Melania Trump has released a statement on the anonymous op-ed in the New York Times and it’s actually quite good. Perfect, even.
Excerpts…
“To the writer of the oped – you are not protecting this country, you are sabotaging it with your cowardly actions.”
In @FLOTUS 's response to the anonymous New York Times op-ed, she says, "To the writer of the oped – you are not protecting this country, you are sabotaging it with your cowardly actions."
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) September 6, 2018
“Unidentified sources have become the majority of the voices people hear about in today’s news. People with no names are writing our nation’s history.”
.@FLOTUS also discusses the use of anonymous sources in reporting: "Unidentified sources have become the majority of the voices people hear about in today's news. People with no names are writing our nation's history."
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) September 6, 2018
“Words are important, and accusations can lead to severe consequences. If a person is bold enough to accuse people of negative actions, they have a responsibility to publicly stand by their words and people have the right to be able to defend themselves.”
She continues: "Words are important, and accusations can lead to severe consequences. If a person is bold enough to accuse people of negative actions, they have a responsibility to publicly stand by their words and people have the right to be able to defend themselves."
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) September 6, 2018
Full statement via CNN’s Kate Bennett:
I asked @FLOTUS about the oped, here is her answer to @CNN: pic.twitter.com/MGYPijt7Vw
— Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) September 6, 2018
(And here’s the text as the photo above gets cut off)
“Freedom of speech is an important pillar of our nation’s founding principles and a free press is important to our democracy. The press should be fair, unbiased and responsible. Unidentified sources have become the majority voices people hear in today’s news. People with no names are writing our nation’s history. Words are important, and accusations can lead to severe consequences. If a person is bold enough to accuse people of negative actions, they have a responsibility to publicly stand by their words and people have the right to be able to defend themselves. To the write of this oped — you are not protecting the country, you are sabotaging it with your cowardly actions.”
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Related:
SAVAGE: Sarah Sanders tweets the NYT's phone number so people can ask them who wrote the #NYTimesOpEd https://t.co/EGlbCn5npL
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 6, 2018
WHOA! Even Hillary minion Jennifer Palmieri admits #NYTimesOpEd could be a total NOTHING-BURGER https://t.co/PIZwnZNeUr
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 6, 2018
Chris Cillizza gets CALLED OUT for "absolutely absurd" speculation on #NYTimesOpEd writer https://t.co/8VNfqB6uoj
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 6, 2018
Glenn Greenwald points out the "glaring and massive" irony from that anonymous White House "coward" https://t.co/taszcy2a1r
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 6, 2018
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