{"id":544180,"date":"2021-05-28T12:36:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T16:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=544180"},"modified":"2021-05-28T12:36:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T16:36:18","slug":"chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-sued-by-white-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-sued-by-white-reporter\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot sued by white reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fchicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-sued-by-white-reporter%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=544180&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 id=\"attachment_2414121\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2414121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 In this Friday, March 20, 2020, file photo, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot listens to a question during a news conference in Chicago. (AP Photo\/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 9:33 AM PT \u2013 Friday, May 28, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is being sued by a white reporter. On Thursday, the Daily Caller\u2019s Thomas Catenacci said he requested an interview with her multiple times, but she ignored him because of his race.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that the City Hall Press Corps is overwhelming white has very little in the way of diversity\u2026it is an embarrassment, \u201cshe stated. \u201cWe are a city that is almost three-quarters people of color\u2026 I believe that the City Hall Press Corps needs to reflect the diversity of our city.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some personal news.<\/p>\n<p>I, along with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DailyCaller<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JudicialWatch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JudicialWatch<\/a>, am suing Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot for racial discrimination. The mayor denied me an interview based on my race. <\/p>\n<p>I look forward to holding her accountable. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yL4WzAoxgI\">https:\/\/t.co\/yL4WzAoxgI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Thomas Catenacci (@ThomasCatenacci) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThomasCatenacci\/status\/1397943939257221128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Catenacci said he \u201clooks forward to holding her accountable\u201d and pointed out that it\u2019s \u201cblatantly discriminatory\u201d to prevent journalist from doing their jobs based on their race. It all calls into question, what happened to freedom of the press?<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/economists-warn-big-wave-of-biden-inflation-coming-say-high-govt-spending-devalues-u-s-dollar\/\">Economists Warn Big Wave Of \u2018Biden Inflation\u2019 Coming, Say High Govt. Spending Devalues U.S. Dollar<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE \u2013 In this Friday, March 20, 2020, file photo, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot listens to a question during a news conference in Chicago. 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