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'Does it count as a police chase?': MSNBC under fire for tweet mocking moment cop was DRAGGED...
Daily Mail ^ | 5/17/15 | Belinda Robinson

Posted on 05/17/2015 7:42:26 PM PDT by Libloather

'Does it count as a police chase?': MSNBC under fire for insensitive tweet mocking moment cop was DRAGGED along

The news organization MSNBC landed in hot water over a provocative tweet it posted which appeared to mock a police officer who was dragged along the street by a suspect.

The tweet with a video embedded in it, created a firestorm from commenters on social media and news sites. It read: 'Does it count as a police chase if you drag the cop along for the ride?'

But shortly after a backlash ensued online on Saturday, the network hastily removed it from Twitter and Facebook, followed by an apology acknowledging that it had been 'inappropriate.'

MSNBC then tweeted: 'A video tweeted from MSNBC Friday evening has been removed. The material was inappropriate. It should not have been posted and we're sorry.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: cop; demagogicparty; facebook; georgia; ihatecops; memebuilding; msnbc; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; police; tweet; twitter
Ratings bump sure to follow...
1 posted on 05/17/2015 7:42:26 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Not surprisingly, I never saw it.


2 posted on 05/17/2015 7:44:01 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Libloather

Entirely appropriate for their audience. They only pulled it when it got attention from sane people.


3 posted on 05/17/2015 7:45:02 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: Jet Jaguar

Similar thing happened here in MN a week or so ago.

Cop got dragged.

Cop shot and killed perp.

Funny... No parades or riots.


4 posted on 05/17/2015 7:50:56 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Make A Donation To Free Republic Tonight.)
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To: Libloather

What do you expect from a bunch of Commie bastards, they hate the police yet their headquarters is protected by guess what..ARMED GUARDS..why these guards even bother protecting people who hate their guts I can’t imagine


5 posted on 05/17/2015 8:02:06 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Libloather

So at what point will the world (low information crowd) realize that MSNBC is not a legitimate “news” organization?
I am not holding my breath.


6 posted on 05/17/2015 8:06:48 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Libloather

Right to an abortion, to be a thug... Is all lining up.


7 posted on 05/17/2015 8:20:02 PM PDT by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall no)
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To: Fungi
Why would you think the average MSLSD viewer cares if it is legitimate or not? Same reason they watch Leibowitz and Colbert. They just want an echo chamber effect to reinforce their prejudices.

Truth and reality matter not to liberals. The low info types are just too stupid to know better.

8 posted on 05/17/2015 8:24:28 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: Libloather

That comment has Rachel Maddow written all over it.


9 posted on 05/17/2015 8:32:14 PM PDT by joemsewi
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To: doorgunner69

And Chris Mathews said the other day that the GOP treats Hispanics like they treat trains. He was somehow relating the train wreck to cuts in Amtrak funding, and tried to say the GOP ignores trains, ignores Hispanics, or some such nonsense. I can not always follow the thought process of the liberals.


10 posted on 05/17/2015 8:35:31 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Chris Mathews...tried to say the GOP ignores trains, ignores Hispanics...

I ritually ignore Chris Mathews.

11 posted on 05/17/2015 8:40:31 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: Libloather

“The news organization MSNBC “ - Since when is the propaganda arm of the Democrat Party considered a news organization?


12 posted on 05/17/2015 8:52:34 PM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (I am an American Not a Republican or a Democrat.)
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To: Fungi

Maybe MSNBC threads should be accompanied by
a snark alert. Or, maybe it is just a given.


13 posted on 05/17/2015 10:10:08 PM PDT by Sivad (NorCal red turf ;-)4)
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To: Libloather

These little moments reveal the real hatred for police among the leftist journalists.


14 posted on 05/18/2015 12:37:29 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

Chrissy the Sissy is still on? Who knew?


15 posted on 05/18/2015 10:09:29 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Something for their FINO viewers.

16 posted on 05/18/2015 10:26:16 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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