Paging the Brave Firefighter Brigade! We’ve got a five-alarmer!
I don’t want to give them a free pass on what they have done to all of us" — de Blasio on the media https://t.co/2cSjiSkW4l
— Dana Rubinstein (@danarubinstein) August 7, 2018
CNN analyst Josh Dawsey caught it, too:
"I don’t want to give them a free pass on what they have done to all of us," Bill de Blasio says of the media and adds that the country would be in a better place without News Corp. https://t.co/FRVznCv4S6
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) August 7, 2018
Bill de Blasio’s attacking our free press! Bill de Blasio’s attacking our free press!
Let's hear it folks https://t.co/OpekaElnFX
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) August 7, 2018
Journalists, report to your battle stations!
https://twitter.com/raguthegoat4/status/1026864910670557184
https://twitter.com/MichaelCraig18A/status/1026865680648466435
Where’s your total condemnation for this statement? Isn’t he attacking the freedom of the press, the most sacred value we have?
— Sign of the Times (@littlebighorn09) August 7, 2018
He's attacking the 1st amendment and journalism. When is @CNN going to defend journalism and rebuke de Blasio?
— William Foster (@RConrad62) August 7, 2018
Post/Fox employees in NY need to hire protection after these chilling comments by NYC’s mayor. I no longer feel safe. https://t.co/NgeUil6LvK
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) August 7, 2018
Wtf is wrong with this guy? Is that a threat?? https://t.co/ktpk53Mjbf
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) August 7, 2018
Just a reminder that I often need security to enter/exit this building and it would be great if the mayor would stop inciting violence against the press, thanks https://t.co/ajvPiOQZgC
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) August 7, 2018
Why is he endangering journalists?
— harrison bergeron (@harrisonberger0) August 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/Pete_In_Jersey/status/1026864243071770624
It’s pretty simple, really:
Some attacks on the media are better than others https://t.co/51PqWpBRjg
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) August 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/MichaelCraig18A/status/1026863037238652928
I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS ATTACK ON THE FREE PRESS AS IF THEY HAVE HURT THEIR FELLOW AMERI….wait he’s a Democrat, move along, nothing to see here https://t.co/uNE4HFTa5H
— Orange Muppet Energy (@sunnyright) August 7, 2018
Yep.
Oh. So it's ok for Dem politicians to attack the press and the 1st Amendment?
Looking forward to your statements on this.. @Acosta @brianstelter @CNN https://t.co/A2UN8GIjKx— WhigsnTwigs (@WhigsnTwigs) August 7, 2018
I assume CNN will go to town on de Blasio today. Looking forward to it.
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) August 7, 2018
Snort.
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/1026866860934000640
Don’t hold your breath.
Blas provides a good test case for defenders of the media today https://t.co/ajvPiOQZgC
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) August 7, 2018
Prediction: they will fail. https://t.co/xfESnwX4aV
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) August 7, 2018
Count on it.
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Update:
Did we call it, or did we call it?
'Such a F*CKING HACK'! Could Brian Stelter's white-knighting for Bill de Blasio be any more SHAMELESS? https://t.co/9FEzU0uXH0
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 7, 2018