A Journalist Was Body Slammed, but Some Conservatives Want the News Media to Apologize – The New York Times

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A Journalist Was Body Slammed, but Some Conservatives Want the News Media to Apologize

The treatment of a reporter by Greg Gianforte, the Republican candidate in a Montana special election, was either “outrageous” or “totally out of character,” depending on whom you ask.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/25/us/journalist-body-slammed-republicans-apology-media.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

“It is not cool,” Ms. Ryan, who encountered brusque treatment herself at a White House press briefing, said in an interview. “Who are we? Are we a third-world country? You cannot persecute the press for asking questions about the truth.”