Posted on 05/31/2016 10:53:51 AM PDT by Helicondelta
Usually when reporters ask about the gorilla in the room, it's not an actual gorilla.
Not so Tuesday, when between reporter queries about his potential running mate and his policies on veterans' health care, Donald Trump fielded a question from Yahoo News reporter Hunter Walker asking the presumptive Republican nominee on his thoughts regarding the Cincinnati Zoo's decision to shoot and kill a rare gorilla after a 4-year-old boy fell into his enclosure.
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But on Twitter, where media wars are often begun and settled, Walker's fellow scribes saw fit to pillory him for the question.
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Note that the reporter referred to the animal by his name, Harambe the gorilla. Just as Cecil the lion must be personalized like a human being.
Not in America it isn't. I have a coworker who made the mistake of quoting a Harvard Business Review article on managing staff. It was titled, "Who's Got the Monkey?"
Needless to say he is no longer employed with us. Sad though. It was an excellent article on empowering your staff to make their own decisions, maximize productivity, and gain useful experience in critical thinking on your own.
But alas, it's comment and not content that matter today.
I can’t wait for the day when Trump refuses to answer questions from any reporter of the MSM, during press briefings, etc. Simply, shut ‘em out.
I just watched the coverage. One protestor has a sign that reads ‘justice for Harambe’.
Geeze.
Yes the parents should have been more vigilant...but its hard to believe it was that easy to get into the pen.
Yes... where is the Hillary gorilla question?
This was a legitimate question. The question of whether Trump is a believer in false rights such as animal rights is legitimate.
The proper response is to ignore the question
Actually, I’m glad he didn’t. I haven’t paid much attention to the story and I’m just happy to hear the details first from Trump rather than get them from the liberal media.
How many others out there got it first from Trump?
Ironic, isn't it? That was probably a "gotcha" question, and it demonstrated in the most sincere way imaginable that Trump's respect for life is heartfelt. Never in that answer did he diminish that it was a difficult situation that the gorilla was killed. He answered it like a grandfather would answer to a grandchild who was traumatized by a situation such as that.
Today’s “journ-O-lists” are young, ignorant punks, too lazy to study real issues
Just look at the bios of these clowns.
So they try to look like they’re doing something by asking stupid, irrelevant, juvenile questions
I don’t really care that this guy asked Trump a question about the shooting of the gorilla. Not all questions have to be insightful or policy oriented and at least he didn’t ask Trump what kind of underwear he wears. Trump gave a good response. That should have been the end of it. But our preening media want to show how smart they are so they attack this guy for asking the question, the implication being that they would have asked some insightful policy question. I’ve got news for them — most of their “serious” questions are pretty stupid too.
Her last cases were some dogs not allowed in public parks in Appleton Wisconsin, and the nesting Cormorant being killed by U.S. fish and game sharpshooters on the Columbia River Basin and tributaries.
Her insights tastefully paint a picture of her clients that is interesting sometimes. Annoying at others.
I guarantee you she will be filing a suit or doing supporting research and legal work on this case. Zoos are a real dinner bell. She is really familiar with the laws and acts regarding large zoos, down to the small roadside petting zoo. She has brought action to them all on behalf of a client or client group.
Obama made the call to shoot the gorrilla?
Is this the job of the president?
What have I got myself into?
That would have been my answer to the reporter.
Trump handled it very well.
What about the parents?
In the time it took them to get a rifle, they could have thrown together the gorilla’s next meal and rang the dinner bell just to see if that was enough to distract the gorilla and leave the child then attempt to get the child while the gorilla was distracted.
Most cages of this type have a winter arrangement where the ape is housed and fed and the openings closed so the animal doesn’t freeze.
There are some ways this strategy may not have worked but it could have allowed both the gorilla and the child to live while returning the child to safety.
Yes, it was a stupid question to ask a presidential candidate.
Caging animals for human entertainment should itself be a crime.
Hillary doesn’t take questions unless they are pre-screened and focus-grouped in advance.
It was designed to make him look like a reality TV star rather than a Presidential candidate. It was a boxers vs briefs question.
Dems would ask, “Who does he vote for?”
Ding, Ding, Ding!
Exactly, it is the zoo's fault.
Any exhibit where it is possible for a child to enter constitutes an attractive nuisance under the law
They should be sued IMO.
A zoo is certainly a place that needs to be made child-proof since children are the main target audience at most zoos.
Petition to hold the kid’s parents responsible:
https://www.change.org/p/cincinnati-zoo-justice-for-harambe
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