All well and good, but look what it's doing to the family of the dead person.

The president's brand is his willingness to say obnoxious things to rile up his opponents and thrill his supporters, but while we could argue that comments about other players in the political arena are fair game, I think this case differs in that he's using a private individual (the dead woman, not the MSNBC journalist) as a prop in his politicking. I don't think much of him targeting the journalist on general principle (I'd like powerful public officials to exercise restraint and embody dignified disagreement) but I don't watch cable news and have no idea what the basis of their spat is, if any.

The basic reason I posted this is that the defense of 'he's a public figure, we need people to see so he's held accountable' is only effective to the degree that people are actually held accountable. The presidents' lawyers take the position that he's legally and politically unaccountable, to the point of having blanket immunity. Twitter is essentially saying the same thing.