Violent reporters
Bloggers getting death threats is nothing new. Bloggers getting death threats from Reuters reporters, however, is:
A Reuters employee has been suspended after sending a death threat to an American blogger.
The message, sent from a Reuters internet account, read: “I look forward to the day when you pigs get your throats cut.”
It was sent to Charles Johnson, owner of the Little Green Footballs (LGF) weblog, a popular site which often backs Israel and highlights jihadist terrorist activities.
In the threat, the Reuters staff member, who has not been named, left his email address as “zionistpig” at hotmail.com.
Reporting the message to his readers, Johnson wrote on his website: “This particular death threat is a bit different from the run of the mill hate mail we get around here, because an IP lookup on the sender reveals that he/she/it was using an account at none other than Reuters News.”
May 31st, 2006 at 9:42 am
Yes, it was uncalled for, but is it really a death threat?
He didn’t say “I look forward to the day when I cut your throats, you pigs.”
Otherwise, I’m going to have to tone down the “rope, tree, politician” stuff.
May 31st, 2006 at 9:52 am
Heh.