Posted on 06/30/2018 11:02:13 AM PDT by Simon Green
In the early reporting of the Capital Gazette mass murder, Conor Berry, a reporter for a Massachusetts newspaper, The Republican, tweeted that the shooter had dropped his MAGA hat on the newsroom floor before opening fire.
It was a stupid remark, not to mention one for which Berry had no supporting facts, which he has since acknowledged. What makes such tweets particularly toxic is that they color early perceptions of these events, and tend to become urban legends and the stuff of conspiracy theories.
Berry’s tweet was similar to earlier instances such as cable talking heads speculating that other shooters were Tea Party members or radical right wingers before later being proved wrong. Only Berry’s tweet wasn’t presented as speculation.
Berry has since resigned as a result and tweeted his regret over the #fakenews incident.
CONOR BERRY
Verified account @CBerry413
Folks, My 21-year career as a "journalist," a fancy term that makes my skin crawl, frankly, came to a screeching halt yesterday with one stupid, regrettable tweet. Can't take it back; wish I could. My sincere apologies to all good, hardworking reporters and to POTUS supporters.
In this case, the apology seems to have gotten more traction than the original tweet. Berry has taken the MAGA tweet down, but it can be found in archives on the Internet.
If reporters were a little less anxious to score political points at the expense of their ideological opponents and more concerned with reporting actual facts, situations like this could be avoided. But no one really expects that kind of sea change to happen any time soon.
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MSMLSD ignores.
Hey we have something in common.
Another Fake Story from the Fake News, like the one that said the shooter had damaged his fingers so they couldn’t identify him by fingerprints…a totally made-up story. Then Jim Acosta and the rest of the Democrat media gets their noses out of joint when President Trump calls them out about their lying.
He knew this would incite leftists to blame the shooting on Trump, which they did. He will get a job at some other leftist rag.
“Berry’s tweet was similar to earlier instances such as cable talking heads speculating that other shooters were Tea Party members or radical right wingers before later being proved wrong.”
Like that filthy bastard Brian Ross sfter the Aurora theater shootings.
He was just following the narrative. And everyone knows that if the facts contradict the narrative, then the facts lie.
I don’t understand why a liberal news organization would make him resign — or even let him.
Wonder what he’s gonna do for a living now.
He was just following the narrative. And everyone knows that if the facts contradict the narrative, then the facts lie.
I don’t understand why a liberal news organization would make him resign — or even let him.
That’s a resume enhancer. He can now apply at CNN or MSNBC
Actions and STUPIDITY have consequences.
He’s to a promising career path in washing cars, where your fascist propaganda colored glasses won’t affect your job performance.
What, the truth mattered to someone?
People who wear MAGA hats don’t deserve this treatment?
What’s this world coming to?
Those communists over @ salon are now saying that the shooter had ties to the “alt-right”.
Connor Berry molests dead horses
One would think that after 21 years in his career, not to mention he's probably middle aged, that he would have learned to control his hidden dumbass that was straining to escape.
Why? He got lots of positive feedback from his echo chamber.
I give him credit for not claiming he was drunk or on drugs, though he may have been.
Actually, a pretty decent apology.
Funny how an out right lie is a regrettable mistake. Journalist - another term for lying douchebag!
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