Posted on 03/14/2016 6:42:41 AM PDT by servo1969
A reporter and editor for the conservative news website Breitbart resigned their positions late Sunday over the site's response to an alleged assault on the reporter by Donald Trump's campaign manager.
Reporter Michelle Fields and editor Ben Shapiro confirmed their resignations in statements to Buzzfeed News and on social media.
I can't stand with an organization that won't stand by me: https://t.co/pohxCKScpf -- Michelle Fields (@MichelleFields) March 14, 2016
Tonight, I resigned from Breitbart News due to their treatment of @MichelleFields. My full statement: https://t.co/kEFev1L0Af -- Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) March 14, 2016
Their departures from the site stem from the alleged actions of Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski at a rally Wednesday night. Fields claimed that she was grabbed by the arm and pulled down. Washington Post reporter Ben Terris identified Lewandowski as the assailant. Fields did not see who grabbed her arm herself.
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Press can’t get as close and there are far fewer people.
I “think” and it is my “opinion” because I can’t state it as FACT. IT IS MY OPINION.
Btw, get up and make the same movement that Corey did. I CAN move someone out of the way with the same movement. I tried it.
This is going down the Dan Rather rabbithole. Next they’ll claim it is ‘fake but accurate.’
If you look at the angle of Corey’s head as he moves past her, his head doen’t even move in her direction to look at her- if you were pulling someone aside, your head would turn to them.
Not necessarily. This is a group of people they are trying to clear a path. You know bodies are there. You just brush them away as you move forward.
Try it. I did it. You just move the person as you slide by. If it had been a big bulky guy who wanted to stand his ground you might not have been able to move the person so easily as you glide by... But if you are clearing a path and people are willing to move ..his move could easily have moved her out of the way.
I literally did it just to see how it could have happened.
All this is nothing. First off it appeared she was a phoney from the beginning. Second a reporter who gets pulled away from a secret service protected agent doesn’t normally cry assault. And then the video shows it wasn’t Lewandowsky AND she was completely unaffected.
Further, the audio discussing thugs and being thrown down had to be a fraud because literally zero happened to her. This was a hoax.
Smh..I used to think you were honest Rummychick.
Everyone at Fox appears to be under orders to derail Trump and none of them seem to care about their reputations.
That was not a Secret Service agent. Look at the other photos and the height of the people. Then look at the video I posted.
Andrew built his life and his career on one mission: fight the bullies.
It doesn’t matter what you think about me.
I stated my OPINION. I did the move myself.
It is what I believe. It is POSSIBLE that he moved her.
I have also stated that her making this a police matter is ridiculous.
I am not going to lie and say this couldn’t have been Corey. or He wasn’t close enough, blah blah blah.
Apparently not. They are making complete and utter fools of themselves.
Obviously you don’t care what anyone thinks as to talk like a leftist journalist.
Your lying to yourself. Good day ma’am.
I always look at the facts no matter which way they fall.
This never could be seen more clearly than when I dug up all the law that said Obama couldn’t have automatically been a British citizen.
And I despise Obama.
Andrew Breitbart’s life mission was to “fight the bullies?”
Lol. Shapiro is useless.
I suspect they're all making so much money this year that they can all retire comfortably after this election cycle winds down.
You either have not seen the video, or refuse to believe your lying eyes, or are off your meds.
As my father always said: “ You are entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts.”
Suggest you either grow up, stop acting like a child and instill some intellectual honesty within yourself, or go over to DU or HuffPo with all the other delusional liars.
Is this the same Ben Shapiro from PJ Media and The Daily Wire? If so, I’m deeply disappointed.
GFY!!! This drama queen was not assaulted.
Where’s the assault?
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