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Her Sister

(6,444 posts)
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 08:06 AM Jun 2016

Bernie Sanders Supporters Attack Reporters Online After Hillary Clinton Declared Nominee (HRC GP)

Political reporters faced a series of nasty attacks from supporters of Bernie Sanders after The Associated Press reported that Hillary Clinton had secured enough delegates to become the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee for president.

While the AP didn’t receive any specific threats, Danny Spriggs, the organization’s VP for global security, sent out a memo Tuesday saying individual employees “have received angry communications in the form of emails, social media messages and phone calls,” Poynter reported. Spriggs urged AP employees to practice “situational awareness.”


Amy Chozick, a reporter for The New York Times covering Clinton, tweeted that she had received multiple threatening calls from Sanders supporters.

HuffPost’s Mollie Reilly received several personal messages attacking her for reporting Clinton was the presumptive Democratic nominee on Monday.

The Washington Post rounded up several of the attacks from Sanders supporters aimed at female political reporters, including some directed at NPR’s Tamara Keith and BuzzFeed’s Ruby Cramer.


More info in links plus examples of the harrassment: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-supporters-attack-reporters_us_5758356de4b0ced23ca68b3d?
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Cha

(305,440 posts)
1. Of course they did.. And, they're not stopping progress one iota.. only making
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 08:09 AM
Jun 2016

themselves look bad again.

Walk away

(9,494 posts)
9. Of course. The less attention paid to bullies, the faster their power dissipates!
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 08:21 AM
Jun 2016

It would be different if we were running against a Mitt Romney or Jeb Bush. I don't think the party has to be held hostage while we are running against a man who's own party keeps trying to oust him.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
10. Sanders needs to get in front of this, get the supporters under control, if he is the peace loving
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 08:33 AM
Jun 2016

Person he says he is then the time to step up is now. These actions are not helping Sanders.

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