New York Times Reporter Recieves Death Threats From Angry Bernie Sanders Supporters

[Cali_Democrat]

Source: Mediaite

A New York Times journalist reported on Twitter that she had received three separate death threats after penning a piece calling the Democratic primary for Hillary Clinton.

“Hillary Clinton Has Clinched Democratic Nomination, Survey Reports,” Times reporters Amy Chozick and Patrick Healy wrote Monday. The piece was not based off of the Times‘ delegate count, but reported on an announcement from the Associated Press that they were calling the race for Clinton.

Supporters of Clinton’s opponent Bernie Sanders were less than happy with the piece, and at least three of them called Chozick on her personal phone to threaten her.

Read more: http://www.mediaite.com/print/ny-times-reporter-recieves-death-threats-from-angry-bernie-sanders-supporters/

[lark]

1. Shameful

[cyclezealot]

52. As a Bernie Bro

This response is shameful. Yet, what AP did is also shameful.. This has so angered Bernie bros, the healing process has been compromised
Should the Cali vote have been reduced by this action , this election is compromised.

As to why Comcast let this happen. Billary's close ties to the telecommunications industry after Bill signed into law the 96 Telecommunications Bill . Which gave the likes of Rupert Murdock free reign to take over the media. That from the Wall Street Journal to National Geographic.
Bill did it to us all and the Democratic Party. ( Letting Rupert take control over our media.) And Hillary surely must not have been surprised by what Comcast did with the AP call.

Should Billary want to attract Bernie Bros, she should do what will lose her support from the Telecommunication giants.
Anger them by making media consolidation a big issue and call for the break up of the six or so companies that rule the airwaves..That and make a bigger issue of Net Neutrality and call for the reenactment of the Fairness Doctrine.

Good luck in bringing on the Bernie bros.. They have their issues and Hillary will feel uncomfortable answering them in Philly. IF she does, there is hope. Then, of course Platform's mean nothing come Jan 20.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

56. The AP released news, which is what a news organization does

Threatening them over it is criminal. Just because you don't like a piece of news gives you no right to issue death threats.

[cyclezealot]

60. Naive

These death threats were not an official Bernie action..crazed members who think they are a part of them team. They are not wanted. It was the action of a few You can't see how the media manipulates the news to their benefit you are naive. That is how we got Trump . News is not necessarily news , Noam Chomsky called our news media out as to the motivation and manipulation of the news in his documentary , Manufacturing Consent. I suggest you check it out on Netflix..

The Hillary people were informed , this will not help. There is only one way to unite the party. It is up to her.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

62. You seem to assume that I am uninformed

Whereas it sounds like you have never engaged in an election before.

The news orgs call in when they are sure, whether or not the candidates want it.

Whomever issues these death threats tried to intimidate a free press, which is disgusting

[cyclezealot]

70. As to AP interviewing each and every super delegate

i am skeptical. Just as news organizations once called the Florida presidential race for Dubya.

[greiner3]

85. DEWEY WINS

[leftofcool]

73. No, it is not up to Hillary to unite the Bernie Bros

They can get on board or run off to Vermont. It is up to Bernie.

[RelativelyJones]

83. +1

[cyclezealot]

95. Bernie can do what ever he wants.

It is his supporters that Hillary Clinton need convince. As to the comment, Billary. OK - Not a good phrase on DU.. But get used to it and prepare that will be the message that Hillary need prepare for.
Look to today's vote returns from NJ.. Hillary Clinton is not doing that well to Bernie in Blue collar areas. As was the case in Wisconsin with current polls in Mich saying the Trump Clinton race is close.

Trump is accepting his NM victory right now.. He sounds pretty presidential and he is courting Bernie Bros on Bernie's issues. And claims Bernie was shafted by the Dem establishment.. Get ready for the Onslaught. Perhaps, the GOP will force Trump to stay on script. Believe it or not, this is constructive.
Should the polls continue to show Hillary Clinton weak , perhaps the Super Delegates can have a change of mind. Trump just says he'll have a special speech on the Clinton's next week.. Stay tuned.

As of this minute. So far, Trump is staying on script.

[SouthernDemLinda]

97. "I won’t be answering calls from unknown numbers today", she said.

NY Times Reporter (Recieves) Death Threats From Angry Bernie Sanders Supporters

by Alex Griswold | 1:35 pm, June 7th, 2016

(What a genius! Ever hear of a new thing called spell check!)

A New York Times journalist reported on Twitter that she had received three separate death threats after penning a piece calling the Democratic primary for Hillary Clinton.

I won’t be answering calls from unknown numbers today, after third call from Bernie supporters telling me they’d hunt me down in the streets.

— Amy Chozick (@amychozick) June 7, 2016


@katherinemiller Yes, apparently, “The revolution is coming FOR YOU…”
— Amy Chozick (@amychozick) June 7, 2016


I believe this like I believe someone who can't spell "receive" is looking for the answers and finding them!!!!!

[WhiteTara]

59. AP is owned by Comcast?

[cyclezealot]

68. Any thing affiliated with NBC is.

Perhaps, Chris Matthew's lousy coverage days before created this mess..
Not sure which station to watch tonight. Chris Hayes played into the hands of those who think the system rigged.
He could have balanced out this AP release with a critical guest as to the role of the media. Even so, his guest Charlie Pierce called the action of the AP and NBC , unnerving.

The system has been rigged ever since Debbie Wasserman placed one of the debates to be at the same time as Des Moines based , Hawkeyes vs the Gophers game at the same time as the Sanders/ Hillary debate.

[WhiteTara]

80. Wrong.

According to Wikipedia
The Associated Press (AP) is an American multinational nonprofit news agency headquartered in New York City, and operated as a cooperative, unincorporated association. The AP is owned by its contributing newspapers, radio, and television stations in the United States, all of which contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists. Most of the AP staff are Union members and are represented by the Newspaper Guild, which operates under the Communication Workers of America, which operates under the AFL-CIO.

As of 2007, news collected by the AP was published and republished by more than 1,700 newspapers, in addition to more than 5,000 television and radio broadcasters. The photograph library of the AP consists of over 10 million images. The AP operates 243 news bureaus in 120 countries. It also operates the AP Radio Network, which provides newscasts twice hourly for broadcast and satellite radio and television stations. Many newspapers and broadcasters outside the United States are AP subscribers, paying a fee to use AP material without being contributing members of the cooperative. As part of their cooperative agreement with the AP, most member news organizations grant automatic permission for the AP to distribute their local news reports. The AP employs the "inverted pyramid" formula for writing that enables the news outlets to edit a story to fit its available publication area without losing the story's essentials.


really, before you vilify, become informed.

[lanlady]

92. I blame the candidate

Sanders has failed to take a strong stand when confronted by the violence of his supporters. After the Las Vegas fiasco, he issued a weakly worded condemnation followed by a long litany of shop-worn complaints against the Democratic Party that effectively formed a justification for his supporters' behavior. Ditto when it came to the anti-Trump rally in California that turned into a near-riot. He said violence was unacceptable but went on to say that the people's anger was understandable etc etc, again in a tone that gave the protesters moral cover. I'm surprised the media, for all of its alleged anti-Sanders bias, has not pointed this out (maybe because that bias is just another manifestation of Bernie's persecution complex). The man is a faux prophet.

[cyclezealot]

96. So will be President Trump.

He can give a good speech should he want to win.

[cyclezealot]

94. I vilified MSNBC

Not so much the AP.. For sure, the likes of Chris Matthews was belly aching to report the AP's eagerness to get 'clicks,' as put by Thom Hartman.. Tonight I am giving MSNBC one more chance to see if they apologize for what Hayes' did last night. He could have expanded upon Charlie Pierce's comment to Hayes' , this causes me to be 'unnerved.'.

[cyclezealot]

78. Thom Hartman nails it..

The AP has given Hillary a more difficult road towards healing...As if it would have been easy among the 1/4 of Bernie Bros who are fooled by Trump's anti war and Dubya tweets.
Is Hillary more militaristic than Trump. Cheney suspects that might be the case..http://inthesetimes.com/article/18998/neocon-war-hawks-want-hillary-clinton-over-donald-trump.-no-surprisetheyve

[WhiteTara]

81. No one ever said the media was Clinton's friend

but you still need to get your facts straight about what is what.

[NBachers]

86. Anything with the word Billary in it is instantly negated

[awoke_in_2003]

106. Good policy

and I say that as a Sanders supporter.

[cyclezealot]

108. I suggest you get used to it

It is not among ourselves that we need to worry about. It is what will come out of Trump's mouth, starting today.
. So prepare your responses...
Trump is going to rail on , not about Hillary's emails as Secretary of State but Hillary's emails as to the TPP.

A Trump supporter blurted out , stop the TPP at yesterday's rally . This will be a recurring theme starting today. Hillary is quoted as saying. The TPP is the gold standard of trade deals. This is not news, so don't think we are spilling his secrets.

Clinton supporters gave us a candidate who is unbelievable by those who take a lunch box to work. Hillary needs Bernie more than Bernie needs Hillary. In case she does a lousy job of rebutting The Donald, Bernie had better continue making himself available at least through Philadelphia.. That was the reason about 1 million Democrats crossed over and voted for Trump in the GOP primaries in Ohio, Pennsylvania , and Virginia.
Today, Thom Hartman is worried about Trump's speech last night. So should you. It was effective. So get ready.

[Peregrine Took]

2. Interesting, if true.

[6000eliot]

5. I comfort myself by knowing how loudly you would be howling

if Clinton supporters had threatened a reporter after a positive Sanders story.

[phazed0]

8. We have real things to howl about..

not about 3 phone calls to a national media outlet.

Keep your fingers in your ears, it's clear it's worked well so far for you.

[Plucketeer]

12. The callers SAID they were Sanders supporters

But did they show their membership card(s)? Imagine another campaigns operatives trying to paint Bernie in a bad light. Geez, if someone as low-brow as me can dream up such a scenario, almost anyone else could too!

[gopiscrap]

93. exactly

[blackspade]

57. It would depend on the evidence.

[still_one]

14. The word sad comes to me, and I have no doubt it happend

[AgingAmerican]

15. David Brocks million dollar troll army

[still_one]

32. Do You have any facts to back that up, or are you just spewing BS. All Chozick was doing was

reporting what AP did, and reported some of the responses she got some who identified themselves as Sanders supporters.

I made no speculation whether they were Sanders supporters, Right Wingers, trolls, etc

The response I made was that it was sad.

I understand this may not fit into your narrative, but facts are important.

[AgingAmerican]

34. So you are denying it's existence?

http://usuncut.com/politics/clinton-super-pac-busted/

[still_one]

37. excuse me, but that is not proof that Chozick's claim is or is not true.

Also, US Uncut, is not an unbias source

[AgingAmerican]

42. Brock's million dollar troll army

Astroturf, aka phony 'supporters'.

It's what they do....stuff like this

Clinton superPac admits paying internet trolls

[still_one]

45. believe whatever you want it to be. I guess when Planned Parenthood, NARAL, and any

group or individual that endorsed Hillary, and then were inundated with all kind of hate mail, and messages, none of that came from any Sanders supporters.

Perhaps you may want to take a visit over to JackPine Radicals, a site which purports to support Bernie, or maybe they really aren't Sanders supporters, because some of those posts are quite vile and hateful

[SouthernDemLinda]

99. Yes, maybe they really aren't!

Yeah, there is nothing as common as the opposition "faking it" to get into a group in order to reek havoc on them.

I know of freethinker groups in several states that were totally taken over by theist froot loops. There whole thing was to make freethinkers look bad and to occupy. They took the groups over in a short time. They got elected to all the positions by bringing huge numbers of infiltrators into the groups.

Also, they were the nastiest people ever because the truth is they are far less moral than people who do not have to be told what is right or wrong, they already know.

[bvar22]

36. Death Threats are against the law.

Has this "New York Times journalist" notified the proper authorities and filed a complaint, and requested protection? That is what someone who receives actual death threats does,
or is this person just a milking a fantasy or exaggeration for effect.

IF she is any kind of reporter at all, she certainly would have recordings of the "death threats", if they happened.

[Maedhros]

74. Countdown to finding out this reporter is a Clinton surrogate in 5..4..3..[n/t]

[libdem4life]

3. Did they find his/her voter card? LOL. Death threats. Next?

I could twitter, call, insult anyone I wanted to ... if I wanted to which I don't ... and attribute it to anyone else I wanted to ... which I wouldn't.

I take this crap with a grain of salt. Prove it...that seems to be the level of discourse at hand. Oh, and the MSM...which includes this Hillary-loving, um, outlet...long term supporters of Bernie Who?

[MrMickeysMom]

18. It was even more lame than that...

Her tweet out -

I won't be answering calls from unknown numbers today, after third call from Bernie supporters telling me they'd hunt me down in the streets
1:05 PM - 7 Jun 2016

I had some threats made to me in a public meeting over the firing of a corrupt police chief that were ACTUAL threats. Why didn't I get this kind of press? Oh, because I wasn't working for a shill news media website... duh!

[libdem4life]

46. Like she regularly answers phone calls from unknown numbers?

I don't, but that's because they are usually telemarketers. If they really want to talk to me, they can leave a message. I'm sure she's aware of that option.

Also, did anyone "claim" to be a Bernie Supporter, like did she save the messages as is the protocal when a Real Threat is made, or are we just going on, god help us, her word?

Anyone who has watched NCIS knows that making threats over the phone is a serious legal situation...and should be followed up on. I'm sure she has plenty of staff or government help that could assist her. But hey, it's more fun get the press all atwitter (no pun intended, but it works) about Death Threats to a Clinton running for President.

[leftofcool]

75. It's a Bernie supporter so that makes it okay, eh?

Naturally!

[MrMickeysMom]

91. Well, it sure fooled you...

You now automatically agree that, "It's a Bernie supporter" with absolutely no follow through on this blathering on the bastion of truth... the twitter.

“There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them.”
CHARLES CALEB COLTON

[phazed0]

4. More non-news and distraction...

Wow. 3 people called a National News Outlet.

I'm sure this will get applied to Millions of other people now.

[Plucketeer]

6. This is HORRIFIC!

Bernie, you need to rein these folks in - and stop telling them to do this sort of thing. You DO have a direct line to each and every one of your supporters, right? We KNOW no one would act irrationally for Hillary - or for TRUMP, for that matter!


<- requisite for those who can't recognize it.

[alcibiades_mystery]

9. Rein

[Plucketeer]

19. Fingers faster than brein

[msanthrope]

41. Well played. nt

[AgingAmerican]

16. Yes, Bernie needs to rein Brocks million dollar troll army

[dinkytron]

23. He must bring them to heal. But what if it's Belafonte, himself. Surrogates. Grrrrr.

[Dont call me Shirley]

7. I call bullshit!

[still_one]

10. wow. Chozick has written some pretty pro-Sanders articles, and she just reports what AP did

and boom, this. Really sad

[Roy Rolling]

21. "boom"

I'm sure she was stricken by a case of the vapors and unable to relay the complaint to law enforcement. Instead, she wrote another"poor innocent me" victim story.

I'm calling bullshit.

[still_one]

35. I am no fan of Chozick, or the NY Times. She is just reporting what happened. I believe it did

happen. Whether the self-identified people who said they were Sanders supporters, were actually Sanders supporters, I doubt we will ever know

[SouthernDemLinda]

103. It's Receive.

NY Times Reporter Recieves Death Threats From Angry Bernie Sanders Supporters
by Alex Griswold | 1:35 pm, June 7th, 2016

Yes indeed, let the poor guy figure out how to use spell check first! It's Receive.

A New York Times journalist reported on Twitter that she had received three separate death threats after penning a piece calling the Democratic primary for Hillary Clinton.

Then let the poor girl learn how to call the police.

[beastie boy]

11. How long until we hear of "second amendment remedies" to overturn the will of the Democrats?

[Roy Rolling]

24. How long?

Right. Sanders supporters would think like that. Way, way, over-the-top. You should self-delete.

[AntiBank]

47. you should be ashamed, trying to equate Giffords being gunned down to Sanders supporters!!

Fucking ridiculous shit!!

[libdem4life]

48. Gee, was Gabby Gifford's example a Bernie supporter?

Dude, this country is full of gun nuts. It's called the NRA, for future reference.

They don't usually participate in political discourse, however. It's pretty equal opportunity sniper fire...well, unless you're in Bosnia.

[AntiBank]

49. you have completely crossed the line, inferring Sanders supporters will assassinate Clinton

SICK!!!

[Peregrine Took]

13. Oh, and she KNEW they were Bernie

People because they.......told her they were???? Hmmmm....lets mull that one over...

[FailureToCommunicate]

17. Got it. Bernie supporters bad. Bad as Trumpites. Badder than ol Jim Brown, meaner than a junk yard

dog...

Latest Breaking News my left foot.

Maybe post this in Latest Bogus News

[Roy Rolling]

20. Reall? I mean, really????

How long will the Straw Man operation against Sanders supporters continue by Clinton and a compliant media?

I'm sure these esteemed journalists have reported these threats to law enforcement and not just used it as filler for another bullshit article.

[DrBulldog]

22. A "journalist" who claims 3 "Bernie supporters" called and threatened her?

She's definitely no journalist, just a hack. Where's the evidence that they were actually Bernie supporters?
Where's the evidence of the phone conversations? Where's the evidence of the phone tracking records?

Total bull$hit.

[hrmjustin]

25. Just horrible! There are always some bad apples that can't control themselves.

[Chasstev365]

26. Cali, Cali, Cali

You've won. You can stop bashing Bernie 24/7! Where will you channel all of your contempt now?

[Beacool]

27. There are nutty people everywhere.

Most campaigns have had some over enthusiastic supporters who have crossed the line. It's not Sanders campaign's fault.

[Triana]

28. Yea voters don't like media f*cking with their voting rights

Whoda thunk it?

[Blue_Tires]

29. That seems to a thing for them, doesn't it?

[Smarmie Doofus]

30. Wow. I'll bet it was the same guys that "threw chairs" at Barbara Boxer in ....

... where was it, again? Nevada?

Hey: shouldn't be hard to track them down. I saw the video myself .

What? They didn't throw any chairs?

Then it must be the same people who made the "death threats"..... against .... the Clintonite DEM official who rigged the voice-vote ( oh, more conspiracy theories; whatta BORE!) at the same conclave.

Clinton, Inc has had about a month to identify those people by name. And they are...........?????????

[nyabingi]

33. Probably some of the paid operatives

Hillary has hired to speak up for her in social media.

[laserhaas]

38. As Bernie said...anyone who advocates wrong isnt a Bern

Arrest the asshole(s) if such be true

And they dont speak for Bernie

Implying so is just is complete and utter bullchit

[Teamster Jeff]

39. Good Heavens!!

[bluestateguy]

40. Disgusting

nt

[ish of the hammer]

43. still not gonna vote for Clinton. write in Sanders, in the G.E. if the DNC manages to steal

the primary. all else is bullshite, including this piece of so-called news from the newspaper that helped bring you the Iraq War
(thanks Judith Miller!)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

58. More people voted for her, that's not theft. Nt

[ish of the hammer]

89. the DNC is stealing this election. exit polls mysteriously are off, affidavit ballots, provisional

ballots, yeah right. I became a Democrat to be able to vote for Sanders, but as Stalin famously said " It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."
American elections don't come up to U.N. standards. But it's o.k., I voted for Gore and I voted for Sanders and my conscious is clear. I hope you live long enough to see the results, if Clinton wins.
I'm old enough to know that the best any of us can hope for is a comfortable death. Endless wars are not conducive to that end.
Tell me how comfortable you are about Syria, Libya, Honduras and Ukraine.

[SouthernDemLinda]

105. how many voters were disenfranchised

Millions of New Yorkers Disenfranchised from Primaries Thanks to State's Restrictive Voting Laws.

The 'closed' primary rule disenfranchised 3M independent voters in N.Y.

New Yorkers who were not registered members of the Republican or Democratic parties in October were not permitted to vote Tuesday.

It has disenfranchised 3 million residents who are registered independents here.

Gee three million, does that number ring a bell? Wonder how many voters were disenfranchised all over the country, since some other states have the same rules.

And there have been lots of complaints about the voting machines not working right.

[bravenak]

44. They need to start finding these harassers and arresting them for terrorist threats

[paleotn]

90. Here in North Carolina....

it's a criminal misdemeanor and rightly so.

[closeupready]

50. So what. I've received death threats here on DU. As have others.

Being in any way publicly active opens yourself up to kookiness of all kinds.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

65. Intimidation of free press is not s big deal?

[closeupready]

66. I didn't get a national news story out of my death threat here.

Did you?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

79. No, but I'm not the free press. And death threat guy

Issues ransoms death threats on du, whereas these were specific and had her personal details

[closeupready]

87. The fact that she is a NYT personality makes her Twittering this even more pathetic.

I get that you won't agree with me on this, but how often do we hear of death threats against other public personalities, most of who are MUCH more important than she is? Almost never.

As a journalist, when the story becomes about YOU, you've crossed the line.

By the way, journalism - as most of us know - is a VERY dangerous occupation. There were hundreds of journalists killed last year, if I'm not mistaken, worldwide. She MUST know that, and the hazards that come with pursuing her chosen career.

[fbc]

51. Oooooooo "death threats"

The press in the US is a joke. There are no real reporters, just vain attention whores who want to be part of the news.

[Hiraeth]

53. shameful if true but, I call bullshit

[jdadd]

76. I'm with you

[leftinportland]

54. Instead of reporting this on Twitter

I suggest she call the police or FBI.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

63. Maybe she did both?

I'm glad they are being publicly shamed

[leftinportland]

69. Pretty fishy to me...

If I'm getting death threats I call the cops not go to Twitter. No individual is being shamed by this...

[La Lioness Priyanka]

77. lol. Of course you don't believe her.

[blackspade]

55. As usual, another hit piece on Sanders supporters....

Based on no evidence that the callers were indeed Bernie supporters.

That said any death treats should be reported to the cops for investigation.

[shireen]

61. These assholes are certainly NOT supported by majority of Sanders supporters!

I'm sick of assholes in both camps making their candidates look bad. I'm sick of this entire primary season and the mean people it's brought out of the woodworks ... so glad it's coming to an end. After tonight, i'm going to tune out of this insanity, and just show up at the polls in November to vote against the king of assholes, Trump.

[AzDar]

64. What ... No Chairs?

[OregonBlue]

67. Gee, maybe some Sanders supporters will be voting Trump.

[modestybl]

71. Bull, and might I add, S**t...

This smells of a David Brock troll operation.

[yourout]

72. exactly...I don't believe a word of it.

[Cali_Democrat]

88. Got proof? nt

[PatrickforO]

84. I get sick of Bernie supporters getting blamed for shit like this. I'm too old, I guess, because

I remember COINTELPRO quite well, and I would NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS call some journalist and threaten his/her life for a story. Sorry.

[imagine2015]

98. Organized opponents of Bernie Sanders made those calls pretending to be his supporters.

Not a shred of evidenc has been presented linking Sanders campaign supporters to those calls. Nothing at all

It's just a claim.

Anyone can make a phone call pretending to be a Sanders supporter in order to hurt and damage his campaign.

That's one of the oldest "dirty tricks" used in elections to attack candidates since the time of Nixon.

It's far more likely that organized opponents of Bernie Sanders made those calls.

[harrose]

100. Don't believe it. It's a Trump-Supporting Rethug Terrorist...

... trying to sow discord in the party.

[riversedge]

101. k and r.

[peace13]

102. We are waaayyyy past the point of being able to have fair and free elections in this country.

Bernie is the only candidate to be peace loving and non violent, yet somehow his supporters are always the violent ones? Oh, and they love to call with death threats. This makes zero sense.

[Angel Martin]

107. Bernie's "zealous" supporters blame the messenger

A New York Times journalist reported on Twitter that she had received three separate death threats after penning a piece calling the Democratic primary for Hillary Clinton.