Posted on 06/02/2020 1:14:43 PM PDT by vg0va3
video went viral of a journalist in Santa Monica, California, holding a power tool near a building destroyed by looters and posing for an Instagram photo before quickly jumping back in a car to drive away. Online commenters were angry that the woman appeared to be pretending to help for the sake of a photo op.
The woman’s identity was confirmed by New York Times journalist Taylor Lorenz as Fiona Moriarty-McLaughlin, an intern with the Washington Examiner.
In the video, after posing with the construction worker, she hands him back his power tool and says, “Thank you so much” before walking away. A bystander can be heard saying afterward, referring to the young man standing on the sidewalk taking her photo, “Boyfriends of Instagram!”
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Just be real. Good news? She will be fine in a couple of news cycles.
Not sure I get it. Whose side was she trying to show support for?
This is just common college girl behavior to look active in the community.
I don’t see a problem with it. I have a problem with actors and talk show hosts lying or people destroying other people’s lives.
This lady just took a picture in a pose. Who cares? I have known dozens of such women who are playful like this.
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