The restrictions on who could interview the mayor garnered national attention after Mary Ann Ahern, a political reporter for NBC 5 Chicago, tweeted about the move on Tuesday.
“Absolutely, they told me only Black and brown journalists are getting one-on-one interviews,” Ahern, who is white and has served as a political reporter at the NBC station since 2006.
In a public statement on Wednesday, Lightfoot confirmed she was “exclusively providing one-on-one interviews with journalists of color.”
“I have been struck since my first day on the campaign trail in 2018 by the overwhelming whiteness and maleness of Chicago media outlets, editorial boards, the political press corps, and yes, the City Hall press corps specifically,” Lightfoot wrote.
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Imagine Donald Trump - or any white person for that matter - would have said that he only would give interviews to WHITE people b/c he was bothered with the overwhelming "blackness" and "femaleness" of the media outlets.
He would have been all but lynched. Maybe he would have actually been lynched.
Or how about if a sports commentator would say that he is overwhelmed by the blackness of the NBA so he will only interview white players?
He would be fired and blacklisted from sports forever.
So Lori must say sorry [I liked the rhyme].
Then she should be removed from office for being a racist.
