NY Times reporter slammed after saying boy mowing White House lawn sends bad signal on child laborFox News

Steven Greenhouse, left, tweeted that the lawn-mowing gig was 'not sending a great signal on child labor, minimum wage & occupational safety.' (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)
A former New York Times labor reporter has been slammed on social media for a snarky tweet hitting the White House for letting an 11-year-old boy mow the Rose Garden lawn last week.
Steven Greenhouse, who worked for the Times for 31 years and still writes for the paper on occasion, took issue with the feel-good story of the boy, Frank Giaccio, of Falls Church, Va., who showed up at the White House Friday to cut the grass at the invitation of President Trump.
“Not sending a great signal on child labor, minimum wage & occupational safety >> Trump White House lets a 10-year-old volunteer mow its lawn,” Greenhouse, who covered unions for much of his time at the newspaper, tweeted.
The Daily Wire website slammed Greenhouse’s tweet as the “dumbest” ever posted on Twitter.
Others were just as critical.
Bill Kristol ✔ @BillKristol
The sanctimonious and humorless finger-wagging of nanny state progressivism in one tweet.
https://twitter.com/greenhousenyt/status/908685719178301440 …
9:54 AM - Sep 16, 2017
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“The sanctimonious and humorless finger-wagging of nanny state progressivism in one tweet,” conservative commentator and journalist Bill Kristol tweeted.
Trump accepted the Virginia boy’s offer after he wrote to the president saying it would be his “honor to mow the White House lawn.” Frank, who was 10 when he wrote the letter but has since turned 11, also enclosed a menu of his landscaping services, including weed-whacking.
Sarah Sanders ✔ @PressSec
Frank is hard at work in the Rose Garden and doing a great job!
3:24 AM - Sep 15, 2017
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Trump spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said at the White House press briefing Friday that it was an “honor” to host Frank.
“The president has always loved go-getters like Frank,” she said.
After his initial tweet, Greenhouse engaged in a spirited back and forth with other Twitter users who disagreed with his view and let him have it. He tweeted later, “What this kid wants to do is noble, but sorry, I'm mindful of problems--I've written lots about child labor & kids being hurt by machinery.”
15 Sep
Steven Greenhouse @greenhousenyt
Replying to @greenhousenyt
What this kid wants to do is noble, but sorry, I'm mindful of problems--I've written lots about child labor & kids being hurt by machinery
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Tina C. @Redhead6886
Teaching kids to be self-sufficient and the value of a day's work is problematic now? FFS! My dad had me on the tractor when I was 9. #SMH
4:27 AM - Sep 16, 2017
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16 Sep
Tina C. @Redhead6886
Replying to @greenhousenyt
Teaching kids to be self-sufficient and the value of a day's work is problematic now? FFS! My dad had me on the tractor when I was 9. #SMH
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Steven Greenhouse @greenhousenyt
Dear fledgling writer. Didn't you read the links I tweeted. It's great to teach kids to be self-sufficient. It's important that they be safe
4:29 AM - Sep 16, 2017
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15 Sep
Steven Greenhouse @greenhousenyt
Not sending a great signal on child labor, minimum wage & occupational safety >> Trump White House lets a 10-year-old volunteer mow its lawn
https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/908682993455308800 …
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George L. Duncan @GeorgeLDuncan
Steven, that story is inspiring. Take a day off. You're getting grouchy and cranky/
7:52 AM - Sep 15, 2017
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15 Sep
George L. Duncan @GeorgeLDuncan
Replying to @greenhousenyt
Steven, that story is inspiring. Take a day off. You're getting grouchy and cranky/
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Steven Greenhouse @greenhousenyt
What this kid wants to do is noble, but sorry, I'm mindful of problems--I've written lots about child labor & kids being hurt by machinery
7:56 AM - Sep 15, 2017
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Stan @Roberty2009
Bonkers and biased: 11-year-old boy mows White House lawn, former @nytimes labor reporter @greenhousenyt uses nice story to bash Trump:
https://twitter.com/greenhousenyt/status/908685719178301440 …
5:59 AM - Sep 15, 2017
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15 Sep
Stan @Roberty2009
Bonkers and biased: 11-year-old boy mows White House lawn, former @nytimes labor reporter @greenhousenyt uses nice story to bash Trump:
https://twitter.com/greenhousenyt/status/908685719178301440 …
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Steven Greenhouse @greenhousenyt
I'm not bashing Trump. I know the dangers of child labor—Academy of Pediatrics says no one <12 should use push mower
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170530082040.htm …
8:34 AM - Sep 15, 2017
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