from somebody whose favorite joke is “I paid for my fake breasts” (LOL)? Congrats Jenny McCarthy!
— Julie Klausner (@julieklausner) July 15, 2013
“Hmm. Child killers, child killers. Is John Wayne Gacy …? Not female. Susan Smith? Out of the demo. Ooh! Jenny McCarthy!” -The View casting
— Julie Klausner (@julieklausner) July 15, 2013
The View, Brought to You by the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella.
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) July 15, 2013
In honor of Jenny McCarthy, The View’s cast will spend their next episode interdicting donated vaccine shipments and lighting them on fire
— Kevin Lincoln (@KTLincoln) July 15, 2013
ABC and the View should be ashamed of themselves. Jenny McCarthy deserves to be on some History conspiracy show, not network television.
— Harry Enten (@ForecasterEnten) July 15, 2013
“What about Jenny McCarthy?” “Well, she’s famous. That’s good. But her nutty anti-vaccination views kill kids.” “Famous, you say? HIRED.”
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) July 15, 2013
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