Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot is SUED by white reporter from Daily Caller after she said she would only give one-on-one interviews to black or brown journalists
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] - Lori Lightfoot last Tuesday said she would only give interviews to people of color
- Her temporary policy, she said, was to draw attention to a lack of diversity
- On Thursday, a white reporter from the Daily Caller suing Lightfoot in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- The lawsuit, filed by Daily Caller News Foundation and Judicial Watch, alleges that Thomas Catenacci was denied an interview by Lightfoot
- The lawsuit claims Catenacci's First Amendment rights were violated, as well as his Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection
- Tucker Carlson has described Lightfoot as a Nazi and monster and other journalists also reacted in anger towards the mayor's decision
- One Latino journalist in the city said his newspaper cancelled their interview
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-05-28 |