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An editor at Reuters was the culprit--he blamed Trump in a tweet for the deadly Capital Gazette shooting that killed five. On Thursday night, he apologized and blamed it on a "state of emotional distress."
Imagine a so-called journalist who comes up with a cock-and-bull story about something as tragic on his emotions. How can a reporter be a reporter if he or she can't put their emotions aside and report the freaking facts?
It is possible that Rob Cox, the fake news purveyor of fertilizer, will be disciplined by Reuters, but it was also possible that Peter Fonda and Samantha Bee would have been disciplined by their management, and how did that work out?
This is exactly why people do not trust the mainstream media anymore.
Cox, the Breakingviews editor at Reuters admitted he "responded emotionally and inappropriately" after jumping to conclusions before the facts came out.
But what are facts when feelings rule your thinking?
Police said the alleged gunman targeted the newspaper after a long-standing feud in a 2012 defamation lawsuit filed by him in which he lost.
Cox tweeted:
"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."As per standard liberal operating procedure, Cox deleted the tweet, which was recovered and posted.
Cox tweeted four times to apologize after it became clear the alleged shooter's motive predated Trump even entering the political arena.
The balderdash apology went like this:
"When I saw the news today that a mass shooter had targeted the employees of a newspaper in Maryland I responded emotionally and inappropriately. Though my comments were entirely personal, they were not in keeping with the Reuters Trust Principles and my own standards for letting facts, not snap judgment, guide my understanding."So he made sure to excuse himself in part because "... my comments were entirely personal..."
His own standards are the standards he employs. He stated something as if it were fact because he apparently wanted it to be a fact. Those are his standards because that's what he did.
Notice how nobody on the left ever makes a mistake on Trump's behalf--it's always a mistake that condemns him that gets taken back and is often gone unread by those who read the original statement.
Cox continued with his groveling but never really apologized to the person who was targeted by his bile--President Trump.
"My experience as a member of the community of Newtown, Connecticut in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook tragedy, combined with the possibility that my colleagues in the press were being targeted, pushed me into a state of emotional distress. I am sorry for my comments, which I quickly deleted [to save his butt] and have disavowed, and especially remorseful if they did anything to distract from the thoughts and love we must send to the community of Annapolis," he wrote.
He should have added: "I am also sorry that I stupidly blamed our president for being responsible for the shooting. My words were based purely on my hatred for him and I would always assume the worst in spite of the absence of facts."
Editor-in-Chief Steve Adler issued a statement regarding the fake news tweet of Cox's, calling it "inconsistent with the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles requiring journalists to maintain freedom from bias."
He added: "We do not condone his behavior and will take appropriate action."
On my part, I will believe it when it becomes fact.
The five Capital Gazette staffers killed in the attack were: Wendi Winters, John McNamara, Gerald Fischman, Rebecca Smith and Rob Hiaasen.
Another leftist Trump-hater, Judd Legum, the Think Progress founder also blamed the shootings on Trump, using a 2015 tweet as evidence, in spite of its non-political nature.
When it comes to Trump, the left retreats into their nether regions.
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