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‘You deserve that’: Commissioner’s wife arrested after dumping soda over a reporter’s head
Washington Post ^ | 12/16/2019 | Meagan Flynn

Posted on 12/16/2019 8:53:31 AM PST by simpson96

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The incident comes amid mounting concerns about hostility toward journalists starting at the highest levels of government, with President Trump’s frequent cries of “fake news,” and trickling down to local news.

Oh, brother. The ComPost turns this into a story in which they are the victims. Will the oppression never end?

These are, as someone up-thread already pointed out, the same people who defend dousing a political opponent with a milkshake as legitimate political discourse, so take the outrage with a grain of salt. There's a major issue between the two here and I'm guessing it isn't necessarily politics. A good editor would have asked.

41 posted on 12/16/2019 10:00:34 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: simpson96

When I was a kid I went to the dedication of Lady Bird Johnson Grove in the Redwood National Park. Big day for the small community of Orick California. After it was all over there seemed to be universal agreement around town that “the media “ were the most arrogant, pushy,condescending and despicable people known. Yeah even us small town hicks figured you out.


42 posted on 12/16/2019 10:01:31 AM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (If you want a definition of "bullying" just watch the Democrats in the Senate)
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To: simpson96

If only more journalists were treated with public disdain like this, maybe, just maybe they would become reporters instead of agenda propagators.


43 posted on 12/16/2019 10:02:24 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: dfwgator

Womens volleyball
Women’s gymnastics...


44 posted on 12/16/2019 10:02:31 AM PST by Skywise
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To: Vigilanteman

Everything that happens is Trump’s fault.


45 posted on 12/16/2019 10:04:51 AM PST by sport
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To: Skywise

I would opine that it was her past” reporting”, a/k/a, lies, slander, and libel.


46 posted on 12/16/2019 10:07:37 AM PST by sport
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To: simpson96

Was it a Big Gulp and was she trying to comply with the wishes of His Majesty Bloomberg in eschewing it?


47 posted on 12/16/2019 10:10:33 AM PST by DPMD
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To: thoughtomator

I got the impression it was from a previous action or article the reporterette wrote.


48 posted on 12/16/2019 10:10:51 AM PST by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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To: DannyTN

“The Journalists deserved it” gets my vote on general principles.


49 posted on 12/16/2019 10:11:37 AM PST by sport
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You’ve hit on to something. Her defense, from the democrat playbook, is that she was just making a joke and the reporter wasn’t capable of getting it.


50 posted on 12/16/2019 10:11:52 AM PST by DPMD
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To: simpson96

Why can’t they settle this the traditional way like adults used to, a good old fashioned brawl, instead of dragging greedy lawyers and government beaurocrats into it.


51 posted on 12/16/2019 10:11:57 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: subterfuge

Just trying to figure out to what extent the reporter deserved it, and I would wager that extent is extensive, from the article’s studious failure to address it.


52 posted on 12/16/2019 10:14:20 AM PST by thoughtomator (... this has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.)
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To: real saxophonist

You mean sex and violence?


53 posted on 12/16/2019 10:14:56 AM PST by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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To: simpson96

Not guilty.

The hotness index rises with each impending water balloon.


54 posted on 12/16/2019 10:38:59 AM PST by TheNext (LeGaBiT)
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To: qaz123

My first thought...


55 posted on 12/16/2019 10:42:15 AM PST by HeadOn (Love God. Lead your family. Be a man.)
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To: simpson96

The moral of the story is bring super soakers to a Trump rally and hand them out to the back row, where the media hang out.

Abbey Winters is full of great ideas.

Promote her to RNC head. We would vote for her.
She has guts.


56 posted on 12/16/2019 10:46:58 AM PST by TheNext (LeGaBiT)
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To: Fido969

Ok thank you for the explanation.


57 posted on 12/16/2019 10:58:23 AM PST by Engedi (ui)
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To: dfwgator

Women’s beach volleyball...?


58 posted on 12/16/2019 11:09:28 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: Purdue77

Did Bloomberg get involved yet?


59 posted on 12/16/2019 11:10:26 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: thoughtomator

Understood. Thanks


60 posted on 12/16/2019 11:45:14 AM PST by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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