{"id":65997,"date":"2021-05-20T12:11:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T16:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=65997"},"modified":"2021-05-20T12:11:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T16:11:30","slug":"if-a-white-male-mayor-only-permitted-interviews-by-white-male-journalists-hed-be-forced-to-resign-on-the-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=65997","title":{"rendered":"If a white male mayor only permitted interviews by white male journalists, he&#8217;d be forced to resign on the spot!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Mayor Lightfoot defends granting interviews to only Black and Brown journalists<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>by: Tahman Bradley<\/p>\n<header class=\"article-header \">\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<p>WGN9<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-content rich-text \">\n<p>CHICAGO \u2014 To mark the second anniversary of her swearing-in,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\/news\/chicago-news\/lightfoots-claim-that-chicago-newsrooms-lack-diversity-spark-heated-talks-about-race\/\">Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Tuesday that she would only grant one-on-one interviews to Black and Brown journalists.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She defended her decision during her one and one with WGN\u2019s Tahman Bradley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thinking in this one day when we are looking at the two-year anniversary of my inauguration, as a woman of color, as a lesbian, it\u2019s important to me that diversity is put front in center,\u201d Lightfoot said.<\/p>\n<p>The move infuriated the mostly white City Hall press corps.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3R3ZWV0X2VtYmVkX2NsaWNrYWJpbGl0eV8xMjEwMiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjb250cm9sIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1395030890888187906&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwgntv.com%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fmayor-lightfoot-defends-granting-interviews-to-only-black-and-brown-journalists%2F&amp;sessionId=d7ebcae4d2fe0ba95bd795dc0b54851b543c4543&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1395030890888187906\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The outrage exploded on Twitter. One Latino newspaper reporter wrote he agreed to the sit-down but backed out to make a point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I as the black woman mayor, the first ever, don\u2019t challenge us, the collective us, to do better, to really make sure that in every institution it reflects the diversity, nuance and texture, the shame on me,\u201d Lightfoot said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/snapshot-2021-05-19T174120.446.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1762275\" src=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/snapshot-2021-05-19T174120.446.jpg?w=900\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 876px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/snapshot-2021-05-19T174120.446.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/wgntv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/snapshot-2021-05-19T174120.446.jpg?resize=160,90 160w, https:\/\/wgntv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/snapshot-2021-05-19T174120.446.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/wgntv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/snapshot-2021-05-19T174120.446.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/wgntv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/snapshot-2021-05-19T174120.446.jpg?resize=1280,720 1280w, https:\/\/wgntv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/snapshot-2021-05-19T174120.446.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/wgntv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/snapshot-2021-05-19T174120.446.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/wgntv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/snapshot-2021-05-19T174120.446.jpg?resize=256,144 256w, https:\/\/wgntv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/snapshot-2021-05-19T174120.446.jpg?resize=512,288 512w, https:\/\/wgntv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/snapshot-2021-05-19T174120.446.jpg?resize=640,360 640w, https:\/\/wgntv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/snapshot-2021-05-19T174120.446.jpg?resize=876,492 876w, https:\/\/wgntv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/snapshot-2021-05-19T174120.446.jpg?resize=1752,986 1752w, https:\/\/wgntv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/snapshot-2021-05-19T174120.446.jpg?resize=960,540 960w, https:\/\/wgntv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/snapshot-2021-05-19T174120.446.jpg?resize=290,162 290w, https:\/\/wgntv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/snapshot-2021-05-19T174120.446.jpg?resize=280,157 280w, https:\/\/wgntv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/snapshot-2021-05-19T174120.446.jpg?resize=50,28 50w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Lightfoot is known to clash with opponents or those who question her. Reporting on leaked emails revealed the mayor upset about critical reporting and commentary canceled her Chicago Tribune subscription.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if this was payback Lightfoot said, \u201cIt has nothing to do with that. The facts are the facts. Look at the people who cover City Hall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Political analyst Charles Thomas knows the City Hall beat well, as a former television political reporter. He says although newsroom diversity is an important topic, he questions the mayor\u2019s timing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a distraction,\u201d he said. \u201cInstead of talking about crime, talking about disarray in her administration, talking about education, talking about city finances, we\u2019re talking about this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Tahman Bradley will have much more on his one-on-one in which he and Lightfoot discussed police reform, an elected school board, COVID\u2019s impact on business and much more later today on the WGN News<\/em><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\/news\/politics\/mayor-lightfoot-defends-granting-interviews-to-only-black-and-brown-journalists\/\">https:\/\/wgntv.com\/news\/politics\/mayor-lightfoot-defends-granting-interviews-to-only-black-and-brown-journalists\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Lightfoot defends granting interviews to only Black and Brown journalists<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}