Posted on 06/29/2018 8:52:03 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK
A reporter at a Massachusetts-based newspaper resigned Friday after falsely claiming in a tweet Thursday that the man who killed five employees at the Capital Gazzete newspaper left a Make America Great Again hat at the crime scene.
Shooter who killed 4 people at Annapolis newspaper dropped his #MAGA hat on newsroom floor before opening fire, Conor Berry, a reporter at The Republican in Springfield, Mass., wrote in a now-deleted tweet.
Berry, who covered politics and crime for The Republican, apologized for the stupid and regrettable tweet Friday, adding that it made his 21-year career as a journalist come to a screeching halt.
Berrys bio on Twitter now reads: Former newspaper reporter.
Berry took full responsibility for the tweet in a resignation notice posted Friday on The Republicans website.
I am ashamed of my tweet, which taints the good work of fair-minded journalists everywhere, Berry said.
We need to be more vigilant than ever to be fair and accurate in a climate in which we are scrutinized and criticized, said Wayne Phaneuf, the executive editor of the newspaper, in a statement.
In a follow-up interview with the Boston Globe, Berry said his tweet was a snarky, sarcastic, cynical remark, and lamented that his tweet gave more fuel to critics of the news media that believe reporters try to push a partisan agenda.
CNN will hire him. They are all about fake news.
He wrote for the wrong paper. He should have a reporter for “The Anti-Republican”.
Stupidity kills - careers!
Now that people are paying attention, we have to lie more carefully.
The 99% of journalists make the honest 1% look bad.
May he spend the next 10 years in shame and derision.
“A reporter...A liar...The lie is the weapon used most often by the criminal.”
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“A lie can travel half-way around the world before the truth can get its shoes on” - Mark Twain
(Quoted from memory... it might actually be slightly different, but not much).
Seppuku is the honorable way out Conor.
That newspaper isn’t as left wing as some of the Ma newspapers. If it was the Boston Globe, he wouldn’t have to resign.
he needs to open a clinic for the trump deranged, a great business these days, serve some toasted cous cous with wearescrewed sauce
Where did the Fake News story about Ramos damaging his finger tips so police couldn’t identify him through finger prints come from? A good rule is not to believe anything related to a shooting incident for the first six hours of news coverage. They just make up stuff, and it gets spread all over the media.
Another Mass**** in a bubble...
Conservative talk show host Howie Carr expanded on the story, so I think there's something to it. Howie Carr has been an experienced reporter his entire adult life.
What is a shame is that its so surprising, but yes, I agree.
Resigned because CNN promised to triple his salary..
Thanks for the link... Everyday I thank God Hillary lost the election... AND thank God Trump won.
...apologized for the stupid and regrettable tweet Friday, adding that it made his 21-year career as a journalist come to a screeching halt.
Nope, that happened roughly 21 years ago. Thanks ATOMIC_PUNK.
Thanks for the ping Civ
My pleasure.
Do journalist keep a log book about all their lies so when the retire they can read them and recall the good old days.
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