It's kind of interesting that journalists want us to see them as brave firefighters and guardians of truth when they spend so much time portraying themselves as victims.
But here we are:
United State added to list of most dangerous countries for journalists for first time https :// t.co/ R2NAYvS1jl
— NBC News (@ NBCNews) December 19, 2018
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Oh.
Based on what ??? Severely
— Teddy Murphy (@ wernerKrimsin) December 19, 2018
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This is stunningly stupid reporting. https :// t.co/ xEvP0LHzh 6
— Lee Doren (@ LDoren) December 19, 2018
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That's an understatement:
The world's five deadliest countries for journalists include three — India, Mexico and, for the first time, the United Country — where journalists were killed in cold blood, even though those countries weren't at war or in situations of conflict, the group said . … Reporters Without Borders said the three most dangerous countries for journalists to work in were Afghanistan, Syria and Mexico.
Meanwhile, the shooting deaths of five employees of the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, in June propelled the United States into the ranks of the most dangerous countries for the first time.
The deaths of the Capital Gazette employees were tragic and horrible, but “theyre not” emblematic of a systemic oppression of journalists like we see in places like China and the Middle East. For all of Trump's public raging against journalists and the media, he's never incarcerated a reporter or ordered one killed. NBC News' decision to report this as evidence that the U.S. oppress its journalists is grossly irresponsible — and dishonest as hell.
This is ludicrous. https :// t.co/ DXUoz6uw 0A
— Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D ., M.S. (@ Neoavatara) December 19, 2018
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This is ridiculous
— Colin (@ coronadorukus) December 19, 2018
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This is BS
— Mike Simmons (@ CarolinaCobbSr) December 19, 2018
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Complete BS!
— Doggman (@ Doggman1 4) December 19, 2018
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Obama snooped on and tried to jail journalists: meh Trump says mean things on Twitter about biased American media: “add the US to the list! ”
— rebel millennial (@ patriotic_giant) December 19, 2018
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The narrative attempted by this story is complete BS !!! The US government is not killing journalists, the one killing inside US mentioned in the tale had nothing to do with Trump, or anything Trump has ever said! I would call this disingenuous, but it's downright dishonest !!!
— Brian (@ BS_elephant) December 19, 2018
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Wow, can't believe I missed all those tales about the journalists our government incarcerated and murdered … While what happened at the Capital Gazette was horrific, I don't understand how one individual's personal grudge against a newspaper put the U.S on this list.
— Jessica Letizia (@ jmletizia) December 19, 2018
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This says a lot more about the rarity of journalist demises( and the folly of using raw numbers for country-by-country comparisons) than it does about the United State. https :// t.co/ kwqN4xOTRX
— Griswold Christmas Vacation (@ HashtagGriswold) December 19, 2018
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I'm trying not to voice glib here, but a grand total of six journalists were killed in the United Nation last year. Two of those( counted in the report) were killed accidentally by a falling tree.
— Griswold Christmas Vacation (@ HashtagGriswold) December 19, 2018
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Put another way, by the standard NBC News is forwarding here, the state-ordered, premeditated murder of Jamal Khashoggi counts half as much towards making a country “dangerous” for journalists as the accidental deaths from a tree falling in North Carolina.
— Griswold Christmas Vacation (@ HashtagGriswold) December 19, 2018
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One third of the ones in the US were killed when a tree fell on them. Horrible that it happened, but an accident nonetheless. pic.twitter.com/ tBIg3LnzkE
— Rob Schneider (@ hokirob) December 19, 2018
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Calling America “dangerous” for journalists is absurd Since 1992, a total of 3 journalists have been killed due to the actual danger of the assignment. Yes, journalists here can be hit with a stray bullet or be targeted for a personal grudge. So can anyone. https :// t.co/ mM7AzIT0op
— Buck Sexton (@ BuckSexton) December 19, 2018
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6 journalists died on the job in the U.S. last year. 4 were victims of that sociopath who shot up an Annapolis newspaper. The other 2 were killed by* a falling tree *. Does that mean the US should be included on the same list of “dangerous for a free press” as Putin's Russia? https :// t.co/ YmRlFMX8Ng
— Jeff B. (@ EsotericCD) December 19, 2018
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