Posted on 02/15/2017 5:25:35 AM PST by Hadean
The New York Times features reporter reprimanded by his editors for referring to first lady Melania Trump as a "hooker," took to Twitter Tuesday to out himself, take responsibility for his mistake and apologize for his "stupid" remark.
"I want to take ownership of a mistake I made," Jacob Bernstein said in the first of four tweets. Bernstein, 38, is the son of legendary Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein and his second wife, the late journalist-turned-Hollywood filmmaker/screenwriter, Nora Ephron.
He said his editors made it clear that this was not in keeping with Times standards, "and I agree." He concluded by apologizing "profusely."
After Ratajkowski expressed her outrage to her 984,000 Twitter followers (she gained 5,000 more since Monday) at what she had been told by the reporter, the Times issued a statement indicating that the unnamed reporter had been reprimanded.
"At a party last night, a Times reporter who does not cover Washington or politics, referred to an unfounded rumor regarding Melania Trump. The comment was not intended to be public, but it was nonetheless completely inappropriate and should not have occurred. Editors have talked to the reporter in question about the lapse." Eileen Murphy, spokeswoman for the Times, said Tuesday the newspaper would have no further comment. The episode embarrassed the NYT at a time when it is already under steady fire, along with the rest of the mainstream media, for allegedly being unfair and biased against Trump.
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That’s leftspeak for “Get over it, and let me off the hook!”
One of my sisters and I joke about this all of the time. We are always dreaming of scenarios in which we say the most despicable things to various people or do something horrible and then just say, “I take full responsibility”, thereby, escaping all consequences in the wink of an eye.
Seems to me this “kid” has been in trouble before. What a crappy person. What a crappy father.
He’s everything I’d expect given his pedigree.He’ll be heard from again,trust me.
Bernstein’s son outed Mark Felt, the Deep Throat character. He was running around telling anyone who would listen who Deep Throat actually was. Then Bernstein Pere refused to cut Mark Felt in on his new book about Watergate.
He learned there are no consequences for printing hateful bs as long as it fits the narrative.
This whole brouhaha is a new campaign by the Left to hurt Trump. This kind of thing is what you see in high school - someone reacts with outrage and then the original hurtful comment gets recirculated, causing people to talk about it further and wonder, gee is the person really a hooker and there must be something there. My point is, this faux outrage is a way for the woman reporter to stir up dirt on Melania without saying it herself.
More hypocrisy from the left.
Trump is recorded saying “pussy” on a bus in a somewhat private environment and he’s crucified by the leftist press. They tried to ruin his life over it. They wanted him to not get the job of President over that.
And yet, nothing will happen to this tool.
But he still has a job as an objective journalist - probably got a raise.
“Fire his ass and well call it even.”
No, KICK his ass and we’ll call it even! What a punk he is.
Sheesh....had Trump or Spicer told them this they would be having conniption fits every day.
Reprimanded? Imagine if he'd written that about Michelle Obama!
I think it is President Trump & First Lady Melania Trump’s
place to FORGIVE him . . . and he needs to take steps
with them PERSONALLY to apologize and ask them for that
forgiveness.
Michelle Obama would have gone broke if she had tried to make a living that way.
“Not keeping with the Times standards” actually, yes it does.
He11, Joan Rivers came out and said what everyone knows-0's a homo and Michelle's a tranny-and a week or so later she was dead.
Speaking the truth to the "elites" goes beyond your work.
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