The Washington Post’s Karen Tumulty will “no longer, ever again, repeat or quote any of the asinine nicknames that @realDonaldTrump comes up with for his adversaries”:
As of today, I will no longer, ever again, repeat or quote any of the asinine nicknames that @realDonaldTrump comes up with for his adversaries. @twitter, hold me to it —
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) May 27, 2019
But she’s not preaching or anything like that:
Not preaching. Not making a political statement. Seriously. Just want to respect those people who respect me by reading what I write.
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) May 28, 2019
Retweets, however, are complicated:
Will do. No retweeting of Trump tweets, either.
— Kimberly Costello (@KimCostello) May 27, 2019
What if he tweets out the nickname?
Not quite sure I can commit to that. For better or worse, they are official presidential statements, and sometimes indicate a newsworthy change in policy. The nicknames, on the other hand, are just juvenile.
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) May 27, 2019
At least one person reminded her that it’s not her job to censor what people in power say:
Bad call, Karen.
It’s not our job to protect any politician from his or her own behavior. They speak, we report, quite and cite.
— David Cay Johnston (@DavidCayJ) May 28, 2019
But for the most part, she’s getting cheered on for this bold and courageous decision:
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) May 28, 2019
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This is great. And I will do the same. https://t.co/QtpqMyIi6u
— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) May 27, 2019
Way to go, Karen. https://t.co/cgFoZSTQTY
— Robert McCartney (@McCartneyWP) May 27, 2019
This is a choice that should have been made a long time ago by all reporters. Most of the media will continue to deliver all the nicknames. https://t.co/x2RF7ZmnWH
— Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) May 28, 2019
By repeating it we give it strength. Trump's kryptonite is the mic unplugged, the TV camera's red light gone dark, the world ignoring him. Irrelevance is how he dies. But he is the President. He creates & thrives off of media coverage. However We can starve him from time to time. https://t.co/gzmyj6uuGQ
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) May 28, 2019
However, they can take “Cocaine Mitch” away from our cold, dead hand:
I predict an exponential increase in use of “Cocaine Mitch”… https://t.co/GOeO5V42Jy
— Andrea Ruth (@AndreaNRuth) May 28, 2019
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