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Washington Post media reporter/opinionator. I love family, journalism, pushups. Accepting and appreciating tips at erik.wemple@washpost.com

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    ErikWemple‏Verified account @ErikWemple 29 Apr 2016

    From the mouths of the Trump family, the once-harmless practice of media criticism is turning dangerous:https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2016/04/29/why-we-can-no-longer-laugh-about-the-trumps-media-obsession/ …

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      1. Utterly Deplorable‏ @JGTThrasher365 30 Apr 2016
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        @ErikWemple Tell me how controlling speech because it questions the media narrative is good for us.

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      2. Casey Parker NYC‏ @CaseyParksIt 29 Apr 2016
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        @ErikWemple oh please. This is pathetic. The media are scum. They need to be taken down.

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      1. KnusUrbanitten‏ @_ericblackburn 30 Apr 2016
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        @ErikWemple Mainstream media is dangerous. People are using their free speech rights to fight back.

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      1. John Nowicki‏ @johnnowicki 29 Apr 2016
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        @ErikWemple Of course, had the major media not turned into a collective of groupthinking Heathers they wouldn't be an easy target.

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      2. Fox Patriot ✘‏ @FoxPatriotX 30 Apr 2016
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        .@ErikWemple Please. @juliaioffe called an educated woman a "long-legged doll" and disgustingly used her young son to try and insult her.

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      3. Stephanie Rowe‏ @stephrowepctdel 30 Apr 2016
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        @FoxPatriotX @ErikWemple @tedcruz ..report to us abt HIS momma, @juliaioffe..the ONE parent's records he sealed. No journalistic curiosity?

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      2.  ❌ 🗳 2018  🇺🇸 2020  🗳‏ @babysgramma 30 Apr 2016
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        @ErikWemple @washingtonpost You can criticize anybody you want to. And you can take the heat that we give you for that

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      1. TraderMoe‏ @Trader_Moe 30 Apr 2016
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        @ErikWemple Dangerous to the media, you mean, because only 6% of Americans trust you, and rightly so.

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      1. oppenheimersghost‏ @Corpusmentis0 30 Apr 2016
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        @ErikWemple mainstream media is dying before our eyes...salut!

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      1.  🇬🇧Implicit Anglo 🇺🇸‏ @Leatherface1987 30 Apr 2016
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        @ErikWemple the media fuels ethnic hatred more than anything in this country. peoples feelings are in danger, that's about it. get over it

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      1. Michael‏ @Michael2014abc 2 May 2016
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        @ErikWemple @campbell_brown Seems more like the media obsession with Trump. YOU guys created him to the power he has today.

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      1. Michael‏ @Michael2014abc 2 May 2016
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        @ErikWemple @campbell_brown Get a life. It's part of the deal of working for the media -- criticism. Deal with it.

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