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BREAKING: LA Times Reporter Fired After Tweeting He Wants Trump Dead
USA Liberty News ^ | 11-5-16 | NA

Posted on 11/05/2016 7:35:25 PM PDT by bigbob

A Los Angeles Times reporter who said that he wanted Donald Trump dead won’t be covering the election — or much of anything else, really — for a very long time.

Steven Borowiec, a freelance journalist who worked for the paper in South Korea, was fired after a tweet surfaced showing him saying, “I would rather see Donald Trump’s life end.”

The tweet was deleted (which, as you know, always solves every problem).

However, the Los Angeles Times confirmed to TheBlaze that he had been terminated for the disgusting statement. “Earlier today, Steven Borowiec, a freelance journalist in South Korea, posted a tweet about Donald Trump on his personal Twitter profile that violated our professional standards,” the statement read.

“The Los Angeles Times is committed to fair, evenhanded coverage of the presidential campaign, and expects all journalists representing the paper, including non-staff contributors such as Mr. Borowiec, to adhere to this standard in their articles and social media posts. We regard Mr. Borowiec’s comment as inexcusable, and we have ended our relationship with him.”

Borowiec later apologized, saying that the tweet was “in jest.” Yeah, that one usually doesn’t work, either.

Generally, wishing death upon major party candidates (or for that matter, even minor party candidates) is what’s typically known as a “red flag” in the whole employment thing. It’s especially bad when you do it on social media so that everyone can see it.

However, it’s hardly a surprise to us. After all, a recent poll concluded that far from the emissaries of love and peace they think themselves to be, Hillary Clinton supporters are actually the intolerant ones.

In the poll, conducted by Pew Research, 58 percent of Hillary Clinton supporters said they would have a “hard time” respecting a Donald Trump supporter. That’s compared to only 40 percent of Trump supporters who said the same thing about Hillary Clinton.

We’ve seen violence, firebombings, stolen yard signs, all from the basket of intolerants that Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has assembled. Steven Borowiec is one of them, and it cost him his job.

I also wouldn’t count on getting another one any time soon, Steven.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: borowiec; deaththreat; mediathug; trumpthreat
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Not only does todays media glorify thugs, they now try to emulate them.

Look in a mirror next time you want to talk about violence, lefties.

1 posted on 11/05/2016 7:35:25 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: bigbob

Thrown under the bus. Doesn’t change the fact that most with the LA Times agree with the fired reporter.


2 posted on 11/05/2016 7:36:44 PM PDT by CatOwner
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To: bigbob

Hey Secret Service!

I’m sure you have your hands full, but there’s a guy in LA you may just want to pay a visit to.


3 posted on 11/05/2016 7:40:21 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Crooked Hillary is Goin' down!)
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To: bigbob
If he is one of typical journalists, it would be all talk and no action. They are usually not the kind of people who make good on their promise. Still what he did is a enough ground for his dismissal.
4 posted on 11/05/2016 7:41:42 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (alt.current-events.clinton.whitewater)
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To: CatOwner

“Thrown under the bus. Doesn’t change the fact that most with the LA Times agree with the fired reporter.”

Yes, but then don’t most of us harbor similar thoughts about the Clintons?


5 posted on 11/05/2016 7:42:30 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: bigbob

Was he at the Reno rally tonight?


6 posted on 11/05/2016 7:42:59 PM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: bigbob

Karma.

Good riddance. I imagine a lot more reporters will be losing their jobs now that they alienated the productive half of the country and are dropping in revenue. We need journalists in a free country, but that is exactly why the newspaper propagandists of today need to lose their jobs.


7 posted on 11/05/2016 7:43:07 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: bigbob

With that on his resume, he ought to be able to get a job at CNN or MS-NBC.


8 posted on 11/05/2016 7:43:39 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

He’s in South Korea. The LA Times is in California. Good reading.


9 posted on 11/05/2016 7:43:53 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: vette6387

Yes but we dont write stories for a newspaper for a living,,or have a chance to abuse that power.


10 posted on 11/05/2016 7:44:21 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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And perosnally they may as well save everyone the headache and make the bill and hillary memorial urinal stone right now, because it will save a lot of grass and sod purchases by the cemetery.


11 posted on 11/05/2016 7:46:03 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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Uh....didn’t Brad Thor essentially threaten the same thing while a guest on The Blaze

Any ramifications for him?


12 posted on 11/05/2016 7:46:21 PM PDT by Guenevere (If my people......will humble themselves and pray and seek my face .....I will heal their land...)
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Since 2009, Steven Borowiec has reported from Seoul, South Korea on politics, socio-economics, and culture. His work has appeared in The Guardian, The Toronto Star, GlobalPost, South China Morning Post, The Wall Street Journal, YaleGlobal, Adbusters, The Chicago Tribune, and other outlets. He is a deputy editor at South Korea’s Hankyoreh newspaper. He holds an Honors BA in political science and English literature from the University of Toronto.
13 posted on 11/05/2016 7:47:46 PM PDT by IWontSubmit
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To: Secret Agent Man

They all think that.


14 posted on 11/05/2016 7:48:43 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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....I also wouldn’t count on getting another one any time soon, Steven....

HuffyPo, Salon, and many other liberal fiction publications there with open arms. There’s always the Onion too.


15 posted on 11/05/2016 7:49:33 PM PDT by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prison 2016)
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They have lost it

Trump has all the momentum

16 posted on 11/05/2016 7:51:32 PM PDT by scooby321 (o even lower)
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Yes, but then don’t most of us harbor similar thoughts about the Clintons?

Not really. She's ancient and very sick, so that'll work itself out. I'd be perfectly contented seeing her locked in a cell for the rest of her life.

17 posted on 11/05/2016 7:51:37 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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Yes, but then don’t most of us harbor similar thoughts about the Clintons?

We wanted Bill impeached. We want Hillary to go to jail for one or more of her numerous offenses. But no, unless convicted of treason or of murder (Arkancide) an properly sentenced, we don't wish death upon them. Going away in disgrace is fine.

18 posted on 11/05/2016 7:53:52 PM PDT by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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To: vette6387

I don’t wish them dead, just to have to face truth/facts and life much more uncomfortable then they have been living. jail would be nice but I’d be ok with losing homes and anything else purchased with wrongfully gotten monies.


19 posted on 11/05/2016 7:56:27 PM PDT by b4me (Idolatry is rampant in thoughts and actions. Choose whom you will serve....)
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To: CatOwner

Was this guy in Reno about 90 minutes ago?


20 posted on 11/05/2016 8:01:29 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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