Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will grant interviews only to 'Black or Brown journalists,' local reporters say

Another far left liberal socialist who hates white people, men especially.

White people made this world a technological place to live. These people are nuts.

Sorry OP, but Fox News has an obvious agenda. If this is truly real, other outlets will cover it, regardless of what you think.

Here you go r3 from the local NBC affiliate. It’s also on The Hill.

Racist lesbo

[R3] Wrong, asshole apologist for racism.

[R3] Typical partisan idiot in denial.

She’s nuts.

That takes balls.

I guess white lesbians don't make the grade...?

R5, Republicans like you are the real racists

Mayor Beetlejuice needs to be recalled.

Isn’t she married to a white chick?

Yes, r13. A very tall one.

Yes, she is married to a white chick who makes Rachel Maddow look like Nelly Olson.

Well it makes sense since all white people are innately racist.

Why would any white person WANT to interview this hateful cunt?

Is she American? Can't be bothered googling. I'm seeing trans Somali.

She looks like Beetlejuice.

She'll change her tune once she realizes she's not the only source on news about herself.

A trio of vile, racist lesbians.

She has one thing going for her. No one else would want to be mayor of Chicago.

The story's being censored.

[quote] technological place to live

😂😂😂

But her wife is white? Wonder what her opinion of the situation is.

I think she's fabulous

[quote] Fox News has an obvious agenda.

It doesn't matter what their agenda is. What matters is the truth. Yes, you can take sources with a grain of salt and verify it but if it's true then it's true.

If your racist neighbor gives you a hose to put out the fire in your house do you refuse it and let it burn down?

R27 so it’s unverified? And it’s just hearsay from fox lol

Not quite what she said, I just got this from her Twitter:

“I ran to break up the status quo that was failing so many. That isn't just in City Hall. It's a shame that in 2021, the City Hall press corps is overwhelmingly White in a city where more than half of the city identifies as Black, Latino, AAPI or Native American.

I’m being intentional about prioritizing media requests from POC reporters on the occasion of the two-year anniversary of my inauguration as mayor of this great city.”

This is Lightfoot's Twitter account. She says she will "prioritize" POC journalists on the occasion of her 2nd year anniversary as mayor, which seems a lot less inflammatory than what's being reported.

[quote] I’m being intentional about prioritizing media requests from POC reporters on the occasion of the two-year anniversary of my inauguration as mayor of this great city.”

It's the same thing. Word games. She doesn't have time to be interviewed by everyone so if she'd "prioritizing" POC reporters then that will be it - unless she intentionally consents to a non-POC interviewer.

In a healthy society there is no room for this kind of racialization.

Does she have any idea how much damage her actions are doing to the black cause?

So what I've getting is that she decided that, for one day (her second anniversary as mayor), she would grant interviews to black journalists, and some hysterical white reporters put her on blast.

OP, you’re very worked up over this story, and you really want the Fox version to be the only true version. Take a Midol and breathe.

[quote]And please refrain from condemning the story because the source is Fox News

The expected Fox News narrative is evident in that they're making it out to be some kind of terrible reverse-racism crime - and so are the usual suspects on this thread. The fact is that it doesn't matter that one city's mayor is giving preference to journalists of color. Nobody is suffering loss or disadvantage as a result of this. Interviews are still being given; the news is still being transmitted. There's no white victimhood to be milked here.

Climb down off the cross already - somebody needs the wood.

[quote] In a healthy society there is no room for this kind of racialization.

Yes, but we are discussing Chicago instead..

wow R15 you ain't kiddin'!

Prioritizing of one person does not mean exclusion of another ladies. Calm yourselves down.

Mayor Lightfoot purchased a 11 inch white dildo on Halstead Street in 2019, embarrassed, she said it was a surprise gift for her good and honest friend Jussie Smollett. This mayor is as dishonest as DeBlasio with the same hatred of people who are white it seems.

Jesus, you guys are such trolls. She's doing this just for the anniversary of her election, not forever. She's been interviewed by hundreds of white reporters during her time in office and will again.

I didn't realize she was married to Janet Reno.

[quote]She's been interviewed by hundreds of white reporters during her time in office and will again.

That was exactly her point. I'm glad someone saw it.

She didn't say she was excluding white reporters. She essentially said she was making sure black/brown reporters had the chance to step up for once and then everyone else.

I also think it is because she thinks they will be easier on her but two reasons can be accurate.

It's not that different from celebs demanding that their publicists stop skipping them over smaller black and brown publications when they're doing the red carpet.

“Prioritizing” white reporters would be racist.

So what’s the difference?

She's still making race an issue on a public forum. I consider that to be exclusive and racist.

This thread is proof positive that white fragility exists.

May she never hold another public office now that her anti white bias has been fully exposed.

[quote]R32: Does she have any idea how much damage her actions are doing to the black cause?

^^ Just like that Russian troll meme - "This is why they hate us."

Reading so many of the troll posts on this thread reminds me of people like Charlie Kirk, Jacob Wohl, James O'Keefe and Richard Spencer.

And Milo.

Bitch. Why are you linking to foxnews.

It's crazy how the media, fox being number 1 with it, can take something innocent and twist it into the worst thing ever.

Fox fucking news is an entertainment network.

R50 exactly, but they should've never gotten away with that legal justification. Most people still act like they're news unfortunately.

If it would be racist for a white mayor to give priority to white reporters, this is also racist. I don’t understand why people fail to understand this.

[quote]It's crazy how the media, fox being number 1 with it, can take something innocent and twist it into the worst thing ever.

No one with a clear mind needs Fox News to explain what this is: racism.

She said her constituents are mostly black and latino. Politicians have to reach their constituents. Trolls on DL looking to start arguments about nothing (with a link to Fox News) are nowhere on her priority list. End of discussion.

She’s butt ugly. Get a wig bitch.

I feel like her face is an Amish head upside-down with the beard jutting out up at the top. Oh, plus I believe that decision sounds biased.

Amazing how people will twist themselves into a pretzel to justify idiocy. If Trump "prioritized" white reporters, it's racist. If Lightfoot "prioritizes" non-whites, it's racist. Case closed.

[quote]She said her constituents are mostly black and latino. Politicians have to reach their constituents.

You stupid can you get?

Nothing is preventing her from being interviewed by Blacks or Latinos or whatever..

And BTW: Chicago is 45% white. It is the biggest racial group in the city.

^ How

[quote] Does she have any idea how much damage her actions are doing to the black cause?

In your dreams, dear. Institutions have increasingly been taking steps like this for the past several years, or haven’t you noticed? And the net effect has been that representation has only improved. Voluntarily, to boot.

In other words, it’s working, despite all of your racist thrashing about.

[quote]Institutions have increasingly been taking steps like this for the past several years,

Please post an example of an elected official that decided to exclude the white race from interviews.

Thanks in advance.

Why does she have male-pattern-baldness?

Except she didn’t say “exclude”, Klan Granny. She said prioritize.

It sounds reasonable for the reasons she stated (and the times, but couldn't she have just done it without announcing it?

R63 Yeah right, we know what that means: it's typical Fascist speech.

But let's play along: please post an another example of an elected official that has decided to "prioritize" one race of journalist over another.

[quote]Nothing is preventing her from being interviewed by Blacks or Latinos or whatever..

No its not just whatever r58. The people shooting and killing each other in the streets of Chicago are NOT predominately the white population that is 45%. It's mostly blacks and latinos. If she can get her messages across to those communities via media outlets and organizations that are represented by mostly by minority reporters, then that's what she should do.

I bet this summer when story after story hits the media about blood in the streets of Chicago (like it does every summer), because of black on black crime, THEN everyone will want her to get the black community in check, like she is their mother or something. Then is not the time call into question what steps she has taken to prioritize the her communication with black community. She is being proactive like any smart leader would.

Chicago has never had a decent mayor in my lifetime.

R65, why would I play along with your straw man games? You are free to disagree with my statement all you want. The RESULTS, from corporate America, to news media, to entertainment media, speak for themselves. Representation is up across the board. You may not like the tactics, but the tactics are working. So get on board, or shut up.

[quote] The people shooting and killing each other in the streets of Chicago are NOT predominately the white population that is 45%. It's mostly blacks and latinos. If she can get her messages across to those communities via media outlets and organizations that are represented by mostly by minority reporters, then that's what she should do.

In other words, her racism is noble and laudatory.

[quote]"In looking at the absence of diversity across the City Hall press corps and other newsrooms, sadly it does not appear that many of the media institutions in Chicago have caught on and truly have not embraced this moment."

All she wants is for the media is to hire non-white people. Why is that so much to ask?

[quote]So get on board, or shut up.

Typical.

[R45] Your vile “white fragility” nonsense duly noted, perhaps the root of your SJW radicalism is an unconscious but very real terror that low-IQ people who have little to nothing to offer to an advanced technological civilization beyond their ability to extort $$$ for their selfish ends can’t and won’t last for long. Fragility indeed.

R66 Oh please. No one gives a shit about the outrageous murder rate in Chicago. Lightfoot has been mayor of Chicago for 2 years now and the crime just continues to rise. As if anyone in in those neighborhoods shooting the place up are going to listen to her.

Just this last weekend 48 people were shot in Chicago. 48 people in 2 days...including 2 cops... but it's not even reported.

On March 14th there was a mass shooting in Chicago. 13 shot. Who knew?

But yeah, "prioritize" journalists of color. It's easy to figure out why she's doing that.

[quote]No one gives a shit about the outrageous murder rate in Chicago.

r73, no, you don't give a shit about the outrageous murder rate in Chicago, because you really don't give a shit about black and latino people. If you did, you wouldn't object to her making an effort to make communication with the black and latino communities a priority.

Not surprising that DL cares more about Israelites and Palestinians blowing each other to smithereens (to the point where the site administrator had to delete threads on the topic). But black and brown people in their own fucking country getting gunned down? Don't care. Now you see why I give zero fucks about your panties getting twisted over this. And don't waste time replying to me either, Im not reading the shit.

Racist.

[R73] Facts are of no use to Lori. Why bother? The only useful black person to these people is one who was killed by a white police officer. That's it - and they're as rare as hen's teeth. The circumstances never matter, nor does the guilt or innocence of the respective parties. You are dealing with an illiterate, impressionable and oftentimes desperate group of people predisposed to blaming their problems on anyone but themselves. All they know is social media and Hollywood, which saturates them in propaganda and makes them frighteningly malleable and dangerous. They are increasingly tribal and intolerant, bellicose and unwilling to submit to any fair debate. This extends far beyond the black community, although they are the prime, indisputable example of a controlled, brainwashed population. Wherever there's a breakdown of the family structure, SWJ/BLM/Antifa/Aryan Nation is there to fill the void. Collectively, they are the most serious internal threatsto this country, each with their contemptible "theories" based on a form of "reasoning" approaching witchcraft.

Check out PRIMAL SCREAMS by Mary Eberstadt, which charts the direct connection between the sexual revolution and identity politics.

R76 just went straight up KKK in this bitch.

Didn't even try to hide it.

Wow.

R76 I can’t believe you wrote down ‘oftentimes’. The gall! You’re so dumb.

Goggle it. Lots of sources, not just Fox News. Lightfoot is a shitty mayor and should be driven out of office and not just for this obviously racist policy. The murder rate is 50% higher than a year ago. She is not competent.

[quote] Another far left liberal socialist who hates white people, men especially.

Please, go read a fucking book and stop being a moron. America hasn't dealt with the far left since the 70s when Patty Hearst was kidnapped and the Black Panthers were a thing.

R76 Nailed it! Preach! R77 You’re a prime example of what R76 just described.

She really does herself no favors.

This butch dyke is an ugly pig of a woman and deserve public scorn. She is nobody worth paying attention to anymore. Her days of mayor are numbered; hopefully, Chicago will go in a better direction the next time around. Those same hopes are alive in NYC where DeBlasio will soon be relieved of duty for his disasterous stewardship of his city.

R83,

Unfortunately dB’s wife will probably take the baton and be even worse for the city. I’m praying for Yang, but even he will likely allow the downward spiral to continue.

I researched the Republican candidates and they are both losers, but the city would probably benefit from some “conservative” leadership... you know, like an effective police force and tax codes that encourage productive members of society to live/work in the city.

[quote] But black and brown people in their own fucking country getting gunned down? Don't care.

Because it’s black people killing their fellow black people— mostly teens and young men in gangs. You want people to care? Start addressing the real problem. The little girl murdered at the McDonald's was killed in gang retaliatory violence against her father. Who the fuck kills a little seven year old girl? What kind of community supports these scumbags?

A Latino reporter refuses to play the mayor's game:

Saw this earlier. I went on CNN and MSNBC, why is this not on their website.? This was around 10 this morning that I looked for it

[quote] I went on CNN and MSNBC, why is this not on their website.?

CNN or MSNBC spotlight blatant anti-white racism from a black democrat lesbian politician?

It's on CNN now.

Her actions are racism. Simple.

R87 & R88 look you were both wrong! Good leap to conclusion tho ;)

This woman has a smelly pussy from all that hate of white people.

Note to R63: CNN says she will "only grant one-on-one interviews to minority journalists".

They do not use the word "prioritize".

So she wasn’t giving them a chance to ask questions before this?

One of those white journalists should sneak in wearing blackface 😉

Lori is a black apologist who believed Jussie Smollett until she didn't (after it was way too obvious).

Racist.

Racist.

Once again it is a Dem oddity calling out the truth of this matter. AOC and the squad who HATE racism should be ringing the alarms that this racist Dem should resign. Dems need to correct their own shortcomings.

I guess that means she's only granting interviews to COLORED PEOPLE

Racist.

Okay, racist far-right trollsocks, you can stop now. Turning this non-story into a big, flaming dumpsterfire of outrage on the DL isn't going to happen.

I guess that Lightfoot's wife isn't white after all.

She must be like Elizabeth "Pocahontas" Warren.

If Jussie Smollet starts a political podcast he will score an interview with Lori Dykefoot, but a qualified white man has to sit out and get no interview. Sounds like a brilliant idea to anyone ready to leave the Dem party.....just another reason.

It is racism. Plain and simple. Why would you even announce it if you weren't making a racist stance?

Racism works every which way, make no mistake there, cunt.

Are we entirely sure she's not a zombie?

Chicago’s Fraternal Order of Police issued a vote of no-confidence in Mayor Lori Lightfoot Wednesday, citing poor work conditions and the cancellation of a march for fallen officers due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The vote by the police union, as well as police Superintendent David Brown and First Deputy Eric Carter, was unanimous among as many as 200 active and retired rank-and-file officers, the Chicago Tribune reported.

Reasons cited for the move reportedly include officer burnout and the department’s decision to cancel off days for cops on several occasions — as well as a move from 8 ½-hour shifts to 12-hour work periods in preparation for possible unrest in the city.

OP YOU lost me at "The usual mainstream sources refuse to report."

LIES, LIES, AND MORE LIES.

Racism, R102. Racism.

Mayor Lick-a-Twat needs to resign pronto.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she wears the Chicago's Fraternal Order of Police unanimous vote of no-confidence as a 'badge of honor.'

The controversial city leader defended herself after being blasted by union president John Catanzara.

Lightfoot, who hit the headlines earlier this week for refusing to do one-on-one interviews with white journalists, said: 'Getting a vote of no confidence from that guy is a badge of honor, and I accept it,

Jussie Smollett supports this mayor, enough said.

Where does it say that this is only for one day? I interpreted it to mean that since she's reached the two-years in office mark, she's only doing black interviews from here on out.

This doesn't matter. Any white journalist can just say they identify as Black.

[quote] Mayor Lick-a-Twat

Is this still a gay website at all?

You ‘anti-woke’ crowd sure get awfully triggered by this kinda thing considering you’re always complaining about ‘woke’ people getting ‘triggered’. It’s been established that this is mainly exaggeration, and even still who cares. There’s no reason to get upset over it. Who cares what Jussie thinks of her? My god get a life.

R115, they are part of a brigade of paid far right internet trolls assigned to the DL. Reading a great deal of their output, it's evident that a lot of them are not gay at all; they hate homosexuals, and are constantly talking about scat, prolapsed anuses, AIDS, etc. They're here to promote far right talking points and to put over the impression that a significant percentage of homosexuals hold these views.

[R115] Defending the new racism is a lazy occupation - I sense an Affirmative Action degree - you can lay back, smoke pot, collect, accuse others of racism and live your decadent life off the very people you profess to despise. And earn a degree to support a person with ZERO skills beyond bullying and proselytizing.

"I resent that assessment!"

[quote] Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she wears the Chicago's Fraternal Order of Police unanimous vote of no-confidence as a 'badge of honor.'

Is this really how a mayor should be acting? Shouldn't she be trying to find common ground with her fucking police department in a city that sees violent deaths by the bushel?

She sounds like an immature person with a chip on her shoulder. You can't govern effectively or wisely if you can't at least try to reach out to all factions you represent. And whether she likes it or not she represents the police.

When public officials can openly behave like this, and remain in office, we’ve crossed a line.

I’m sorry, but wasn’t she formerly a federal prosecutor? She can act like she’s all woke now and wants to defund the police. But there’s no doubt that she prosecuted and sent many black people to prison during the earlier years of her career.

[R121] Same story as Kamala.

No one wants to support criminals. It’s all a show to get votes. These asshole politicians are ruining our country for personal gain.

it's the second time around!