NY Times Reporter Recieves Death Threats From Angry Bernie Sanders Supporters

[MrWendel]

http://www.mediaite.com/print/ny-times-reporter-recieves-death-threats-from-angry-bernie-sanders-supporters/

by Alex Griswold



A New York Times journalist reported on Twitter that she had received three separate death threats after penning a piece calling the Democratic primary for Hillary Clinton.

“Hillary Clinton Has Clinched Democratic Nomination, Survey Reports,” Times reporters Amy Chozick and Patrick Healy wrote Monday. The piece was not based off of the Times‘ delegate count, but reported on an announcement from the Associated Press that they were calling the race for Clinton.

Supporters of Clinton’s opponent Bernie Sanders were less than happy with the piece, and at least three of them called Chozick on her personal phone to threaten her.

I won't be answering calls from unknown numbers today, after third call from Bernie supporters telling me they'd hunt me down in the streets
https://twitter.com/amychozick/status/740228091210006528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

@katherinemiller
@amychozick um wtf?

@katherinemiller Yes, apparently, "The revolution is coming FOR YOU..."
https://twitter.com/amychozick/status/740228532320796672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. Based on. Based on. Based on. Based on. Based on.

NOT FUCKING "BASED OFF OF."

[wendylaroux]

2. prove it.

[Cobalt Violet]

7. exactly my thought too.

Just like the throwing chairs that never happened.

[Blue_Tires]

4. What is it with that bunch and death threats?

[Hortensis]

5. Maybe she could refer them on to the superdelegates?

Poor thing. Seriously, the threat to "hunt" her in the streets is frightening.

[Armstead]

6. That Big Scary Bernie Mafia -- Oh what will they do next?

All of his supporters are just hoolgans and Brownshirts.

[geek tragedy]

15. I'm sure she finds sarcastic dismissal of death threats very reassuring. nt

[catnhatnh]

35. Then what is the status of the investigation

and will she release the police report? Because otherwise it is just as suspicious as the transcripts of the GS speeches.

[geek tragedy]

37. yes, she's going to lie about this because she has nothing better to do. women always lie about this

stuff, they never get harassed or threatened by creeps

[MyNameGoesHere]

20. I don't think they are hooligans. Eom

[bettyellen]

23. Fuck minimizing the death threats - that is disgusting .

You have really gone over the deep end.
Give it a rest.

[Armstead]

26. It's disgusting to keep promoting this as though it is characteristic of the....

millions of people who support Sanders.

There are some sick assholes who support Sanders. Just like there are some sick assholes who support other candidates and causes or football teams...or any group involving large numbers of people.

[bettyellen]

27. We know it is a few sick assholes- why the fuck are so many of you making light of their actions?

You are the one making SNS look bad here buy mocking someone who is being threatened.
Wake up and get a fucking grip.

[Armstead]

31. Because it's a familiar tactic -- It was used against Obama in 2008

Obama's obnoxious and unhinged and cultlike bullying supporters inflamed by their belief that Obama is the Messiah.....etc.

[bettyellen]

32. You're making fun of a reporter getting death threats- there is no excuse for that. None.

Fuck this tactic crap, no one said it is all of you guys.... But sadly it is many online making light of the situation. Fuck anyone who makes light of death threats.

[NCTraveler]

39. You have shown yourself to be a very respectable person.

Stories like this are tough for both sides. We know they are going to be posted and we know a lot of the intent is to hang a dark cloud over whole groups. That is the direction your comment comes from. At the same time, they do have to be posted.

I promise you that as a Clinton supporter I fully get it. I have even made light of serious situations out of a personal want to fight back as you have done here. I get that your comment is not cold.

Day after day we sit here and read "Clinton supporter did this" and "Sanders supporter did that." Well damn, by our own definitions we include ourselves in those two groups. Gets pretty pointed and personal after awhile.

[Maru Kitteh]

8. I don't care who made the threats, I hope they're prosecuted.

People are so stupid to pull stunts like that. You will be found.

[TimPlo]

13. It is even more stupid to claim they where Sanders supporters with out proof.

As the reporter did. It has been done some many times it is sad really. Because now if this is true it probably will not be taken seriously. Same with all crys this primary of people saying that Sanders was racist and Sexist. It sucks now that DNC has to go aginst Trump who is a real sexist and racist. But Clinton lost any credit she can use to claim it because she used it against Sanders who has a record of supporting race equality and women rights. All Clinton did was Cry wolf won too many times.

[Maru Kitteh]

19. Jezabel found and called the Bernie supporters who threatened Lange

http://theslot.jezebel.com/we-called-up-bernie-fans-who-threatened-nevada-dem-stat-1777177985


Sometimes a few bad apples lose their shit.

Sometimes you have to take people at their word and for sure take them seriously if they are making terroristic threats on the phone.

Sometimes you have to stop seeing conspiracy theories everywhere just because something is uncomfortable.

Sometimes Occam's razor is a truly useful tool.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

9. I'm sure they were arrested and will soon be indicted and tried.

Evidence?? We don't need no stinking evidence!!

[TimPlo]

10. Other night I got 14 calls from Clinton supporters giving me death threats.

And last week a Clinton supporter took my Iphone.

[Mike Nelson]

11. Sadly, this is...

...no big surprise. Think about some of the ways Hillary has been described here on DU, and her perceived crimes - stealing the election, taking bribes from Wall Street, killing thousands, etc... hopefully, Bernie will be able to change some minds.

[Fresh_Start]

12. once again Bernie supporters arise to defend/ignore threats of violence

because violence is so cool and revolutionary

besides...

why should any person threatening violence be held accountable...after all its only 20 minutes or less of action in their lives.

like that stanford rapist...its not really a threat...cause Bernie supporters wouldn't threaten..
any more than the stanford rapists friends would accept that he could be a rapist

[Skwmom]

14. What a report. Based on WHAT EVIDENCE are they Bernie supporters.

Oh, I'm sure we'll read an article assuring us they were genuine Bernie Supporters with NO PROOF offered.

[Doctor_J]

25. Because a Hillary supporter said so, that's why!

[bettyellen]

33. A reporter for the NY Times is not going to make this up....

Anyone who thinks she is a HRC supporter because she reported news is a fucking moron to boot.

[BeyondGeography]

16. Bernie showed zero leadership when it came to discouraging the excesses of his supporters

It was one of the most unattractive things about his campaign, actually. The admonitions always came late and weak, as in his pathetic post-NV meltdown statement, and the simplistic pictures he painted of a greedy establishment creating rigged games and helpless victims didn't improve the mood either.

For future reference, here's how you get the same types of points across and channel anger into positive energy:

[FSogol]

28. +1. Good example. n/t

[sheshe2]

17. Death threats should be taken seriously.

Any threat of violence should.

[catnhatnh]

36. Exactly

And one takes it seriously by filing a police report-not by tweeting about it...

[anotherproletariat]

18. Those Bernie supporters are so classy. Hopefully they will also be so incarcerated soon.

Death threats are illegal, BTW.

[Doctor_J]

21. Yeah, right

What sort of moron would buy this?

[Sheepshank]

22. well that's just lovely

I wonder how many Super Delegates that will sway?

[Rex]

24. People better be careful about threatening someone that works in a CIA hub.

Just saying, plus anyone believing it was BS supporters and not agent provocateurs are naive in a certain way.

[ciaobaby]

29. The press needs to offer no proof and you don't expect any proof.

If you like what you hear, you believe it. Kinda like Trump followers.

[coyote]

30. Sure she did

[Triana]

34. Yea. Those eeevil Bad ol BernieBros don't like having their votes rendered invalid by unethical

media mouthpieces who can't wait until people have even f*cking voted before calling a winner.

I don't support death threats by any means in any circumstance but it's easy to figure out why people (even some Hillary supporters) are anything ranging from very uncomfortable with what the media did yesterday -- to downright PISSED.

[geek tragedy]

38. "I don't support death threats by any means in any circumstances BUT"

As a general rule, it's safe to assume that every thing after the "but" is sincere but everything before the "but" is dubious.

This wasn't even an AP reporters, this was at NY Times reporter, reporting what the AP said.