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REPORTER WHO FALSELY CLAIMED ANNAPOLIS SHOOTER WORE MAGA HAT RESIGNS
http://dailycaller.com ^ | 6/29/2018 | Andrew Kerr | Investigative Reporter

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.”

Berry’s bio on Twitter now reads: “Former newspaper reporter.”

Berry took full responsibility for the tweet in a resignation notice posted Friday on The Republican’s 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.


TOPICS: Education; History; Reference
KEYWORDS: 2018election; 2020election; annapolis; berry; bostonglobe; capitalgazzete; conorberry; election2018; election2020; hat; maga; magahat; maryland; massachusetts; mediawingofthednc; mediots; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; smearmachine; twitter; waynephaneuf; yellowjournalism
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1 posted on 06/29/2018 8:52:03 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

He got caught. Sometimes the lie is just too blatant.


2 posted on 06/29/2018 8:54:27 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

Perhaps he can hook up with that ugly redhead comedian woman thingy and they can do some sort of victim duet?


3 posted on 06/29/2018 8:57:44 PM PDT by Professional
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

It’s a wonder that he actually resigned and didn’t try to stick it out.


4 posted on 06/29/2018 8:59:11 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

That guy votes....what an abject failure. At his age , to discover you are not an impartial reporter would be depressing. He’s only got 20 or 30 years to get it right.
More fuel to the notion that the news business is corrupt top to bottom...right to left with pockets of decency...


5 posted on 06/29/2018 9:02:37 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

Yelling “fire” in a crowded theater.

Gitmo.


6 posted on 06/29/2018 9:03:21 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Hillary got caught too... she always used the term ‘deplorable when she was with her tacky ‘swells’...

00000000000000000000000000000000000000000 From link:

NEW BOOK: Hillary Clinton Went On ‘F**k-Laced’ Tirade Against Trump During 2016 Debate Prep

According to Chozick, Hillary’s quip about deplorable Trump supporters was a hit with her rich friends.

“The Deplorables always got a laugh, over living-room chats in the Hamptons, at dinner parties under the stars on Martha’s Vineyard, over passed hors d’oeuvres in Beverly Hills, and during sunset cocktails in Silicon Valley,” she said. (RELATED: BOOK: In Private, Hillary Would Always Say That Trump Supporters Were ‘Deplorable’ During The Campaign)

http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/24/hillary-rant-trump-disgusting/


7 posted on 06/29/2018 9:05:57 PM PDT by GOPJ (David Ignatius sided with Germans against his own country - what a jackass.)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

And they wonder why Trump calls the media the enemy of the people.


8 posted on 06/29/2018 9:12:17 PM PDT by ealgeone
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Probably resigned....

To take a job offer from CNN, MSNBC or the DNC


9 posted on 06/29/2018 9:13:22 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

I’m not at all surprised, ….. just another scummy reporter that is spewing lies!


10 posted on 06/29/2018 9:27:04 PM PDT by EnglishOnly (Fight all out to win OR get out now. .)
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11 posted on 06/29/2018 9:43:22 PM PDT by simpson96
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“I am ashamed of my tweet, which taints the good work of fair-minded journalists everywhere,” Berry said."

Fair minded journalists? They are few and far between.

12 posted on 06/29/2018 9:45:51 PM PDT by Parmy
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Well, the shooter didn't leave a hat...but he could have left a hat...and that's unacceptable! /sarc

(Liberal thinking)

13 posted on 06/29/2018 9:50:34 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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To: simpson96

overgrown snowflake trying to look tough with the shades and the ‘stache and goatee.

what a joke of a human being.


14 posted on 06/29/2018 9:54:46 PM PDT by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

Bye Felicia!


15 posted on 06/29/2018 9:58:58 PM PDT by Lucky2 (Trump/Pence 2020)
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To: GOPJ
The deplorables comment was not an error. It was a planned campaign strategy.

Here is a link to the TWO times she used the comment publicly . . . . Including the descriptive language accompanying it.

16 posted on 06/29/2018 10:22:24 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

The very worst thing (probably the only thing, other than the fact tha he got caught and is ‘losing’ his job) is that “ his tweet gave more fuel to critics of the news media ...”


17 posted on 06/29/2018 11:10:32 PM PDT by A strike (Natural events are just God moving His stuff around.)
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A reporter...

A liar...

The lie is the weapon used most often by the criminal.

18 posted on 06/29/2018 11:18:39 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

This guy is different than most. He tweeted a number of full, complete apologies. No excuses, no blame shifting, no snarky stuff. I read a number of them and saw nothing other than it was wrong and I did it and I should have known better.

He was a real man about it and I found myself with a surprising amount of unexpected respect for the guy. I was shocked, to say the least.


19 posted on 06/29/2018 11:45:12 PM PDT by WayneM (Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe.)
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“Shooter, shooter,” yeah, it’s all about firearms and gun control. Don’t be hoodwinked into using the language of linguistic activists.

Anyway, the murder suspect was only following Biden’s advise with a shotgun and strayed a little from his home.


20 posted on 06/30/2018 12:00:49 AM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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