{"id":978721,"date":"2021-11-07T00:13:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-07T04:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=978721"},"modified":"2021-11-07T00:13:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-07T04:13:38","slug":"alec-baldwin-ripped-for-new-private-protected-twitter-setting-too-bad-halyna-hutchins-wasnt-as-protected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alec-baldwin-ripped-for-new-private-protected-twitter-setting-too-bad-halyna-hutchins-wasnt-as-protected\/","title":{"rendered":"Alec Baldwin Ripped for New Private \u2018Protected\u2019 Twitter Setting: \u2018Too Bad Halyna Hutchins Wasn&#039;t as Protected\u2019"},"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\">32<\/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%2Falec-baldwin-ripped-for-new-private-protected-twitter-setting-too-bad-halyna-hutchins-wasnt-as-protected%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=978721&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/alecbaldwinvermont2-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><span>Actor and left-wing activist Alec Baldwin \u201cprotected\u201d his Twitter account on Tuesday \u2014 effectively controlling which users can view the star\u2019s tweets and which tweets can be retweeted \u2014 after much scrutiny over previous posts of his, including a recent one attacking his film crew over safety complaints<\/span><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Following his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/alec-baldwin-rust-shooting-crew-member-post-unsafe-working-conditions-001341127.html\"><span>sharing<\/span><\/a><span> of a post challenging claims of safety concerns on the set of <\/span><i><span>Rust<\/span><\/i><span>, Baldwin changed his account\u2019s privacy setting to \u201cprotected,\u201d restricting access to his tweets to \u201capproved followers.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>As a result, only those previously following the actor or subsequently approved to follow him can see tweets he shares as he remains private.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The shared post, from <\/span><i><span>Rust<\/span><\/i><span> crew member Terese Magpale Davis, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/alec-baldwin-rust-shooting-crew-member-post-unsafe-working-conditions-001341127.html\"><span>denied<\/span><\/a><span> in lengthy allegations that the film\u2019s set had unsafe conditions, writing \u201cthe story being spun of us being overworked and surrounded by unsafe, chaotic conditions is bullshit.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Shortly thereafter, the 63-year-old actor protected his \u201cHilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation\u201d account, which represents his foundation supporting the arts and boasts of over a million followers and which he had been using as a personal account since deleting his official personal account.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>In sharing the post, Baldwin <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2021\/11\/02\/alec-baldwin-repost-rust-set-gun-safety-fatal-shooting-instagram-facebook\/\"><span>risked<\/span><\/a><span> irritating investigators, in particular, because he said he was ordered not to discuss the case publicly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The veteran film and TV star \u201cbroke the essential rules of managing a crisis: don\u2019t do any further damage,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/entertainment\/rust-shooting-alec-baldwin-hurting-230832947.html\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> crisis and PR expert Eric Schiffer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Twitter users were quick to observe Baldwin\u2019s move, some accusing him of an inability to face reality.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.4590163934426\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What do ya know <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlecBaldwin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AlecBaldwin<\/a> went protected!!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nSleJJK5A7\">pic.twitter.com\/nSleJJK5A7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steph Anie (@mynerdyhome) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mynerdyhome\/status\/1455631359662247940?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201c@AlecBaldwin has protected his tweets!\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sassy_alittle\/status\/1456261593751175173?s=20\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> one Twitter user. \u201cGuess he can\u2019t handle the truth!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cAlec Baldwin\u2019s tweets are \u2018protected\u2019. How convenient. Guess he cant take the flak, huh?\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WellThatsCrazy\/status\/1455680313498079236?s=20\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> another Twitter user.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf only the lady he shot was protected, he wouldn\u2019t have to protect his tweets,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThatGenXGuy\/status\/1455632191241785347?s=20\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> yet another.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cToo bad #HalynaHutchins wasn\u2019t as protected as Baldwin\u2019s tweets!\u201d another Twitter user <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Teddy3215\/status\/1456790019390193664?s=20\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAlec Baldwin protected his account. I wonder if the Santa Fe prosecutor\u2019s office downloaded it before Bladwin went dark,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rodriguez1Felix\/status\/1455593935267516421?s=20\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> another user.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAlec Baldwin protected his tweets. LOL,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1stAallTheway\/status\/1455590610153398272?s=20\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a> <span>yet another.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Last month, while on the set of his film <\/span><i><span>Rust<\/span><\/i><span>, Baldwin, who was both the star and one of the producers of the low-budget independent movie, was rehearsing with a gun he was told did not contain live ammunition. After the actor <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/10\/22\/sheriff-investigating-after-alec-baldwin-discharged-prop-gun-that-killed-cinematographer-wounded-director-on-film-set\/\"><span>pulled<\/span><\/a><span> the trigger, Hutchins was fatally shot and director Joel Souza was injured.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the days following the tragic incident, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/\">revealed<\/a> that several crew members had previously walked off the set in protest of working conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The fatal shooting is currently under investigation in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with authorities saying Baldwin may still face charges, adding \u201cno one has been ruled out\u201d yet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><i><span>30 Rock<\/span><\/i><span> actor is known for having quit the social media platform on several occasions.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In 2011, his personal account was <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/archive\/alec-baldwin\">deactivated<\/a> following a rant detailing his removal from a United Airlines flight for playing mobile game Words With Friends during takeoff after being ordered to turn off his phone or leave the plane.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The following year, Baldwin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.ie\/woman\/celeb-news\/alec-baldwin-quits-twitter-again-29380685.html\">deleted<\/a> his personal Twitter account days after his wedding, though he continued to tweet from his foundation account.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In 2013, Baldwin <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.ie\/woman\/celeb-news\/alec-baldwin-quits-twitter-again-29380685.html\"><span>deleted<\/span><\/a><span> his Twitter account after losing his temper and threatening to \u201cfuck up\u201d a Daily Mail journalist who accused his wife Hilaria of using her phone to post upbeat tweets on her account during the memorial service for James Gandolfini in New York.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In 2017, Baldwin again exited the site <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/alec-baldwin-is-taking-a-twitter-leave-after-he-was-criticized-for-rose-mcgowan-comments\/\"><span>after<\/span><\/a><span> implying in an interview that actress and \u201cMe Too\u201d activist Rose McGowan\u2019s acceptance of a settlement from disgraced mega producer Harvey Weinstein delayed justice for his other victims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In January, Baldwin <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/01\/19\/alec-baldwin-flees-twitter-in-wake-of-noose-and-hilaria-scandals\/\"><span>announced<\/span><\/a><span> he was leaving Twitter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTwitter is like a party where everyone is screaming. Not much of a party,\u201d he tweeted. \u201cGoodbye for now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In March, Baldwin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/03\/04\/nolte-alec-baldwin-deletes-twitter-account-after-mocking-gillian-anderson-switching-accents\/\">deactivated<\/a> his Twitter account, once again, following backlash to a joke he made about actress Gillian Anderson\u2019s portrayal of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSwitching accents? That sounds\u2026 fascinating,\u201d he joked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The comment followed a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/alec-baldwin-slams-false-reports-after-wife-hilarias-spanish-heritage-is-questioned\/\"><span>controversy<\/span><\/a><span> involving his wife, Hilaria, being accused of faking her Spanish accent and heritage in December.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><i><em>Follow Joshua Klein on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshuaklein_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JoshuaKlein<\/a><\/em><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor and left-wing activist Alec Baldwin \u201cprotected\u201d his Twitter account on Tuesday \u2014 effectively controlling which users can view the star\u2019s tweets and which tweets can be retweeted \u2014 after &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-978721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=978721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=978721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=978721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=978721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}