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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 08:34 AM Jan 2018

Trump: ABC News reporter should have been fired!

Source: The Hill

President Trump on Saturday took aim at a reporter who made a mistake in his reporting on over a month ago, sending a fresh tweet decrying the reporter’s ability to do his job.

“Brian Ross, the reporter who made a fraudulent live newscast about me that drove the Stock Market down 350 points (billions of dollars), was suspended for a month but is now back at ABC NEWS in a lower capacity. He is no longer allowed to report on Trump. Should have been fired!” Trump tweeted.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/367726-trump-abc-news-reporter-should-have-been-fired

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joshdawg

(2,647 posts)
1. The IOTUS (Idiot of the United States)
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 08:38 AM
Jan 2018

is displaying his idiocy once again. Every day he does this........EVERY effin day.
Can someone, anyone, make him stop being stupid? rhetorical question.

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
6. If you bring up birtherism he will just claim that Hillary was the one who started it
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 09:25 AM
Jan 2018

and he heroically stepped in to bring the story to an end.

exboyfil

(17,862 posts)
4. He has no business commenting on the employment arrangement of a reporter
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 08:46 AM
Jan 2018

but he does have a point. As I remember it, Brian Ross, went around his editorial procedure in the report. He has shown sloppy tendencies in his reporting in the past (see Wikipedia page). When dealing with Trump, reporters need to be extra careful.

That being said, what did they do with Bret Baier after his report that Clinton indictment was imminent That false, report which came out right before the election, was corrected days later. The inaccurate report stayed on Hannity's radio website until at least until August of this year.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
8. Reporters should ask trump then
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 10:46 AM
Jan 2018

Why he promoted the lies accusing President Obama, not once but many times, like the birther issue, wiretapping him, and more. Then ask him should Presidents be allowed to promote lies too, then be held accountable and forced out of office?

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)
10. The boy who cried wolf...
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 11:22 AM
Jan 2018

These tantrums are becoming less interesting every day. Most can be chalked up as the rantings of a lunatic.

peequod

(189 posts)
11. I like Brian Ross, he's a great investigative reporter that made a mistake, apparently.
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 09:17 PM
Jan 2018

I'll watch him wherever he decides to work.

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