{"id":2144419,"date":"2024-01-09T14:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T19:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hot-mic-catches-journalists-joking-about-trump-assassination\/"},"modified":"2024-01-09T14:31:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T19:31:35","slug":"hot-mic-catches-journalists-joking-about-trump-assassination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hot-mic-catches-journalists-joking-about-trump-assassination\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalists caught joking about Trump assassination on hot mic"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhot-mic-catches-journalists-joking-about-trump-assassination%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2144419&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former \u2063U.S. \u2064President Donald Trump \u200ddeparts the Waldorf Astoria where he held a press\u2062 conference \u2063following his \u200cappearance in court\u2063 on January, 9 2024 in Washington, DC. The \u200bD.C. Appeals Court\u200d held a hearing on the former President\u2019s claim that he is immune from prosecution in the 2020 election case. (Photo by Kent Nishimura\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>11:24 AM \u2013 Tuesday, January 9, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Two journalists\u200b were caught on a\u2063 \u201chot mic\u201d joking about the assassination of former \u200dPresident Donald J. Trump.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On\u200b Tuesday, a \u200dvideo went viral \u200con social media, revealing two \u2064unidentified \u2064male journalists making disturbing jokes about Trump&#8217;s potential assassination as they waited for him outside the \u200cfederal courthouse in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062journalists expressed frustration about their inability to \u2062get \u2063a clear view of the 77-year-old Republican 2024 front-runner, who was inside the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S.\u2063 Courthouse.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cYou know what the worst part is? Even if he has his window\u2064 open and he\u2019s \u2064hanging out\u2063 of it, he will be on the other side \u200cof the street,\u201d one person could be heard saying\u200c on the live feed from the <em>Associated Press.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI mean, if he\u2019s driving, we\u2019ve \u200cgot a good shot,\u201d \u200cthe second journalist said, to which\u2064 the first\u200b replied: \u201cYeah, if he\u2019s driving with\u200c the \u200bfront window open.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As the conversation between the two men continued,\u2064 they started \u200dmaking jokes about Trump arriving\u2062 in \u200ban \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uks-prince-william-says-he-wants-to-serve-after-caribbean-criticism\/\" title=\"UK\u2019s Prince William says he wants to serve after Caribbean criticism\">open-top vehicle<\/a>, similar \u200cto \u200dthe\u200c one President\u2063 John F. \u200cKennedy was in\u2064 when \u2062he was assassinated in 1963.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cYeah, or if it\u2019s a convertible,\u201d\u200d the second person said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cYeah, I wasn\u2019t thinking\u200c about that,\u201d replied the first.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cYeah, like if he just pulls up \u2014\u201d the\u2062 second started to say before the first interjected and asked:\u2062 \u201cLike JFK?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cMaybe someone, just like they \u200btold JFK, \u2018You know what you should\u200b do? You\u200d should take a \u2064convertible! It\u2019s so nice out,\u2019\u201d the\u200d press worker continued,\u2064 receiving laughter\u200c from the other journalist.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Caught\u2063 on hot mic. <br \/>Two \u201cJournalists\u201d joke at the prospect of\u200c assassinating President Trump.\u200b <br \/>They\u2064 need to be prohibited from\u2063 ever being near him. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D7WKQS5zxQ\">pic.twitter.com\/D7WKQS5zxQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Big Fish\u200b (@BigFish3000) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BigFish3000\/status\/1744744579025547604?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The footage also shows police officers \u2063standing just a few feet away from the journalists, but it is unclear whether they had heard their remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Stay \u200binformed! Receive breaking \u200cnews blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin faces intense criticism over his undisclosed hospitalization with many wondering \u200bwhy\u200b the Biden White House was left in the dark. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Subcommittee on \u200bNational Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs\u2062 will hold a hearing on the \u200drisks of progressive ideologies in the U.S. \u200cmilitary.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Representative Virginia Foxx tells One America News\u200c how her committee will continue to\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/google-faces-multibillion-dollar-us-patent-trial-over-ai-technology\/\" title=\"Google to undergo multibillion-dollar US patent trial for AI tech\">investigate college campuses<\/a>\u2063 that \u2064many Americans believe have been taken over by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-school-board-moves-meetings-online-to-hide-from-parents\/\" title=\"Oregon School Board Moves Meetings Online to Hide From Parents\">woke leftist policies<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Sarah Ransome implicates big names \u2062in the latest\u200c Epstein files, Lloyd Austin is hospitalized and a Wall St. strategist predicts Biden\u2063 will drop out of the 2024 race.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Google is set to \u2064go before a\u200d federal jury in Boston on \u2063Tuesday over accusations that its processors infringe a computer\u2063 scientist\u2019s patents.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>OpenAI and its financial backer Microsoft were sued in Manhattan\u2064 federal \u2062court by a pair of nonfiction authors\u200d who say the companies misused their work to train the\u200b AI models behind AI-based services.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>SpaceX sued a U.S. labor board to block its\u2064 case accusing the company of illegally firing employees calling \u2062CEO \u200dElon Musk\u200c \u201ca distraction and\u2063 embarrassment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>ChatGPT was well on its \u200dway \u2063to becoming a \u200dhousehold name \u200ceven\u200d before 2023 \u2062kicked\u2063 off.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u200b rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What\u2064 steps\u2063 should media organizations take to address and prevent incidents \u2062of unethical behavior among their \u200cemployees<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Title: Journalists Caught\u2064 Making\u2064 Disturbing Jokes about the Assassination of Former President Trump<\/p>\n<p>Introduction<\/p>\n<p>In a disturbing incident that showcases the \u200black of professionalism\u200d and ethical conduct among some members of the media, two unidentified journalists \u2062were caught on a hot mic joking about the potential assassination of former President Donald\u200d J. Trump. The incident took place outside the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C.,\u2063 where the former president was \u2064attending a hearing related to the \u200b2020\u2064 election case. These shocking\u200c remarks not only demonstrate a complete disregard for journalistic integrity but also raise concerns about \u200bthe safety and security of public\u200d figures. Such \u2064behavior is highly inappropriate and should \u2063be condemned in the\u2064 strongest possible terms.<\/p>\n<p>The Incident<\/p>\n<p>The incident went viral on social media as a video captured two male \u2064journalists making troubling comments while waiting for \u2063President Trump outside the \u200dcourthouse. \u2063Expressing frustration over not having a\u2063 clear view of the former\u2064 president, one journalist was captured saying, &#8220;You\u200d know what the worst part \u2064is?\u2064 Even if \u2064he\u2062 has \u2063his window open and \u2063he\u2019s hanging out of it, he will be on the other side \u200cof the street.&#8221; This callous disregard for human life and the disturbing exchange continued \u2064as they started making jokes about Trump arriving\u2064 in an open-top vehicle, reminiscent of the one President John F. Kennedy\u200b was in when he was assassinated in 1963.<\/p>\n<p>Consequences and Implications<\/p>\n<p>It is deeply concerning to witness such comments from individuals who \u200dare\u2062 entrusted with the responsibility of reporting news and upholding journalistic values. Such \u2062language and behavior are not\u2062 only unprofessional but also potentially dangerous as it can inspire or incite violence. Journalists have a duty to provide \u2064accurate and unbiased information to the public, and should under no circumstances engage in disrespectful or harmful discussions about public \u200cfigures, let alone make\u2063 jokes about their potential harm.<\/p>\n<p>In an era\u200c where political polarization and hostility are already prevalent, these\u200b journalists&#8217; comments feed \u2063into an already divisive environment. They\u200b undermine the credibility of the media profession as a whole and foster a\u200b sense of distrust among the\u2064 public. It is essential that media organizations take immediate action to address this issue, ensuring that their employees understand the gravity and consequences of \u200dsuch behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion<\/p>\n<p>The incident involving the two journalists making disturbing jokes about the potential assassination of former President Donald J. Trump is\u200b a stark\u2063 reminder of the importance of \u2063ethical journalism.\u2062 Journalists have a crucial role in shaping public opinion and must\u200b maintain the highest\u2063 standards of professionalism and integrity. Any breach \u200bof these standards not \u2064only damages the reputation of \u2063the individual journalists involved \u2062but also tarnishes \u2063the reputation of the entire media industry.\u2062 It is imperative for media organizations to establish and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jew-hatred-on-campus-will-america-tolerate-it\/\" title=\"Anti-Semitism on Campus: Will America Accept it?\">enforce strict codes<\/a> of conduct to \u2063prevent such\u2064 incidents from occurring in the future. The incident serves as\u2064 a call for the media community to \u2064reflect on its responsibilities and to recommit to the principles of accuracy, fairness, and \u2062respect \u2063while\u2064 reporting on \u2062public figures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump leaves the Waldorf Astoria after a press conference in Washington, DC. He appeared in court on January 9, 2024, where the D.C. 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