TIME Reporter Deletes Tweet About Killing Julian Assange

Tweeting about somebody's death by drone might come across as careless and insensitive. Especially if you are a Time magazine senior correspondent wishing for the chance to write about the death of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

That's exactly what Michael Grunwald did on Saturday night — causing so much Twitter rage that he ended up deleting the controversial comment

"I can't wait to write a defense of the drone strike that takes out Julian Assange," he wrote in a tweet that has since been deleted

Grunwald, after receiving countless tweets criticizing his statement, decided to delete it — but only after somebody pointed out that the tweet would give ammunition to Assange supporters. Read more...