A Reuters editor tweeted soon after the shooting of the Capital Gazette in Maryland, blaming Donald Trump for the shooting.
Fox News reports:
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 seriesof four tweets once it became clear that Ramos’ motive predated Trump entering the world of politics.
Making such an egregious accusation so soon after the event, especially coming a top editor at a national new organization, only confirms to many what they already think of these organizations: FAKE NEWS.
That is absurd!
I may have missed it but I do not remember the President telling people to go out and confront members of the media. I would like to know where the anger is with Mad Max out in California telling people to confront member of the President’s cabinet, not so much as a peep.
Every time one of these morons runs their mouth it just re-enforces what the President says about the media in particular and the Liberals in general
Looks to me like the shooter was shooting at the wrong people.
“Another shot your mouth off” so-called journalist. He is a Saul Alinsky weapon user, right out of Alinsky’s book “Rules for Radicals.” Weapon #3 spread fake news from ANONYMOUS SOURCES. God Bless President Trump. #MAGA
This A-hole doesn’t have the emotional maturity to edit a grade school weekly reader. What a f’n moron. What sort of vetting does reuters go through during their hiring process? Who’s their HR manager, Dan Rather-not?
Does this not prove what President Trump has continually said, that “the liberal biased mainstream media are the enemy of the American people”, and now representatives of Reuters are included in those liberal biased media.
I’ll bet that Reuters’ Editor Rob Cox will deny this, but only he, and considering his job should also include those he represents in doing his job, made those biased and bigoted comments about our American President, with not a sliver of proof of what he was saying.
This was shortly easily proven false, and just more “Fake News” denigrating the American people’s President, because the person that Rob Cox wanted to be our President was soundly defeated by President Trump.
It seems that he is the one that needs to save his thoughts and prayers for his hate filled soul? Posting opinions, instead of reporting news really seems popular among liberals . They are supposed to report the news, not try and shape public opinion. Shaping public opinion is what pols are to do to get elected.
He should be publicly canned online tv . To show what happens to journalists” when they post hatefilled libel lies .
An apology isn’t enough
A$$wipe