{"id":529690,"date":"2021-05-20T13:20:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T17:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=529690"},"modified":"2021-05-20T13:20:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T17:20:10","slug":"latino-reporter-refuses-to-interview-lori-lightfoot-after-she-decided-to-only-give-interviews-to-black-brown-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/latino-reporter-refuses-to-interview-lori-lightfoot-after-she-decided-to-only-give-interviews-to-black-brown-journalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Latino Reporter Refuses To Interview Lori Lightfoot After She Decided To Only Give Interviews To Black, Brown Journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flatino-reporter-refuses-to-interview-lori-lightfoot-after-she-decided-to-only-give-interviews-to-black-brown-journalists%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=529690&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1266875311-scaled-e1621526836351.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>One Latino reporter canceled his interview with Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot after she said she would prioritize interview requests from journalists of color.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a Latino reporter @chicagotribune whose interview request was granted for today,\u201d Chicago Tribune reporter Gregory Pratt tweeted Wednesday. \u201cHowever, I asked the mayor\u2019s office to lift its condition on others and when they said no, we respectfully canceled. Politicians don\u2019t get to choose who covers them.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.148148148148\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I am a Latino reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chicagotribune?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@chicagotribune<\/a> whose interview request was granted for today. However, I asked the mayor\u2019s office to lift its condition on others and when they said no, we respectfully canceled. Politicians don\u2019t get to choose who covers them. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YMW8M8ZgJm\">https:\/\/t.co\/YMW8M8ZgJm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gregory Pratt (@royalpratt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/royalpratt\/status\/1395025840946262017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lightfoot announced Wednesday that she wanted to prioritize non-white journalists to be more inclusive and diverse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiversity and inclusion is imperative across all institutions including media,\u201d Lightfoot tweeted. \u201cIn order to progress we must change. This is exactly why I\u2019m 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.3647058823529\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Diversity and inclusion is imperative across all institutions including media. In order to progress we must change.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayor Lori Lightfoot (@chicagosmayor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chicagosmayor\/status\/1395019808865853440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe must be intentional about doing better. I believed that when running for office. I stand on this belief now. It\u2019s time for the newsrooms to do better and build teams that reflect the make-up of our city,\u201d she continued. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/15\/chicago-mayor-teachers-union-lori-lightfoot-political-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Chicago Mayor Says Teachers Union Acting Like \u2018Political Party\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Several journalists in the area, such as NBC 5 Chicago\u2019s Mary Ann Ahern and WTTW Chicago Tonight anchor Paris Schutz, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/19\/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-interviewing-journalists-of-color-white-black-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">corroborated<\/a> that Lightfoot was being selective in her interviews.<\/p>\n<p>Lightfoot\u2019s decision has been criticized, with several people accusing Lightfoot of racism.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.468634686347\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lori Lightfoot is only granting interviews to \u201cblack and brown\u201d reporters from now on.<\/p>\n<p>Isn\u2019t there a word for that, and didn\u2019t people OF ALL RACES fight and march to get rid of her kind of thinking?????????\u200d\u2640\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lavern Spicer (@lavern_spicer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lavern_spicer\/status\/1395023412737806336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.381974248927\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is now refusing to do one-on-one interviews with any journalists unless they have brown or black skin.<\/p>\n<p>You know, there\u2019s a word for that: \u201cRacism\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VivekGRamaswamy\/status\/1395055605455413250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.8525896414343\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">46 people were shot in Chicago this past weekend and<br \/>Mayor Lori Lightfoot (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chicagosmayor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@chicagosmayor<\/a>) is focusing on excluding white journalists from interviewing her.<\/p>\n<p>Her priorities are shameful.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A6mIjBflHc\">https:\/\/t.co\/A6mIjBflHc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Marlow (@AlexMarlow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexMarlow\/status\/1395374509297963014?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"13.412587412587\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">2\/5 But if you are da mayor and concerned with only talking to white guys, you reckon, the best approach is to, well, give lots of interviews to journos of color. You don\u2019t put out a press release. You just do it. You make a point of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Jones (@ChrisJonesTrib) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisJonesTrib\/status\/1395207078864728070?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A Chicago-based digital platform said the criticism was offensive, however.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this outrage, y\u2019all are implying that Black and Brown journalists aren\u2019t capable of asking the hard questions,\u201d The TRiiBE tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.914285714286\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">With this outrage, y\u2019all are implying that Black and Brown journalists aren\u2019t capable of asking the hard questions.<\/p>\n<p>Follow and subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fqTHG6DuwT\">https:\/\/t.co\/fqTHG6DuwT<\/a> to see for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>Our revolutionary columnist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BellaBahhs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BellaBahhs<\/a> interviewed Mayor Lightfoot today. Story coming 5\/20. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dGPzRBgF3z\">pic.twitter.com\/dGPzRBgF3z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The TRiiBE (@TheTRiiBE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTRiiBE\/status\/1395109830566850562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Daily Caller has reached out to Gregory Pratt but did not receive a response at the time of publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One Latino reporter canceled his interview with Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot after she said she would prioritize interview requests from journalists of color.\u201cI am a Latino reporter @chicagotribune whose &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312481,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1266875311-scaled-e1621526836351.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Latino Reporter Refuses To Interview Lori Lightfoot After She Decided To Only Give Interviews To Black, Brown Journalists","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-529690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1266875311-scaled-e1621526836351.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Latino Reporter Refuses To Interview Lori Lightfoot After She Decided To Only Give Interviews To Black, Brown Journalists","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}