Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot sued by white reporter
OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 9:33 AM PT – Friday, May 28, 2021
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is being sued by a white reporter. On
Thursday, the Daily Caller’s Thomas Catenacci said he requested an
interview with her multiple times, but she ignored him because of his
race.
The journalist argued Lightfoot violated his First Amendment and 14th
Amendment rights. This came days after Lightfoot was grilled at a press
conference for her controversial pledge to only grant one-on-one
interviews to black and brown reporters.
“The fact that the City Hall Press Corps is overwhelming white has
very little in the way of diversity…it is an embarrassment, “she stated.
“We are a city that is almost three-quarters people of color… I believe
that the City Hall Press Corps needs to reflect the diversity of our
city.”
Catenacci said he “looks forward to holding her accountable” and pointed
out that it’s “blatantly discriminatory” to prevent journalist from
doing their jobs based on their race. It all calls into question, what
happened to freedom of the press?
