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Brian Stelter Airs Death Threat Aimed at Don Lemon, Himself
Daily Caller ^ | August 5, 2018 | Virginia Kruta

Posted on 08/05/2018 12:25:48 PM PDT by EdnaMode

CNN’s Brian Stelter, on his Sunday show “Reliable Sources,” aired a death threat that was aimed at both himself and fellow CNN anchor Don Lemon.

Stelter played back audio of a C-SPAN caller who said that, if he ever ran into him or Lemon on the street, he would shoot them.

“They started the war,” the caller said, “If I see them I’m going to shoot them.”

Brian Stelter ✔ @brianstelter Threats against reporters on the rise. We decided to broadcast one of those threats on today's @ReliableSources, so everyone can hear it for themselves.

Stelter made it clear that his goal was not to elicit sympathy, and that he was not actually in fear for his life. “I know some of my colleagues get much worse threats than I do,” he explained. “And CNN has a great security team, and we know how to handle this stuff.”

The larger point Stelter was making was that threats against journalists were on the rise. “And this problem is not confined to CNN,” he continued. “People at Fox News and other outlets have to deal with this garbage too. These kinds of threats are coming more often.”

Attributing the rise of threats to “the Trump era,” Stelter noted that MSNBC’s Katy Tur had also recently received a number of vile threats.

Stelter conceded that there have “always been unhinged people in the world” — a fact that can’t be tied to President Trump — but ended on a quote from New York Times’ Bret Stephens: “We are approaching a day when blood on the newsroom floor will be blood on the president’s hands.”


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To: EdnaMode

Drama queen.....


21 posted on 08/05/2018 12:51:11 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth.)
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To: EdnaMode

I’ve gotten death threats phoned in for years as a broadcaster. They’re people hiding behind the anonymity of a telephone. People who live in their mommy’s basement and would pass out cold if they evrnbSAW a firearm in person.

When they make on the air, I always tell them the same thing: If you want to shoot me, kill me with the first shot. Because I shoot back and I don’t miss. The first time I used that was in the Clinton years and my message hadn’t changed.

If these two guys want to scream like a sissy girl because someone calls in a threat, they lay bare their own mettle.

And if someone wants them dead, they’re dead. No warning, no threats, just lights out.


22 posted on 08/05/2018 12:51:25 PM PDT by VideoPaul
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To: TalBlack

They would think about it, IMO. They project their actions onto others like I’ve never seen before.


23 posted on 08/05/2018 12:51:40 PM PDT by Beach333
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To: EdnaMode

I read somewhere several months ago, that Trump has received a virtual deluge of death threats. But, death threats directed at presidents and other elected officials are quite common. I’m willing to bet that Trump has received more than the usual number of threats, and probably more than 0bama.


24 posted on 08/05/2018 12:53:41 PM PDT by euram
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To: EdnaMode

That’s right, IGNORE the thousands of threats against conservatives for the last 2 years...


25 posted on 08/05/2018 12:58:32 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: EdnaMode

Not much different than the average YouTube “celeb” that whines about “death threats”.

It has become a “get out of having to have disagreement against me” blanket.

“OMG someone said they want to shoot me! Send me sympathy and money!”

So far as I’ve seen no one has ever made good on their little worthless online threats. People all over get them. Theirs aren’t any more “special”.

If you are really scared of them, then call the cops.


26 posted on 08/05/2018 1:04:14 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: EdnaMode

They never catch the guy do they?

odd.


27 posted on 08/05/2018 1:04:22 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: EdnaMode

Come on, Brian! That noogie I threatened you with wouldn’t have resulted in death...drama queen.


28 posted on 08/05/2018 1:07:36 PM PDT by kanawa (Trump Loves a Great Deal)
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To: EdnaMode

on election night a woman I know who works for Associated Press called me, HYSTERICAL - I mean crying and screaming that she was afraid for her life and to please tell my “friends” that she was a fair journalist and not to target her. ELECTION NIGHT. She hung up on me when I started laughing. True story.


29 posted on 08/05/2018 1:09:48 PM PDT by Hildy (The worst part of betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies.)
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To: EdnaMode

Attributing the rise of threats to “the Trump era,” Stelter noted that MSNBC’s Katy Tur had also recently received a number of vile threats.

They hate Trump, our country and US with a passion so great it has overcome even the slightest sense of integrity they might once have had.

And they wonder why we hate them.


30 posted on 08/05/2018 1:12:27 PM PDT by Pravious
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To: VanDeKoik

We have the capability unravel a Russian spy network, but can’t figure out where a call came from or the identitfy the caller.

sure.


31 posted on 08/05/2018 1:13:11 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Hildy

Wow, talk about an overreaction.


32 posted on 08/05/2018 1:16:13 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

Gee I wonder how many Trump gets each day?

This from a CNN hack whose network has allowed people to call for the killing of every Trump voter


33 posted on 08/05/2018 1:16:16 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: EdnaMode

Was it the same guy who shot Steve Scalise?.....


34 posted on 08/05/2018 1:17:45 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: clintonh8r

I wouldn't recognize either were I seated between them in that small middle seat on an airplane!

35 posted on 08/05/2018 1:17:47 PM PDT by onyx (JOIN 300 CLUB BY DONATING $34 MONTHLY! TRUMP'S WAY IS THE WIINNING WAY)
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To: EdnaMode

Very Fake News.


36 posted on 08/05/2018 1:21:28 PM PDT by jospehm20
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To: EdnaMode

Absolutely true. I could barely understand what she was saying she was crying so hard. I assume there was a tad of alcohol involved. I never spoke to her again.


37 posted on 08/05/2018 1:22:16 PM PDT by Hildy (The worst part of betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies.)
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To: EdnaMode

Wasn’t Cheryl Atkinson hacked by orders from Barry? Appears they started a war and they can’t take the sh*t when it starts floating back in their own currents of hatred and intolerance.


38 posted on 08/05/2018 1:23:10 PM PDT by Karliner (Jeremiah29:11,Romans8:28 Isa 17, Damascus has fallen)
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To: EdnaMode

To make this appear real, they will need to have someone murder a few news reporters to show the world how dangerous Trump is.

Yes, I think the left will go that far, they sent the fake messages now they must follow with an event.


39 posted on 08/05/2018 1:24:54 PM PDT by stockpirate (TYRANNY IS THY NAME REBELLION IS OUR ANSWER. HANG THEM ALL!)
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To: EdnaMode

The Stray Cats guy?


40 posted on 08/05/2018 1:25:48 PM PDT by Rastus
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