re: December NY Times Article: Obama gave Trump blueprint how to crack down on press

quote:

---

Yes. I mean obviously if someone does something as a citizen it immediately means his contract employer set the whole thing up right? Can you show me any proof that this was more than a dumb prank done by some activist? Just because he writes articles as a profession doesn't mean that's who did it. Can you not see the difference here?

---

He's employed by them for Christ's sakes! He's a journalist! If Don Lemon or Jake Tapper did something like this, would it still not matter? Unfortunately, when you are employed under an organization, what you do negatively and publicly as a private citizen can have repercussions on your place of work, which is why people get fired from incidents outside of work.

Ray Rice beat his wife and was fired and banned from the NFL, but damnit! He beat his wife as a private citizen and a misogynist activist. His work place had no reason to fire him, because it's not like it doesn't reflect badly on them at all! I know wife-beating is illegal, but this is being used as an example
of private citizen/work relationships.

quote:

---

No it's not at all. If he were there acting on behalf of a news organization i could understand this, but he wasn't. He was their as a citizen/activist.

---

He's employed by the HuffPo, therefore, he represents the HuffPo.

quote:

---

Until then your claim makes as much sense as saying every atrocity done by a private citizen can be attributed to their employer.

---

That's exactly what I'm saying and that's exactly how the real world works, which is why people are fired for committing outside atrocities daily.

quote:

---

This guy has even been a contributer for fox news. all those crazy liberals at Fox must have been in on it too.

---

I know you look at Fox News as some alt-right fanatic news station, but even they have liberals that're employed on the network. See Shepard Smith, Juan Williams, etc.