Meghan McCain's husband slams Twitter for waiting hours to remove tweet threatening wife
Source: CBS News
CBS NEWS September 1, 2018, 9:00 PM
Meghan McCain's husband, Ben Domenech, slammed Twitter for letting a tweet stay up for hours that included an image doctored to show a gun pointed at Meghan McCain as she approached her father's casket. The account has since been suspended, Domenech said on Friday, but not until after he had to "raise a ruckus."
On Thursday, Domenech, who is a conservative writer and contributor to CBS News, tweeted the screengrab of the doctored image of a gun pointed at Meghan McCain as she approached her father John McCain's casket. The original poster had written "America, this ones for you," according to the Arizona Republic.
"Hey @jack, this has been up for half a day. It has been reported 100+ times. No response. Tell me why this is cool by you," Domenech wrote in the now-deleted tweet. Domenech later deleted that tweet when the account was suspended "so no one will have to see it."
On Friday, Domenech slammed Twitter for letting it stay up for hours, writing that it was only after his "hours later tweet to finally get a reaction. Did not want to elevate it but that is what Twitter requires apparently."
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Snellius
(6,881 posts)Twitter has a horrible element of trolls and maggots and all the deplorables of every kind. It's gotten much worse after Trump and since so many celebs use it as a personal and promo platform. There's no easy solution unless they go to verified accounts or friend only accounts or put in as many screeners as members. Algorithms can't catch them, especially in media, like this. It's gotten so made that tweeters have either gotten too cautious or will say anything no matter how vile.
dlk
(11,574 posts)elleng
(131,053 posts)I don't tweet, but I did regulate (railroads,) and know a little about how it works (and doesn't.)
Midnight Writer
(21,780 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Following instructions from their leader to silence people critical of their leader, like their leader has shown them to do.
marble falls
(57,145 posts)JDC
(10,130 posts)BlueStater
(7,596 posts)The whole lot of them should be stuffed in a plastic bag and left on the curb.
BumRushDaShow
(129,304 posts)So did CBS terminate this guy's arrangement to be a "contributor" or does CBS wish to continue to promote violence because as Moonves has indicated, "It may not be good for America, but it's damn good for CBS"?
k8conant
(3,030 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,304 posts)but given CBS's coddling freaks for ratings, the post would still be valid!