Former NBC exec deletes post saying Barron Trump is 'fair game now' that he's 18: 'I don't wish physical harm on anyone'



A former NBC executive deleted a social media post saying Barron Trump — son of former President Donald Trump — is "fair game now" that he turned 18 years old, Fox News reported.

Mike Sington, a retired NBCUniversal senior executive, marked Barron Trump's birthday Wednesday with a photo of Barron and his father, along with the following message: "Barron Trump turns 18 today. He's fair game now," the cable network said.

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After a flurry of outrage, Sington deleted the post from X and told Newsweek, "I posted he was 'fair game' now, meaning, as an adult, he's 'fair game' for criticism from the press. Someone pointed out to me 'fair game' could mean fair game to be harmed. I don't wish physical harm on anyone, so I took it down. I listen to the comments and criticism I receive."

Fox News said the Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

It wasn't the first shot taken at Barron Trump:

  • Shortly after Donald Trump's 2016 election victory, Rosie O'Donnell was criticized after tweeting, "Barron Trump Autistic? If so — what an amazing opportunity to bring attention to the AUTISM epidemic." O'Donnell claimed it wasn't a slight against Barron.
  • Actor Peter Fonda wrote in a since-deleted 2018 tweet that "we should rip Barron Trump from his mother's arms and put him in a cage with pedophiles and see if mother will stand up against the giant a**hole she is married to." Fonda later apologized.
  • Fox News said former "Saturday Night Live" writer Katie Rich was suspended from the show in 2018 for a post saying Barron would be the country's "first homeschool shooter."
  • Ohio Democrats in 2019 used the Special Olympics to mock Barron, with one saying he may "need" the organization one day.
  • On Father's Day 2020, Food Network host John Henson noted in a since-deleted tweet: "I hope Barron gets to spend today with whoever his dad is." Mika Brzezinski appeared to suggest something similar during a 2019 episode of MSNBC's "Morning Joe."

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Far-left Democrat Ayanna Pressley tweets praise for Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at Oscars — then tweet is gone moments later



Democratic U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley tweeted praise for actor Will Smith slapping comedian Chris Rock onstage during the Academy Awards ceremony Sunday night, then apparently deleted the tweet moments later, Politico reported.

Smith slapped Rock after the comedian joked about the lack of hair on Jada Pinkett Smith's head. Pinkett Smith, Will Smith's wife, revealed in 2018 her diagnosis of alopecia, an autoimmune disease that results in hair loss, NBC News reported.

Pressely, a Massachusetts politician, also has alopecia.

What did Pressley's tweet say?

"#Alopecia nation stand up! Thank you #WillSmith,” Pressley tweeted, according to NBC News. “Shout out to all the husbands who defend their wives living with alopecia in the face of daily ignorance & insults.” The network reported that Pressley's tweet also said, “Women with baldies are for real men only … boys need not apply."

Just-deleted tweet from Rep. Ayanna Pressley #mapoli #Oscarspic.twitter.com/gGFlStTQ3D
— Grace Panetta (@Grace Panetta) 1648435754

Pressley — whose tweet included a photo of herself with her husband Conan Harris — apparently deleted the tweet shortly after posting it, Politico said.

Another Democrat — U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York — also tweeted what seemed to be support for Smith's slap before apparently scrubbing it from Twitter, NBC News said.

"Teachable Moment: Don't joke about a Black Woman's hair," the tweet read, according to the network.

Jamaal Bowman also briefly tweeted about Will Smith assaulting Chris Rock before deleting itpic.twitter.com/KLKXbI4o9E
— Ben Jacobs (@Ben Jacobs) 1648436039

Neither Pressley nor Bowman explained why their tweets were deleted, NBC News said, adding that requests for comment from their offices were not immediately returned.

Anything else?

After Smith slapped Rock, Smith turned around and walked back to his seat, sat down, and twice hollered at Rock, "Keep my wife's name out your f***ing mouth!"

Content warning: Profanity:

VIA JAPANESE TELEVISION: The uncensored exchange between Will Smith and Chris Rockpic.twitter.com/j0Z184ZyXa
— Timothy Burke (@Timothy Burke) 1648434735

Minutes later, Smith received a best actor Oscar for "King Richard," in which he portrays Richard Williams, the father of tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams.

Smith got a standing ovation as he took the stage, after which he said as part of his acceptance speech that "Richard Williams was a fierce defender of his family." Smith added that "I am overwhelmed by what God is calling on me to do and be in this world" and that he's "being called on in my life to love people, and to protect people, and to be a river to my people."

Smith added, "Now I know that to do what we do; you gotta be able to take abuse, you gotta be able to have people talk crazy about you in this business; you’ve got to be able to have people disrespecting you. You’ve got to smile and pretend like that’s OK." Smith also thanked fellow actor Denzel Washington for telling him minutes before, "At your highest moment, be careful. That’s when the devil comes for you."

The actor also issued an apology — but not to Rock.

"I want to apologize to the Academy. I want to apologize to all my fellow nominees," Smith said, adding that "art imitates life ... I look like the crazy father, just like they said about Richard Williams. Love will make you do crazy things. ... Thank you, I hope the Academy invites me back."

WATCH: Did Ibram X. Kendi just disprove his 'ENTIRE life's work' in a single tweet?



Dave Rubin, host of "The Rubin Report," spoke with Human Events senior editor Jack Posobiec at the National Conservatism Conference in Orlando, Florida, about why Boston University professor Ibram X. Kendi recently deleted a tweet that may have inadvertently disproved his own "white privilege" worldview.

Kendi, author of "How to Be an Antiracist," tried to use data research about white students lying about their race on college applications to prove a point. He didn't realize that he was actually disproving his own theories about systemic racism. [Read more on this here.]

Kendi posted a link to an article on "The Hill" with the caption: "More than a third of White students lied about their race on college applications, and about half of these applicants lied about being Native American. More than three-fourths of these students who lied about their race were accepted."

Kendi later deleted his tweet.

When Jack, along with many others on Twitter, pointed out how Kendi's argument undermined his own claims about white privilege and systemic racism in America, Kendi accused Jack of lying, adding that "lies ... are violent".

"A White man is attacking a Black person with lies (which are violent). The Black person resists. The White man keeps attacking until he declares he 'broke' the Black person. That's the context. Seek a book about slavery," Kendi tweeted.

"A lot of people pointed out, 'Kendi, you know, doesn't this kind of fly in the face of your entire life's work?' Because you claim there's systemic racism in the opposite direction than what the data you have presented to us shows. So he deletes the tweet," Jack told Dave. "Then I just tweeted out that, you know, he deleted the tweet once it proved what everybody, kind of, thinks that it proved."

"It disproved his entire existence," Dave added.

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Journalist savaged for pushing 'porn for children' in now-deleted tweet, saying 'young teens' need 'soft core site where everyone asks for consent'



Journalist Flora Gill is taking a beating on Twitter for her now-deleted Thursday tweet that pushed the idea of "porn for children."

Huh, why is Flora Gill trending? Surely it can’t be for anything ridicul— ohmygod https://t.co/xDmcBFflJj

— Robyn (@robynjournalist) 1627569145.0

What are the details?

Gill — a London-based writer for the likes of GQ, the Sunday Times, and the Evening Standard and the daughter of U.K. politician Amber Rudd — wrote that "someone needs to create porn for children. Hear me out."

Her post also noted: "Young teens are already watching porn but they're finding hard core aggressive videos that give a terrible view of sex. They need entry level porn! A soft core site where everyone asks for consent and no one gets choked, etc."

Soon after, however, Gill said she deleted the tweet "before it picks up steam" so as to avoid "getting swept up into another Twitter cesspool."

"Obviously not an actual solution, but it is a real problem," she added. "Everyone take a deep breath."

Absolutely not getting swept up into another twitter cesspool so deleted tweet before it picks up steam! Obviously… https://t.co/raaBuRNcdi

— Flora Gill (@FloraEGill) 1627567261.0

In another tweet Gill acknowledged that her "wording" in her initial post was "abysmal" — and in yet another tweet chastised those who ripped her original post after she deleted it:

apropos of nothing I really think if someone quickly deletes a tweet, it shouldn't be screenshotted and shared like… https://t.co/FrQhfmM6Fo

— Flora Gill (@FloraEGill) 1627568925.0

"Apropos of nothing I really think if someone quickly deletes a tweet, it shouldn't be screenshotted and shared like... just let it die, you know?" she asked. "No? No one else agree?"

Here's another tweet on the subject that many said Gill also deleted:

lot of people talking about that flora gill tweet, but the now-deleted follow up was even funnier https://t.co/4pKuUo3kDs

— googling 'kiedis point break' during tinder date (@irishloubega) 1627567453.0

What did her critics have to say?

While some Twitter users actually sided with and supported Gill's idea, it appeared that most others told her she was in the wrong — and in no uncertain terms:

  • "Flora Gill actually thought that, typed that, and press[ed] send," one commenter wrote. "Huh."
  • "Flora Gill is an idiot lol," another user said. "All porn does is encourage harmful attitudes towards sex, but now she wants to damage children in the same way that porn has damaged so many adults...?"
  • "Flora Gill out here proving once again that media nepotism is embarazzing [sic] for all concerned," another commenter quipped, presumably in reference to her mother's notoriety.
  • "I'm struggling to imagine what actually happened on a cognitive level when Flora Gill wrote that tweet, read it back, and thought, 'Yes, this will do nicely,'" another user said.

(H/T: Mediaite)

Amy Coney Barrett's sorority deletes tweet recognizing her Supreme Court nomination, apologizes for being 'hurtful to many'



Among her many accomplishments while attending Rhodes College back in the day — Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Mortar Board, Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society, Honor Council, Rhodes Student Hall of Fame — Judge Amy Coney Barrett also is a member of the Kappa Delta sorority.

So as one might expect, the sorority last month noted Barrett's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court with a tweet. Characterizing it as congratulatory, however, is probably taking it a bit far.

"KD alumna Amy Coney Barrett was nominated to serve on the Supreme Court," the Sept. 28 tweet read, according to the College Fix. "While we do not take a stand on political appointments, we recognize Judge Coney Barrett's significant accomplishment. We acknowledge our members have a variety of views and a right to their own beliefs."

It isn't clear if the author held her nose or not while pressing the "tweet" button.

Oops

But given that Barrett is conservative — and everything else that comes along with that — some loud voices apparently were beside themselves over Kappa Delta daring to say "we recognize Judge Coney Barrett's significant accomplishment."

The College Fix reported that that original tweet was deleted — and the day after the original post went up, the sorority wrote an apology tweet to those who offended by the original tweet as well as those upset by its removal.

"Our approach was disappointing and hurtful to many," the sorority wrote.

https://t.co/uhf5wsKbLF
— Kappa Delta Sorority (@Kappa Delta Sorority)1601416782.0

"We did not intend to enter a political debate, take a stand on the Supreme Court nomination, cause division among our sisters, or alienate any of our members," the message continued.

Then after explaining how the sorority will redouble its efforts to increase inclusivity and diversity and encourage members to speak out, the tweet ended with this sentence: "Thank you for holding us accountable."

What was the reaction?

Amy Siskind — an author, feminist, and activist — said she's "embarrassed" that Barrett "is in any way associated with our sisterhood. She does not stand for our values, and that goes well beyond a half century old decision. [B]ut I appreciate national addressing the hurt this has caused."

Others, however, didn't appreciate Siskind's sentiments:

  • "Crybaby radical Leftist whines about the ascent of a truly extraordinary woman," one commenter replied. "Pathetic, and nasty, too. A semi-normal person apart from politics would congratulate ACB and be honored a sorority sister had attained such success."
  • "If she doesn't represent your values, it's time for you to get some new ones," another commenter wrote.

Other commenters ripped Kappa Delta's apology:

  • "Cowards," one person declared.
  • "Yeah you're a bunch of spineless pieces of s**t for issuing this apology," another commenter said.
  • "Shame on you," another commenter wrote. "One of your sisters has been nominated to the highest court in the land; that accomplishment is worthy of celebration. Instead, you have by default declared that KD celebrates only leftists. Perhaps you need to make that official and expel right-leaning members?"