President Trump calls for Washington Post reporter who apologized for inaccurate tweet to be fired

[DonViejo]

Source: The Washington Post




By Emily Yahr December 9 at 10:43 PM

President Trump on Saturday evening issued a call for a reporter with The Washington Post to be fired because of a quickly deleted tweet that presented a misleading impression of Trump’s rally crowd in Florida.

The Post reporter, David Weigel, had earlier tweeted a photo of the crowd gathered at Pensacola Bay Center for Trump’s speech there Friday evening, showing numerous empty seats. He removed the tweet after being told by others that the photo was taken before the venue filled up and apologized in a later Twitter exchange with the president.

Trump’s public response: “.@daveweigel of the Washington Post just admitted that his picture was a FAKE (fraud?) showing an almost empty arena last night for my speech in Pensacola when, in fact, he knew the arena was packed (as shown also on T.V.). FAKE NEWS, he should be fired.”

On Saturday night, The Washington Post released a statement. “Dave Weigel relied on an inaccurate image in tweeting about President Trump’s rally in Pensacola,” the paper’s vice president of communications, Kristine Coratti Kelly, said. “When others pointed out the mistake to Weigel, he quickly deleted the tweet. And when he was later addressed by the president on Twitter, he promptly apologized for it.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/president-trump-calls-for-washington-post-reporter-who-apologized-for-inaccurate-tweet-to-be-fired/2017/12/09/2fb467de-dd4b-11e7-b1a8-62589434a581_story.html

[SummerSnow]

1. Get a grip on reality, this is not the apprentice

[democratisphere]

2. Inaccurate tweets?

Wonder how many drumpf has had?

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. It is illegal, but many things that the PGIC has done are.

No one to stop him.

[onenote]

8. Not illegal.

It's illegal for the President, VP, members of the House and Senate, etc. to try to influence employment decisions of private entity "solely on the basis of partisan political affiliation." Moreover, the government actor must take or withhold, or threaten to take or withhold, an "official act."


This isn't such an instance.

I remember some folks saying then Senator Obama violated the law in 2007 when he suggested Don Imus should be fired. That wasn't illegal either.

[still_one]

4. If reporters do not realize that the nazi in the WH has declared war on them, then perhaps they

should find another line of work.

That being said, reporters should be extremely diligent in their reporting, and insure its accuracy regarding this WH, because they are dealing with an extremely sick individual

[Iliyah]

5. What about "fake news" from Murdock and Sin Sin Clair?

99% of their news is false.

[Achilleaze]

6. The guy did the honorable thing. Admitted he was wrong, offered a correction, apologized

The reporter's actions are an example of a basic moral lesson desperately needed by republicans. It's a fundamental ethical thingy that republicans scorn time and again, and then piss upon.

In particular, Comrade Casino, the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief, should pay special attention to this Ethics 101 No-Brainer. The world would be better for this.

[George II]

7. The person from the Washington Post did two things trump will never do:

- Removed the photograph
- Apologized

[PatSeg]

9. From the man

who lies like some people breath. I've never seen any person lie so effortlessly or so often.

[turbinetree]

10. Well malignant sexual predator, when your press secretary goes in front of a microphone

to spew bullshit everyday that is authorized by you-------------------do you really understand your own logic or are you that fucking demented a psychotic?

I say both and you are really dangerous

[truthisfreedom]

11. Use 45's excuse for all of his false tweets.

He can't be responsible for inaccurate photographs. There's millions of them out there. Who can keep track of them all?

[winstars]

12. This from the "person" who didn't fire traitor Flynn until. the Washington Post exposed him!!!

[UpInArms]

13. How many inaccurate (lying) tweets has Twitler

Posted?

Lock him up!

[TalenaGor]

14. I call for the president to be fired for inaccurate tweets

[jmowreader]

15. So...where is the apology...

...for claiming he won in a landslide?

[dchill]

16. It's not a lie, if he believes it!

(George Costanza.)

[dalton99a]

17. Should be WP reporter calls for president who refuses to apologize for inaccurate tweets to be fired