GOP candidate allegedly 'body slams' Guardian reporter

[pakicetus]

Score one for America. Score one for Strength. Score one for Freedom. And score one for eliminating those who wish to destroy our great.

dude

no

This is horrible. Reporters aren't supposed to be assaulted for asking questions in a democracy. And people who assault them aren't supporting freedom.

 

[LoAmmi]

Score one for America. Score one for Strength. Score one for Freedom. And score one for eliminating those who wish to destroy our great country. Get ready for the cleansing purge, it is coming.

You sure you're on the right side of this cleansing purge if you're happy with someone who decided to physically harm a man who posed no threat to him?

Seriously, if "he acted a bit like a jerk" is a reasonable reason to beat someone up, Trump should be in the hospital in a full body cast.

 

[FreeinChrist]

Exactly, not shoving. Shoving is aggressive. Reporters refuted the staff's lie that Jacobs was aggressive.

Gianforte admitted what he did and apologized. He still faces the misdemeanor assault charge, and will likely have to pay for the reporter's glasses and medical bills.

And he will have to face the reporters in DC who will ask him the same question Jacobs did and questions about the assault. If he was stressed with reporters in Montana, wait til he gets to DC.

 

[FreeinChrist]

Score one for America. Score one for Strength. Score one for Freedom. And score one for eliminating those who wish to destroy our great country. Get ready for the cleansing purge, it is coming.

Exactly what "cleansing purge'?
Are you speaking of a purge like Stalin or Hitler did? Murdering people?

 

[PeachyKeane]

Oh man! I TOTALLY remember that passage from the Beautitudes!

Jesus expressed it well:

Matthew 5
38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth. 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek. 40 And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. 41 Unless it is someone asking questions. Man, those guys suck. Choke them out or bodyslam them or something. 41 Seriously, don't they have anything better to do? 42. Like, get a life creep.

The word of our Lord shall stand forever.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

Gianforte admitted what he did and apologized. He still faces the misdemeanor assault charge, and will likely have to pay for the reporter's glasses and medical bills.

And he will have to face the reporters in DC who will ask him the same question Jacobs did and questions about the assault. If he was stressed with reporters in Montana, wait til he gets to DC.

Didn’t Trump say something about covering the bills concerning assaults by republicans?

 

[pakicetus]

Didn’t Trump say something about covering the bills concerning assaults by republicans?

He said he'd "pay the legal fees" of anyone who attacked a protester. Didn't say anything about attacking reporters though, so I guess that's a plus.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

He said he'd "pay the legal fees" for anyone who attacked a protester.

Well, that should help a little…

 

[PeachyKeane]

Gianforte admitted what he did and apologized. He still faces the misdemeanor assault charge, and will likely have to pay for the reporter's glasses and medical bills.

And he will have to face the reporters in DC who will ask him the same question Jacobs did and questions about the assault. If he was stressed with reporters in Montana, wait til he gets to DC.

That's where he'll go on a shooting spree!

 

[Aryeh Jay]

That's where he'll go on a shooting spree!

He didn’t get elected Vice President did he?

 

[Goonie]

Exactly what "cleansing purge'?
Are you speaking of a purge like Stalin or Hitler did? Murdering people?

He's referring to biblical end of days, I commented on the same post.

 

[Goonie]

Exactly what "cleansing purge'?
Are you speaking of a purge like Stalin or Hitler did? Murdering people?

Here

The Rapture and the Second Coming is the Cleansing purge I am referring to.
God’s Holy Law and Rule will prevail over the forces of evil.

 

[rambot]

He said he'd "pay the legal fees" of anyone who attacked a protester. Didn't say anything about attacking reporters though, so I guess that's a plus.

Cue comment about how "reporters are essentially leftist protesters".

[kinda surprised there wasn't one yet actually...]

 

[Rion]

dude

no

This is horrible. Reporters aren't supposed to be assaulted for asking questions in a democracy. And people who assault them aren't supporting freedom.

I imagine that they are assuming the reporter lied. This is why the Fourth Estate abandoning any semblance of impartiality was always a terrible idea.

 

[PeachyKeane]

I imagine that they are assuming the reporter lied. This is why the Fourth Estate abandoning any semblance of impartiality was always a terrible idea.

The problem is that there is an audio record of the incident (the aforementioned recorder) that corroborates the reporter's claim, and undermines the candidate's.

 

[Rion]

The problem is that there is an audio record of the incident (the aforementioned recorder) that corroborates the reporter's claim, and undermines the candidate's.

I know that. I have said before that I believe the reporter. I'm simply pointing out that the press has done this to themselves.

 

[pakicetus]

I imagine that they are assuming the reporter lied. This is why the Fourth Estate abandoning any semblance of impartiality was always a terrible idea.

If MSNBC or Daily Kos employees witnessed the attack, you might have a valid point. But these were Fox News employees. Fox is a conservative organization. They're biased in favor of Republicans. Which makes it less likely that they would lie to hurt a Republican, not more.

 

[PeachyKeane]

I know that. I have said before that I believe the reporter. I'm simply pointing out that the press has done this to themselves.

Honestly, that's a pretty cynical, and frankly stupid assertion. Trump has been caught in more than a few lies. Should I also assume Paul Ryan and every other Republican is a liar?

"The Media" is a huge entity that includes more than just news and reporters. If you're just going to demonize the whole entity, how is that any different from say bigotry?

 

[rambot]

I know that. I have said before that I believe the reporter. I'm simply pointing out that the press has done this to themselves.

Actually, you agreed with me that there are two groups responsible for the current state... and it is not only the reporters.

 

[Rion]

If MSNBC or Daily Kos employees witnessed the attack, you might have a valid point. But these were Fox News employees. Fox is a right-wing organization. They're biased in favor of Republicans. Which makes it less likely that they would lie to hurt a Republican, not more.

You're assuming that the people care about FOX, and you're ignoring their current implosion as the station turns leftward (not left-wing, leftward) after O'Reilly got sacked. We are in a paradigm shift, and old standby 'answers' like yours probably won't be viable in a few more years.

Honestly, that's a pretty cynical, and frankly stupid assertion. Trump has been caught in more than a few lies. Should I also assume Paul Ryan and every other Republican is a liar?

"The Media" is a huge entity that includes more than just news and reporters. If you're just going to demonize the whole entity, how is that any different from say bigotry?

Cynical? Yes, stupid? Not really. The mainstream media itself is dying out, quite literally. Liberals like to laugh about old people watching FOX, but MSNBC and CNN's age bracket are, at best, a decade younger. The problem isn't even that the media has people who lie, it is that they double down or do it so brazenly.

When I was young, Connie Chung got fired for lying to Gingrich's elder mother and telling her that the camera was off before recording something the old lady did not want to publicize. Even my parents, who were life-long Democrats, thought what she did was underhanded. Dan Rather got kicked to the curb for accepting false documents about Dubya.

These days, they wouldn't be fired, they'd be promoted. The old, legacy media has become a propaganda arm for whatever group their ideals align with. The story the big six media outlets is basically the story of Charles Foster Kane.

Actually, you agreed with me that there are two groups responsible for the current state... and it is not only the reporters.

Yes, but their point was that it wasn't the reporters to blame.