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David Koch slammed for tweeting on Egypt’s “Peaceful overthrow.”

Twitter users are slamming Sunrise co-host David Koch after he tweeted about the Egyptian president’s speech this morning.

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Twitter users are slamming Sunrise co-host David Koch after he tweeted about the Egyptian president’s speech this morning.

@kochie_online: “Historic day in Egypt as Facebook generation ousts Mubarak. He even acknowledged the voice of Youth in his decision. Peaceful overthrow.”

Today President Hosni Mubarak told the Egyptian people that he would delegate more authority to his vice president, Omar Suleiman, but he defiantly refused to resign his post.

‘Kochie’s’ tweet triggered a wave of corrections and insults:

“Peaceful overthrow? I guess you’re not watching the same stuff we are.”

“World media reports Mubarak’s refusal to step down immediately. @kochie_online reports historic day as FB gen oust him #Egypt #2deludedmen”

“You’ve been taking lessons from the Tony Abbott School of Never Admit You Screwed Up. Just admit you’re wrong!”

“Mubarak is refusing to resign, kochie. Please stop getting your news from Richard Wilkins”

“peaceful protest is not a Western creation. The Mid East is capable of liberating itself, just hasn’t been given the chance.”

15 mins later @kochie_online took to Twitter again to clarify: “People chill out. We took speech live. It is historic. He is stepping down. Will not contest September. My point is it’s driven by youth.”

And then: “The point of Egypt is the Facebook generation have forced change. No burning of US flags or waving of Korans. They want Western lifestyle.”

It wasn’t long until he resumed his daily gags. “What do you call a donkey with 3 legs? A wonky. What do you call a donkey with 3 legs and 1 eye? A winky-wonky.”

Source: The Australian

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  1. Kochie is in the clear over this one. To be fair around 6am Sydney time it looked pretty clear Mubarak was about to go on TV and resign, plenty of sources all around the world, AP, CNN, BBC, NYTimes, Al Arabia, Al Jazeera etc were saying so.

  3. We must be in a minority in disliking Kochie – because Sunrise is still preferrable it seems for viewers to Today. Not for me, but doesn’t it generally win the morning?

  5. Kochie is a painful man to watch and listen to. Reading his write up on Tony Abbott and his support of him with the Flood Levy, clearly shows the man has no idea about anything.

  8. Compared to Kochie, Karl is the Walter Kronkite of journalism. I can’t stand more than 60 seconds of Mel and Kochie at a time.
    Lisa and Karl may not have the razzle dazzle of Sunrise, but far superior presenter wise and content wise.

  15. Even Obama jumped the gun and made a speech about the resignation of Mubarak, that’s probably what started the false hope. But Kochie should leave the jokes to the comedians, politics to the journalists and stick to finance.

  19. I suppose Kochie missed Mubarak make the exact same undertaking seven days ago – he probably watches Seven News and thus missed the story entirely. It was not historic then (Mubarak has been angling to pass power to his son in Sept for over a year) and it is not an overthrow (coz he is still there).
    And aren’t 70% of Egyptians under 30yo? So, anything public is youth-driven by definition… But otherwise – great tweeting.

    Hey, what do you call a donkey on TV who calls protests that have claimed 300 lives ‘peaceful’?
    A Koch (careful with the pronounciation).

  24. Personally, I think his woeful jokes desrve a bigger slamming than his Egypt comments. BTW, That’s a great photo. It’s how i feel every time I see Koch on screen 🙂

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