Gawker Lives: Jezebel Mocks the Death of Mike Pence’s Dog

In an effort to maintain Gawker-style journalistic standards, on Wednesday women’s blog Jezebel mocked the recent death of Mike Pence’s family dog.

A Jezebel article titled “An October Surprise for Mike Pence’s Dog: Death” spurred a myriad of bipartisan backlash on social media, most of which criticized the former Gawker (now part of Gizmodo Media since new owner Univision killed the toxic Gawker branding) blog for mocking the death of the longtime Pence family pet.

An October surprise for Mike Pence's dog: death https://t.co/qxuapnkCM9 pic.twitter.com/GlBYntaJi1

— Jezebel (@Jezebel) October 26, 2016

you're an embarrassing publication overall, but this is cruel.

— James Garcia Alver (@JayAlver) October 26, 2016

not cool

— Just Ken (@kransom2) October 26, 2016

Stop it.

— Mary Mauro (@CitizenMauro) October 26, 2016

It's nice to see Jezebel take a break from gloating about late term abortions to celebrate the death of a dog.https://t.co/a3KeeRgFlN

— Jeff (@jeffytee) October 26, 2016

Please stay out of politics. This is awful. You wouldn't say it if it was Hillary's dog. Have some class/decency.

— catsplainer in chief (@robo_tabby) October 26, 2016

Tastless headline. Not a Pence fan, but your "magazine" is disgusting trash…

— Bennie Profane (@dht670) October 26, 2016

https://twitter.com/AytriSivari/status/791437263938916353

This title is just absurdly tasteless and mean spirited. Come on, people.

— Dylan Devenyi (@DylanDevenyi) October 26, 2016

that's not nice and I'm no fan of him.

— قـُرص (@Ta3meya) October 26, 2016

I loathe Mike Pence, but this headline from @Jezebel is garbage and warrants public apology and private reflection. https://t.co/VwjUrYF5O8

— David Wohlreich (@wallrike) October 26, 2016

I'm no Mike Pence fan, but this is a weird & crude headline.

— StillMyPresident (@democrat2theend) October 26, 2016

https://twitter.com/Into_Dusk/status/791398047024492544

I don't give a flying fig what your politics are…this is just outright mean spirited. Shame on you. #RainbowBridgehttps://t.co/1Mz3rNZZST

— Chelle (@FL_Chelle) October 26, 2016

Breitbart News has reached out to Jezebel for comment.

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