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Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts) Sat Sep 1, 2018, 09:30 PM Sep 2018

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."

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ben-domenech-meghan-mccain-slams-twitter-for-waiting-hours-to-remove-threatening-tweet/

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Meghan McCain's husband slams Twitter for waiting hours to remove tweet threatening wife (Original Post) Judi Lynn Sep 2018 OP

Twitter has become infested, especially after Tweeter in Chief opened the asylum door. Snellius Sep 2018 #1

More Evidence That Regulation of Twitter and other Social Media Platforms is Called For dlk Sep 2018 #2

Good luck with that. elleng Sep 2018 #3

And the Executive Branch ruled by Trump will be in charge of enforcement? Midnight Writer Sep 2018 #7

It was a Trumper, no doubt. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #4

Absolutely, not a single little tweek of a doubt. Some law n' order jackass. marble falls Sep 2018 #5

Twitter is shit JDC Sep 2018 #6

Trump and his supporters are such fucking garbage. BlueStater Sep 2018 #8

"a conservative writer and contributor to CBS News" BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 #9

"this guy" is Meghan McCain's husband NOT the original tweeter... k8conant Sep 2018 #10

Okay BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 #11

Snellius

(6,881 posts)

1. Twitter has become infested, especially after Tweeter in Chief opened the asylum door.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 09:50 PM

Sep 2018

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

(11,569 posts)

2. More Evidence That Regulation of Twitter and other Social Media Platforms is Called For

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 09:55 PM

Sep 2018

elleng

(130,974 posts)

3. Good luck with that.

Reply to dlk (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 10:34 PM

Sep 2018

I don't tweet, but I did regulate (railroads,) and know a little about how it works (and doesn't.)

Midnight Writer

(21,768 posts)

7. And the Executive Branch ruled by Trump will be in charge of enforcement?

Reply to dlk (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 2, 2018, 01:50 AM

Sep 2018

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

4. It was a Trumper, no doubt.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 11:11 PM

Sep 2018

Following instructions from their leader to silence people critical of their leader, like their leader has shown them to do.

marble falls

(57,106 posts)

5. Absolutely, not a single little tweek of a doubt. Some law n' order jackass.

Reply to Honeycombe8 (Reply #4)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 11:42 PM

Sep 2018

JDC

(10,129 posts)

6. Twitter is shit

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sun Sep 2, 2018, 12:16 AM

Sep 2018

BlueStater

(7,596 posts)

8. Trump and his supporters are such fucking garbage.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sun Sep 2, 2018, 03:48 AM

Sep 2018

The whole lot of them should be stuffed in a plastic bag and left on the curb.

BumRushDaShow

(129,096 posts)

9. "a conservative writer and contributor to CBS News"

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sun Sep 2, 2018, 06:18 AM

Sep 2018

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"?