We’ve looked at Ken Dilanian’s Twitter timeline and we don’t yet see a groveling apology for his crime of misgendering traitor Chelsea Manning while covering the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Guess the higher-ups haven’t called him into the office yet.
NBC’s Ken Dilanian Refers to Chelsea Manning as ‘He’ and ‘Him’ in News Report on Assange https://t.co/3ZmPxNqliv pic.twitter.com/TkF0StDIRA
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) April 11, 2019
On Thursday morning’s edition of MSNBC Live With Hallie Jackson, Dilanian was explaining the charges that Assange faces if he is extradited to the United States.
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“Specifically, Chelsea Manning was an army private stationed in Iraq, he was downloading hundreds of thousands of top-secret U.S. government files from the military and from the State Department, and he was sending them to Assange and Wikileaks to make public,” Dilanian said, twice referring to Manning as “he.”
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According to the Human Rights Campaign, journalists should “Respect transgender people by using the names and pronouns they use in daily life,” and notes that “If you’re a reporter and not sure, the AP Stylebook advises that you should ‘use the pronoun consistent with the way the individuals live publicly.’”
Shocking.
Most factual thing this guy has ever reported.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) April 11, 2019
— Jeff (@VANWHO) April 11, 2019
Accurate reporting of news is not common at NBC. But, he got this right.
— Patrick A Kirwan (@p_a_kirwan) April 11, 2019
Recommended
Shorter headline: NBC relays accurate information.
— Beau Geste (@BeauGeste11) April 11, 2019
Warrant for Fusion Ken's apprehension and destruction issued by WTPD (Woke Twitter Police Department).
— TreyOhFiver (@rhodysbroker) April 11, 2019
Dilanian in his sensitivity training session pic.twitter.com/UiJFOM5jmW
— Cameron Cawthorne (@Cam_Cawthorne) April 11, 2019
Pitch fork army assemble.
— John Bachman (@JohnFBachman) April 11, 2019
Quick! Someone call Amnesty!
— Paul (@mrsipps) April 11, 2019
— DJ Mauri (@bluGrape2012) April 11, 2019
Oh my god. pic.twitter.com/EDcovkohsf
— Simon Phoenix (@Ph0enixSimon) April 11, 2019
— rebelgirl (@rebelgirl1776) April 11, 2019
— DJ Mauri (@bluGrape2012) April 11, 2019
— Frank (@frankr_23) April 11, 2019
2019 is too hard for @KenDilanianNBC
— Jackie Wollner (@jackiewollner) April 11, 2019
At the time the person currently known as Chelsea Manning did those things she was known as a “he.” So he’s referencing a specific point in time, in which case his pronoun would be accurate. I have empathy for this issue but don’t crucify the guy.
— John Del Gracio ? (@JDelGracio) April 11, 2019
No, the AP Stylebook and the Human Rights Campaign both demand that he be crucified.
Burn the blasphemer @KenDilanianNBC !! (Isn’t that how this works?)
— Paul Foster (@pfoster19) April 11, 2019
Apparently, Ken isn't a science denier.
— Paul Edwards (@FlatTopper18) April 11, 2019
Our future is punishing people who tell the truth.
— Craig Zimmerman (@craigzimmerman6) April 11, 2019
Well, he’s a guy.
— Opinionated Witch (@smokenashes911) April 11, 2019
Not according to the woke brigade which descended on Dilanian:
Hey @KenDilanianNBC. I watched your report this morning. What was the deal on this? Did you just make a mistake or was your use of "he" deliberate?
— Shannon Coulter (@shannoncoulter) April 11, 2019
Inappropriate and transphobic Chelesa Manning sees herself as a woman we have to respect that. Use proper pronouns to describe her.
— OrvilleLloydDouglas (@OrvilleLloyd) April 11, 2019
Great job bigot @KenDilanianNBC
— Charles Martel (@libowner69) April 11, 2019
Really @KenDilanianNBC ? Does both sides journalism mean bigotry too?https://t.co/QrXPWn6tDA
— blue ? rant ? 2019 (@web_rant) April 11, 2019
Note to @KenDilanianNBC and @NBCNews,
I have lost all sympathy for Chelsea Manning in her current legal perils, but I am completely disgusted by you.
— Dave Dickinson (@EveningStarNM) April 11, 2019
We’re pretty disgusted with NBC News a lot of the time, but not for this.
Ken will be roasted and boycotted. Maybe arrested for misgendering.
Wait, Ken’s a Democrat. Nevermind.
— Chris G (@ChrisGTwoAgain) April 11, 2019
Will he be forced to apologize? Stay tuned!
Related:
Calling all BS detectors! AOC takes some major liberties with reality to defend Chelsea Manning https://t.co/HUezyexHQA
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 2, 2019
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