In praise of blame

White House officials blame Zelensky for Oval Office blow up, say he ignored their advice to praise Trump. https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360599142/angry-trump-officials-accuse-zelensky-ignoring-advice-oval-office-blow 311 comments 2/3/2025 worldnews

Nigel Farage blames admin error for candidates praising Hitler https://www.politico.eu/article/nigel-farage-blame-admin-error-candidate-vetting-praise-hitler-reform-uk/ 16 comments 18/6/2024 europe

In 2010, Bills wide receiver Stevie Johnson blamed God for dropping a game-losing pass: ““I PRAISE YOU 24/7!!!!!! AND THIS HOW YOU DO ME!!!!! YOU EXPECT ME TO LEARN FROM THIS??? HOW???!!! ILL NEVER FORGET THIS!! EVER!!! THX THO...," https://amp.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/bills-wr-blames-god-for-dropped-pass 491 comments 1/4/2024 nfl

[Tim MacMahon] The Mavs’ results since the Kyrie Irving trade have obviously been disappointing, but I’ve only heard praise about his professionalism and locker room presence during his brief time in Dallas. Blaming Luka Doncic’s frustration on Irving isn’t fair or accurate. https://twitter.com/espn_macmahon/status/1639747776039845889 187 comments 25/3/2023 nba

Trump praises right-wing site that helped to seed the conspiracy theory that the FBI is to blame for the Capitol riot https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-praises-revoler-news-pushed-false-fbi-capitol-riot-theory-2022-1 90 comments 10/1/2022 politics

[Raven] Lions OC Aaron Glenn blamed the beat for talking up UDFA rookie CB Jerry Jacobs: “That’s you guys, giving him all this praise. Now he's thinking he's the next Deion Sanders. The thing we have to do is make sure we keep that down and allow him to grow. " https://twitter.com/benjaminsraven/status/1468985689006120963?s=21 5 comments 9/12/2021 nfl

Obama praises Canada's COVID-19 response as he blames Trump for deaths https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/america-votes/obama-praises-canada-s-covid-19-response-as-he-blames-trump-for-deaths-1.5169736 46 comments 1/11/2020 politics

Obama praises Canada's COVID-19 response as he blames Trump for 'screw up' https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/world/america-votes/obama-praises-canada-s-covid-19-response-as-he-blames-trump-for-screw-up-1.5169736 13 comments 1/11/2020 worldnews

GOPers Punt To Blaming Local Officials As Trump Praises Supporters In Portland Clash https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/republicans-portland-unrest-trump-praise-supporters 25 comments 31/8/2020 politics

Trump Hopes You Forget How He Praised China And The WHO Before Blaming Them https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-china-reversal-coronavirus-blame_n_5ec44c7bc5b61e42ad3d8876 162 comments 20/5/2020 politics

Distractable Sinophobe Donald Trump Praises Country He’s Supposed to be Blaming https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/trump-unable-to-remember-hes-supposed-to-be-blaming-china.html 10 comments 27/3/2020 politics

Once again, Trump embraces praise and offshores blame https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/10/31/once-again-trump-embraces-praise-offshores-blame/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f18b2eb82b43 4 comments 31/10/2018 politics

GOP senator praises McCain but says he's 'partially to blame' for White House flag controversy https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/27/politics/james-inhofe-john-mccain-white-house-flag/index.html 16 comments 27/8/2018 politics

Is YouTube autoplay to blame for song praising Pakistani army – and sedition charges in Bihar town? A viral video of an unmindful procession playing a song that praises the Pakistani army earned Nasriganj national infamy and landed five minors in jail. https://scroll.in/article/883800/is-youtube-autoplay-to-blame-for-song-praising-pakistani-army-and-sedition-charges-in-bihar-town 4 comments 24/6/2018 india

Donald Trump praises China and blames US for trade deficit https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/09/donald-trump-china-act-faster-north-korea-threat 12 comments 9/11/2017 politics

Trump Official Praises Oval Office Makeover, Blames Obama for Wallpaper Stains https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/08/trump-oval-office-renovation-wallpaper 23 comments 24/8/2017 politics

The Madness of the Crowd - The internet was praised for empowering the smart, collaborative crowd. Now it’s blamed for unleashing the stupid, malicious mob. What happened? https://logicmag.io/01-the-madness-of-the-crowd/ 12 comments 22/6/2017 technology

Houston news anchor fired after post praising Trump, blaming Obama for racism http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/texas-anchor-fired-pro-trump-post-blaming-obama-racism-article-1.2879118 27 comments 19/11/2016 politics

Russian officials blame security for problems and praise fighting fans https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jun/13/russia-officials-fan-violence-marseille-england 5 comments 14/6/2016 nottheonion

Russian officials blame security for problems and praise fighting fans https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jun/13/russia-officials-fan-violence-marseille-england 8 comments 14/6/2016 soccer

Saudi women's Olympic march draws praise, blame | Reuters http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/07/28/olympic-saudi-arabia-idindee86r05q20120728 8 comments 29/7/2012 worldnews

New ABC Docudrama Blames Clinton For 9/11, Praises Bush http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/01/abc-blame-clinton/ 2 comments 1/9/2006 reddit.com