Posted on 06/29/2018 12:48:59 PM PDT by Hojczyk
A top editor at Reuters apologized on Thursday night after blaming President Trump for the deadly Capital Gazette shooting in a now-deleted tweet that was sent during a “state of emotional distress,” but he might still be disciplined by the international news service.
Reuters Breakingviews Editor Rob Cox admitted that he “responded emotionally and inappropriately” after being called out for jumping to conclusions prior to the facts emerging. Police said the suspected gunman, eventually identified as Jarrod W. Ramos, targeted the newspaper after a lengthy feud regarding a 2012 defamation lawsuit.
“This is what happens when @realDonaldTrump calls journalists the enemy of the people. Blood is on your hands, Mr. President. Save your thoughts and prayers for your empty soul,” Cox wrote in the deleted tweet, according to TheWrap.
Cox apologized in a series of four tweets once it became clear that Ramos’ motive predated Trump entering the world of politics.
“When I saw the news today that a mass shooter had targeted the employees of a newspaper in Maryland I responded emotionally and inappropriately,” Cox wrote. “Though my comments were entirely personal, they were not in keeping with the Reuters Trust Principles and my own standards for letting facts, not snap judgments, guide my understanding.”
Cox continued: “My experience as a member of the community of Newtown, Connecticut in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook tragedy, combined with the possibility that my colleagues in the press were being targeted, pushed me into a state of emotional distress.”
Cox wasn’t the only powerful media member attempting to pin the tragic attacks on President Trump. Think Progress founder Judd Legum claimed “Ramos does appear to be a Trump supporter,” using a 2015 tweet that had nothing to do with politics as his evidence. He was quickly mocked for the misleading tweet
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I need to go watch that movie. Prime has it. Thanks.
Hold on. This guy might be giving a sincere apology.
He WAS wrong. If he admits it, then it may indicate he learned a lesson.
I am willing to forgive.
Look, Roseanne got the SHAFT. What she said wasn’t racist in the least.
She apologized for offending, it should have been forgiven.
Let’s extend the same courtesy to people who are sincere in their mea culpas.
That is how I see it.
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The rabid heat of the political moment will result in many an overstep.
I’m always willing to do that, although I doubt that, in this case, he learned any lesson. It was just that the blowback was a little rough on Reuters, and I’m sure he was forced to “apologize.”
However, I’ll take that. I honestly have nothing against these people personally, because I know they’re not very bright herd-animals who are getting their direction from...where? They themselves probably don’t know, but somehow, they seem to pick up on the day’s marching orders. This guy just jumped the gun, and when it turned out to be so completely non-political, he was obviously told to back down. But that’s okay, no animosity on my part, he was just following orders.
Idiot.
And yet tomorrow we will no doubt read “How dare Trump call us fake news”.
Why do these pussies delete their tweets? So they can't be blamed of FAKE NEWS?
Oh, and by the way, did Rob Cox blame Democrats and the news media for that Bernie Sanders supporter trying to assassinate Republicans last year?
Like all snivelling cowards, he’s very sorry that he got caught.
Hope they fire him, hope no one else will hire him, hope he can’t make his mortgage payments, hope he loses his house, etc.
Take a look at his twitter and ask why he wasn’t disciplined a loooong time ago. He’s the reason why journalists have a bad reputation
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