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Joke about Kenny Chesney fans gets black reporter pulled from George Floyd coverage: reports
Fox News ^ | June 04 2020 | Brie Stimson

Posted on 06/04/2020 11:05:14 PM PDT by knighthawk

A black reporter in Pennsylvania was reportedly removed from covering George Floyd protests over a joke she posted on Twitter about fans of country music star Kenny Chesney.

The tweet suggested that the reporter showed “bias,” her employer, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, reportedly determined.

“Horrifying scenes and aftermath from selfish LOOTERS who don’t care about this city!!!!!” reporter Alexis Johnson tweeted Sunday, along with several photos of trash in a parking lot.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alexisjohnson; kennychesney

1 posted on 06/04/2020 11:05:14 PM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

Well, in fairness, I remember that concert happening, and being completely disgusted at the goddamned scumbag Shittsburgher concertgoers. That’s looter behavior, although we are all becoming looters, now, I guess.


2 posted on 06/04/2020 11:16:05 PM PDT by Captainpaintball
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PITTSBRUGH POST-GAZETT is a liberal worthless piece of b.s.


3 posted on 06/04/2020 11:26:59 PM PDT by haircutter
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To: knighthawk

First time There’s been any courtesy to recognize this. Society tip toes around every race except whites. If we are going to address racism, I appreciate the fairness.

“ The Post-Gazette management told Johnson her tweet “showed bias and as such, [she] could no longer cover anything related to the protests of the police murder of George Floyd and the systemic racism that for too long has been a dirty segment of our national fabric,” the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh said in a letter about the incident, according to the Pittsburgh City Paper“


4 posted on 06/04/2020 11:31:18 PM PDT by HollyB (Cv timeline)
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To: haircutter

The reporter has been removed from covering the protests because of her bias.


5 posted on 06/04/2020 11:32:28 PM PDT by HollyB (Cv timeline)
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To: knighthawk

Shame on those white people. We had a good record of cleaning up after ourselves.


6 posted on 06/04/2020 11:44:35 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: Captainpaintball

probably doesn’t compare to post rap concerts....


7 posted on 06/04/2020 11:46:12 PM PDT by cherry
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To: HollyB
why is everyone getting away with calling it murder.....its "aledged" murder....

aledged.....

8 posted on 06/04/2020 11:47:26 PM PDT by cherry
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To: cherry

The same reason why a LOT of people get away with calling a party (spokesman, platform agenda, etc etc etc) the democratIC party, instead of the democrat party (spokesman, platform agenda, etc etc etc):

Linguistic laziness and/or journalistic perfidy


9 posted on 06/04/2020 11:58:21 PM PDT by Oscar in Batangas
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To: knighthawk

Surprised she wasn’t called out for homophobic...


10 posted on 06/05/2020 12:58:36 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: cherry

Because they need a word to have meaning in their lives.

They don’t care that it means something “actually” as a legal definition or in general

It was manslaughter and they guy should be strung up in my opinion but, words and definitions matter and he will spend 30 years behind bars and be a bitch for anyone who wants his azz


11 posted on 06/05/2020 1:01:38 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: HollyB
The reporter has been removed from covering the protests because of her bias.

The reporter has been removed from covering the protests because her lame and ill-timed joke exposed the bias of her colleagues and her bosses.


12 posted on 06/05/2020 5:50:32 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: cherry
probably doesn’t compare to post rap concerts....

You do realize the vast majority of people who go to rap concerts are white.

13 posted on 06/05/2020 5:51:56 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: knighthawk

Newspaper will apologize, give her a bump in pay, allow her to continue reporting on Floyd’s death...and present her with the opportunity to choose one person in management that will be drawn & quartered in the village square.

Because black or something...


14 posted on 06/05/2020 7:56:45 AM PDT by moovova
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