A Reuters editor has apologized for telling President Trump that “blood is on your hands” after the deadly Capital Gazette shootings.
Reuters Breakingviews editor Rob Cox (pictured) tweeted, “This is what happens when @realDonaldTrump calls journalists the enemy of the people. Blood is on your hands, Mr. President. Save your thoughts and prayers for your empty soul.”
Cox’s tweet drew heavy backlash and he deleted it, tweeting soon after that it was “fair enough” to call him out for the comments, and denouncing “vilifying any category of people.”
Cox formally apologized hours later, saying that he “responded emotionally and inappropriately,” to news of the shootings. “Though my comments were entirely personal, they were not in keeping with the Reuters Trust Principles and my own standards for letting facts, not snap judgments, guide my understanding.”
Did the ranting Reuters editor apologize because he was sorry or to save his job?
“Empty soul” indeed.
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