Disgraced "reporter" Michelle Fields lands job at Huffington Post.

[Revi]

Yeah. I was wrong. But the police did not have the backing of the DA's office, which means with out that, they really had no grounds to arrest him. Which does not change the fact she was full shit on her charge he assaulted her. The video is clear she got too close and was manually held back and pushed away, but not to the point she was assaulted as she claimed.

Yeah, I think she blew things way out of proportion too, but it sounds like it was technically assault. The DA thing is sketchy, because we're trusting such a political office to be totally objective when it comes to pissing off the potentially next president vs. just brushing of a nobody reporter.

[Dhrizzle]

Yeah. I was wrong. But the police did not have the backing of the DA's office, which means with out that, they really had no grounds to arrest him. Which does not change the fact she was full shit on her charge he assaulted her. The video is clear she got too close and was manually held back and pushed away, but not to the point she was assaulted as she claimed.

She claimed he grabbed her and yanked her back, which is true and seen in the video. The police charged arrested him for battery because that's the technical term for what he did.

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Yeah, I think she blew things way out of proportion too, but it sounds like it was technically assault. The DA thing is sketchy, because we're trusting such a political office to be totally objective when it comes to pissing off the potentially next president vs. just brushing of a nobody reporter.

The big issue seemed to be the way that a member of Trump's staff acted towards a member of the press and the way that Breitbart turned against their reporter for not blindly supporting their favoured candidate.

[Gheld]

Huffington Post, that's that website that just copies and pastes the major news outlets work and then adds 2 lines of commentary in order to call it fair use right?

[Machismo]

She's not actually a disgraced reporter. the OP is simply pushing a false narrative. As for her working at HuffPo, that's not suprising at all.

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Yeah. I was wrong. But the police did not have the backing of the DA's office, which means with out that, they really had no grounds to arrest him. Which does not change the fact she was full shit on her charge he assaulted her. The video is clear she got too close and was manually held back and pushed away, but not to the point she was assaulted as she claimed.

That is an actual definition of assalt. Since the Trump campaign said they never touched her, it was they who got caught in the lie. As for why she quit breitbart, they were not backing her story (which was mostly corroborated). They hung their employee out to dry for biased, political reasons, and they were shown to be flat out wrong.

[sarahtasher]

You mean that Breitbart employed dubious reporters with poor ethics ?

No, really ?

[TheWorkingTitle]

More like disgraceful liar lands job with like-minded individuals.

[sarahtasher]

More like disgraceful liar lands job with like-minded individuals.

She obviously become a liar when she did something bad against Trump. Obviously. She could not be a liar at that Paragon of journalist integrity that is Breitbart.

[Pangean]

Yeah. I was wrong. But the police did not have the backing of the DA's office, which means with out that, they really had no grounds to arrest him. Which does not change the fact she was full shit on her charge he assaulted her. The video is clear she got too close and was manually held back and pushed away, but not to the point she was assaulted as she claimed.

Actually the DA stated he committed the battery.

However the DA believed he had a defense for his battery that they could not overcome, essentially that he was claiming he was protecting Trump. Which is funny as he claimed he never touched her (as did Trump) when this story surfaced and called her deluded for claiming it. The DA specifically pointed out this lie as well.

[Narwal]

Nice to see her moving on after the disgrace of working at Breitbart. Also it should be interesting having a right-leaning reporter at Huffington.

This move makes me question if she's actually right-leaning, or was just a wolf in sheep-skin.

[alexw]

She obviously become a liar when she did something bad against Trump. Obviously. She could not be a liar at that Paragon of journalist integrity that is Breitbart.

Breitbart is an utter cesspit of human slime. Its a shame that the worst of humanity doesn't stay there but likes to "spread".

[willtron]

Who cares? When has The Huffington Post ever been relevant? It's the news source of choice for the Buzzfeed zealots.

[Pangean]

She's not actually a disgraced reporter. the OP is simply pushing a false narrative. As for her working at HuffPo, that's not suprising at all.

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That is an actual definition of assalt. Since the Trump campaign said they never touched her, it was they who got caught in the lie. As for why she quit breitbart, they were not backing her story (which was mostly corroborated). They hung their employee out to dry for biased, political reasons, and they were shown to be flat out wrong.

No it's not the definition of assault. In Florida what he did met the definition of Battery. There's a difference. But as you note it was the cover-up that Lewandowski and Trump did that's the real issue. They both claimed she was not touched and engaged in a campaign to discredit her. Which so sums up Trump and his cronies. All Lewandowski had to do was say "sorry about that" and moved on. But admitting being wrong is not possible for these guys.

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This move makes me question if she's actually right-leaning, or was just a wolf in sheep-skin.

Why accept her at her word when a conspiracy is so much more entertaining.

[A dot Ham]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/24/bu...gton-post.html


The staff at Huffington Post certainly look like they will welcome her with open arms.

Anyone else notice there isn't a single male present in this "editors meeting"?

[Mormolyce]

She created a false narrative, provided false pictures(my personal belief) and then she rage quit Breitbart news when they didn't immediately back her and her side of the story, and she was exposed as a liar.

On March 10, 2016, Fields wrote her account of what occurred after she asked Donald Trump a question as he was exiting a March 8, 2016 press conference in Jupiter, Florida, including that she was "jolted backward when someone grabbed her tightly by the arm and yanked her down."[15] Fields stated that The Washington Post reporter Ben Terris identified the individual as Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.[16] Fields filed a police report with the Jupiter Police Department on March 11, alleging simple battery.[17] Fields resigned from Breitbart News on March 13, 2016, citing the organization's handling of the matter.[18] On March 29, 2016, Lewandowski was charged with simple battery by the Jupiter Police Department and turned himself in.[19][20]

On April 14, Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg filed court documents saying that his office would not prosecute Lewandowski. Prosecutors determined that "there was probable cause to make an arrest" and "the facts support the allegation that Mr. Lewandowski did grab Ms. Fields' arm against her will" but that "the evidence cannot prove all legally required elements of the crime alleged and is insufficient to support a criminal prosecution."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Fields

Sounds like it actually happened and they just didn't have enough to go to trial.

[Tijuana]

I would like to see her try and grab an actual president, instead of a presidential candidate. She would be in a lot of trouble for what she did.

[Mormolyce]

You mean that Breitbart employed dubious reporters with poor ethics ?

No, really ?

Yeah but this one's working for a liberal site now, so of course she's the devil.

[Pangean]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Fields

Sounds like it actually happened and they just didn't have enough to go to trial.

Actually it was more along the lines he committed the battery. But as these laws read there are defenses that can be used to stay the charge. It was this new defense that he was "protecting" Trump could not be overcome by the available evidence. The DA noted that Lewandowski had initially claimed he had not touched her. Basically saying he was a liar but that if he said that was what he was doing it was going to be impossible to prove otherwise to the standards required.

[Laerrus]

Did anyone else notice that there are no men or black people at that meeting?

[Deleted]

Breitbart is an utter cesspit of human slime. Its a shame that the worst of humanity doesn't stay there but likes to "spread".

LOL - fucking please. The utter cesspit of human slime is Salon, Huffington Post, Mother Jones, and any other liberal/progressive rag/blog. I am continually amazed at absolutely disgusting and reprehensible people like Eric Kaufman, Ariana Huffington, and David Corn - 3 of the most vile human beings to ever exist.

I hope Trump wins for no other reason than that the disgusting liberal/progressive/democrat ideology will be completely marginalized (at least for 4 years) and thrown on the midden heap where it belongs.

[sarahtasher]

Yeah, as usual, freedom of speech is a code word for everyone that disagree with me is a libural idiot that desserve a bullet in the head Freedom of speech does not cover ''kommie SJW'' stuff like not daring to burn incense in front of pictures of Donald Trump. Such behavior is ''sick'' and ''regressive'' unlike healthy behavior like posting pictures of yourself with 45 guns and talking about FEMA death camps.