Jeffrey Lord fired from CNN

[haymarket]

If you watch CNN, you know they employ a number of conservatives, many of whom are big Trump supporters if not outright apologists. One of the absolute best was former Reagan employee Jeffrey Lord. Apparently he was fired for using the epithet SIEG HEIL to the head of Media Matters in a tweet war.


CNN severs ties with Jeffrey Lord - Aug. 10, 2017

Lord, a columnist for The American Spectator, has been harshly critical of the activist he tweeted at, Angelo Carusone, and the liberal group of which Carusone is president, Media Matters for America.
Lord and Carusone have had many sharp disagreements. Media Matters has repeatedly condemned Lord and criticized CNN for employing him as a commentator.
Earlier this week the two men got into another entanglement on Twitter, specifically over Media Matters' past financial support from George Soros.
Carusone told Lord that one of his columns was "full of lies" and said "Soros gave us one donation one time...in 2010."
Lord wrote a follow-up column for The American Spectator on Thursday morning, calling Carusone's group the "Media Matters Fascists," casting them as "anti-free speech bigots who, in typical fascist style, make it their mission to shut down speech they don't like."
Media Matters has been promoting an ad boycott against Fox News host Sean Hannity, a friend of Lord's.
Lord said Carusone was playing a "fascist game" by targeting Hannity's sponsors, and said Media Matters has been doing it for years against other conservatives.
"This is America, Angelo. Not Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany or Communist Russia," he wrote.
Lord tweeted the column at Carusone, who responded, "Your headline has a mistake in it." Carusone asked, "Why do you expect anyone to take you seriously when you don't take yourself seriously."
Lord's response was "Sieg Heil!"

While Lord could be extremely aggravating for his pollyanna sunshine view of Trump, he was always pleasant and polite and rarely interrupted anyone like lots of talking heads do on these shows. He was a true gentleman.

Lord was an early supporter of Trump in the first primaries and then got the job when Trump won the election. And he deserved it for a job well done.

I am sorry to see him go.

 

[JANFU]

If you watch CNN, you know they employ a number of conservatives, many of whom are big Trump supporters if not outright apologists. One of the absolute best was former Reagan employee Jeffrey Lord. Apparently he was fired for using the epithet SIEG HEIL to the head of Media Matters in a tweet war.


CNN severs ties with Jeffrey Lord - Aug. 10, 2017



While Lord could be extremely aggravating for his pollyanna sunshine view of Trump, he was always pleasant and polite and rarely interrupted anyone like lots of talking heads do on these shows. He was a true gentleman.

Lord was an early supporter of Trump in the first primaries and then got the job when Trump won the election. And he deserved it for a job well done.

I am sorry to see him go.

Agreed
Who was that blonde on before the elction, my Lord she was aggravating?

 

[Hawkeye10]

If you watch CNN, you know they employ a number of conservatives, many of whom are big Trump supporters if not outright apologists. One of the absolute best was former Reagan employee Jeffrey Lord. Apparently he was fired for using the epithet SIEG HEIL to the head of Media Matters in a tweet war.


CNN severs ties with Jeffrey Lord - Aug. 10, 2017



While Lord could be extremely aggravating for his pollyanna sunshine view of Trump, he was always pleasant and polite and rarely interrupted anyone like lots of talking heads do on these shows. He was a true gentleman.

Lord was an early supporter of Trump in the first primaries and then got the job when Trump won the election. And he deserved it for a job well done.

I am sorry to see him go.

Pretty soon only the GODS will be Kosher....

 

[Phys251]

Boy bye! :2wave:

 

[Tanngrisnir]

Pretty soon only the GODS will be Kosher....

What does that even mean?

 

[Hawkeye10]

What does that even mean?

I mean that the sifting by moral worth has gotten out of hand.

Because we are in a new Dark Age after all.

 

[vegas giants]

If you watch CNN, you know they employ a number of conservatives, many of whom are big Trump supporters if not outright apologists. One of the absolute best was former Reagan employee Jeffrey Lord. Apparently he was fired for using the epithet SIEG HEIL to the head of Media Matters in a tweet war.


CNN severs ties with Jeffrey Lord - Aug. 10, 2017



While Lord could be extremely aggravating for his pollyanna sunshine view of Trump, he was always pleasant and polite and rarely interrupted anyone like lots of talking heads do on these shows. He was a true gentleman.

Lord was an early supporter of Trump in the first primaries and then got the job when Trump won the election. And he deserved it for a job well done.

I am sorry to see him go.

The fourth reich will not be the same without him

 

[Mach]

From the article. I kind of side with Lord in this.

"Nazi salutes are indefensible," a CNN spokesperson said in a statement. "Jeffrey Lord is no longer with the network."
Lord said his tweet was misunderstood. He said he was mocking fascists, not acting like one.
"I love CNN, but I feel they are caving to bullies here," he said in a telephone interview shortly after the network's decision was announced.
Lord said his contract was set to expire at the end of the year. He said he greatly respected CNN management despite disagreeing with the decision.

He kept the door opened looks like, gracious in defeat.

 

[Unitedwestand13]

The fourth reich will not be the same without him

If only he had said "swing higher"

 

[Tanngrisnir]

I mean that the sifting by moral worth has gotten out of hand.

Because we are in a new Dark Age after all.

What? What does THAT even mean?

 

[JamesBY]

What does that even mean?

an anti-semitic swipe?

 

[Moot]

Ahh...another career destroyed by Twitter.

 

[haymarket]

The fourth reich will not be the same without him

The thing I always like about Lord was that he was the consulate gentleman no matter who got in his face or how hot the debate was. He had this angelic smile, the patience of Job, and a very courtly demeanor. I do not know if Trump paid him for his primary and general election work but he should have been worth his weight in gold.

 

[vegas giants]

The thing I always like about Lord was that he was the consulate gentleman no matter who got in his face or how hot the debate was. He had this angelic smile, the patience of Job, and a very courtly demeanor. I do not know if Trump paid him for his primary and general election work but he should have been worth his weight in gold.

Clearly he was loyal to the fuhrer

 

[NeverTrump]

If you watch CNN, you know they employ a number of conservatives, many of whom are big Trump supporters if not outright apologists. One of the absolute best was former Reagan employee Jeffrey Lord. Apparently he was fired for using the epithet SIEG HEIL to the head of Media Matters in a tweet war.


CNN severs ties with Jeffrey Lord - Aug. 10, 2017



While Lord could be extremely aggravating for his pollyanna sunshine view of Trump, he was always pleasant and polite and rarely interrupted anyone like lots of talking heads do on these shows. He was a true gentleman.

Lord was an early supporter of Trump in the first primaries and then got the job when Trump won the election. And he deserved it for a job well done.

I am sorry to see him go.

They sure do follow their leader huh?

 

[Linc]

Matt Schlapp is just as bad; Hewitt can be deceivingly dishonest; Steele is great but conservative on economics; Schmitt's a riot ;

 

[Nap]

Ahh...another career destroyed by Twitter.

I would say less to do with Twitter and more to do with a crazed overreaction. It is pretty clear his intent was not in saluting Hitler or used in an anti-Semitic way.

 

[vegas giants]

I would say less to do with Twitter and more to do with a crazed overreaction. It is pretty clear his intent was not in saluting Hitler or used in an anti-Semitic way.

Yes....he meant it in the good way. LOL

 

[Nap]

Yes....he meant it in the good way. LOL

Unless the person he was speaking to is Jewish, then I don't really see the issue.

Is it any different than those on the Left that call Trump a Fascist and use either that exact same slogan or say heil Hitler?

 

[vegas giants]

Unless the person he was speaking to is Jewish, then I don't really see the issue.

Is it any different than those on the Left that call Trump a Fascist and use either that exact same slogan or say heil Hitler?

Yeah those people are wrong too. You are not offended by a Nazi salute unless you are jewish? Really? WOW

 

[Nap]

Yeah those people are wrong too. You are not offended by a Nazi salute unless you are jewish? Really? WOW

It depends on the context it was used. He was mocking that person as a Fascist, it wasn't him using the phrase in support of Hitler or Nazism which would have been offensive. I say unless that person was Jewish, because it would have been pretty insensitive to mock a Jewish person in that way.

 

[Moot]

I would say less to do with Twitter and more to do with a crazed overreaction. It is pretty clear his intent was not in saluting Hitler or used in an anti-Semitic way.

I would say if it wasn't for Twitter he'd probably still have a job.

 

[vegas giants]

It depends on the context it was used. He was mocking that person as a Fascist, it wasn't him using the phrase in support of Hitler or Nazism which would have been offensive. I say unless that person was Jewish, because it would have been pretty insensitive to mock a Jewish person in that way.

No it doesn't depend on the context. He sure got fired for it

 

[Parrish]

So Sieg Heil is the new normal now ?

 

[Nap]

I would say if it wasn't for Twitter he'd probably still have a job.

True, but if he had made the same statement while on CNN he would have likely been fired as well. It wasn't the platform the got him fired but the content he put out. It is illogical to blame Twitter for his firing.