What is "shoot the messenger"

alt. (context idiomatic English) To blame a problem on whoever reported it; to hold somebody accountable a problem because he/she brought attention to it. vb. (context idiomatic English) To blame a problem on whoever reported it; to hold somebody accountable a problem because he/she brought attention to it.

Shoot the Messenger is a television play first broadcast on BBC Two on 30 August 2006.

Shoot the Messenger is a Canadian television drama series, slated to debut on CBC Television in fall 2016.

Produced by Hungry Eyes Film and Television, the series stars Elyse Levesque as Daisy Channing, a young journalist who is drawn into the criminal underworld when she witnesses an apparent gang-related murder. The series also stars Alex Kingston as her editor Mary Fowler, Lucas Bryant as her coworker Simon Olendski, and Lyriq Bent as police homicide detective Frank Lutz. Supporting cast members include Hannah Anderson, Ari Cohen, Edie Inksetter, Al Sapienza and Nicholas Campbell, as well as guest appearances by Ed Robertson, Jamaal Magloire and Rick Fox.