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AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh We’ve been writing about Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s racist policy which she clarified this week: that she would only be granting 1 on 1 interviews to “Black or Brown journalists.”
Lightfoot was so racist and tone-deaf she apparently thought this approach would be viewed as stunning and brave.
But media was not happy with her at all. We pointed out how it was backfiring on her, big time.
A Latino reporter for the Chicago Tribune who had been granted an interview by her, asked her office to lift those race restrictions and when they said no, he canceled on the interview. “Politicians don’t get to choose who covers them,” Gregory Pratt said. I am a Latino reporter @chicagotribune whose interview request was granted for today. However, I asked the mayor’s office to lift its condition on others and when they said no, we respectfully canceled. Politicians don’t get to choose who covers them. https://t.co/YMW8M8ZgJm — Gregory Pratt (@royalpratt) May 19, 2021 Other reporters who were POC wryly pointed out how Lightfoot had blown them off when they tried to interview her. I wish Lightfoot’s office would have granted one interview to our @city_bureau budget team last year who were mostly young women of color covering policy. Instead, they declined every. single. interview. request. and complained about multiple FOIA requests. https://t.co/i1OXNiXqWj — Sarah Conway (@sarahanneconway) May 19, 2021 So, not only were people calling her out on her policy, but this was also revealing she had a record of blowing off journalists — including those who were POC.
Now that she’s dug this huge hole for herself, what are her options?
Apparently, just keep on digging.
Lightfoot is now trying to “explain” her position more. As if she didn’t already shoot herself in the foot enough. . @chicagosmayor Lightfoot defends filtering out journalists based on their skin color: “As a woman of color, as a lesbian, it’s important to me that diversity is put front and center.” pic.twitter.com/m6yZPsWmEb — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) May 20, 2021 “I think, in this one day, when we are looking at the two-year anniversary of my inauguration, […]
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