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06-30-2018, 05:03 AM #1
Reporter resigns after false tweet that Maryland shooting suspect had MAGA hat
Reporter resigns after false tweet that Maryland shooting suspect had MAGA hat
By Bradford Betz | Fox News
5 hours ago
"Can't take it back; wish I could," wrote Conor Berry, a former reporter for the Republican in Springfield, Mass., after posting a Twitter message suggestion that a Maryland shooting suspect had brought a "Make America Great Again" hat to the office of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Md.
"Can't take it back; wish I could," wrote Conor Berry, a former reporter for the Republican in Springfield, Mass., after posting a Twitter message suggestion that a Maryland shooting suspect had brought a "Make America Great Again" hat to the office of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Md.
A reporter in Springfield, Mass., resigned from his job Friday after posting a Twitter message falsely stating that Maryland shooting suspect Jarrod Ramos had brought a "Make America Great Again" hat to the office of the Capital Gazette.
Conor Berry, who wrote for the Republican, tweeted an image of a MAGA hat Thursday, and suggested that Ramos had left it behind at the Gazette office after allegedly killing five Gazette employees.
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Conor Berry, who worked for the Springfield, Massachusetts paper, The Republican, said his tweet was meant to be a "snarky, sarcastic, cynical remark." (Twitter)
Backlash was swift. Berry deleted the tweet and apologized in a follow-up tweet Friday morning.
“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,” Barry wrote. “Can’t take it back; wish I could. My since apologies to all good, hardworking reporters and to POTUS supporters.”
Berry told the Boston Globe that the tweet was intended to be a “snarky, sarcastic, cynical remark.”
In his resignation letter, Berry conceded that his tweet “taints the good work of fair-minded journalists everywhere.”
Wayne Phaneuf, executive editor of the Republican, said journalists must be “more vigilant than ever” in their efforts to be fair and accurate.
President Donald Trump, who has frequently criticized journalists for reporting “fake news,” on Friday said, “Journalists, like all Americans, should be free from the fear of being violently attacked while doing their jobs.”
Berry was not the first journalist to apologize for a tweet suggesting that the president or one of his supporters shared resonsibility for Thurday's massacre.
Reuters reporter Rob Cox tweeted Thursday, "This is what happens when @realDonaldTrump calls journalists the enemy of the people. Blood is your hands, Mr. President. Save your thoughts and prayers for your empty soul."
The tweet was later deleted.
The Associated Press has contributed to this report.
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06-30-2018, 05:10 AM #2
Wow. Thank you Republican newspaper in Springfield, Massachusetts for standing up for our President and his Supporters. I wonder if Reuters will? They post that big phony principles thing at the bottom of all their articles, yet their goon hasn't been dealt with yet. Reuters is British right? Yeah I think so. Well, they've never stood up for US before, so I don't suppose they will now either.
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