Posted on 09/15/2022 4:33:31 PM PDT by simpson96
A Chicago reporter who filed a federal lawsuit against Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot for revoking his press credentials accused the city of trying to silence him after a series of contentious exchanges with the mayor's office where he repeatedly questioned her "failures in performance."
The suit, filed by journalist William J. Kelly in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in late August, alleges Lightfoot and Chicago Police Department Superintendent David Brown violated his First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights, saying, "They have done this for the most cynical and contemptible reason that can be imagined, to prevent Lightfoot from being questioned about their failures in the performance of the public offices they currently occupy."
In an interview on "Tucker Carlson Tonight" Wednesday, Kelly called the suit "a textbook First Amendment case."
"Unfortunately, the textbook is from Venezuela," he added.
The contributing reporter for the Daily Mail said he has used his platform to hold Lightfoot accountable for her "dismal performance" in office through honest reporting and pointed questions during press conferences. But with Lightfoot facing re-election and criticism mounting over her leadership, the mayor is doing everything in her power to keep him out of the room, he said.
"I believe that journalism is extremely important," Kelly told Tucker Carlson. "I’ve had a media credential in Chicago for over 10 years. Emmy award-winning. Print, radio, TV, but Mayor Lightfoot is the least transparent mayor in our city’s history, and sadly, for better or for worse, the reason my questions were so effective, is because I was asking the questions that real Chicagoans wanted to hear. But they were hurting her re-election campaign so she canceled by media credential."
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But when President Trump did this to Acosta it was the end of the world for a free press.
I’m not feeling any sympathy and I highly doubt his rights were abused. His free speech wasn’t denied, it was his free listening. I’m not sure if listening is included in freedom of the press. Just put the shoe on the other foot. If your favorite politician bars some leftist reporter, is that really a problem? It’s not like any journalist is capable of asking a real question these days.
Lori’s face has a chilling effect
Didn’t a Rat politician recently murder a reporter in Nevada?
Someone needs to put their foot down and squash putrid little shitbag Lori like a bug.
That face one sees staring out...from inside a fish bowl.
“...Kelly called the suit “a textbook First Amendment case.”
Silly goose...that only applied in the America of yore.
Not analogous situations.
Acosta lied. Did this guy lie?
Mayor Lightfoot only granting interviews to reporters of color ahead of 2nd anniversary
Lightfoot blasts ‘overwhelming whiteness and maleness’ of Chicago media outlets
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-black-reporters-brown/10663890/
Apparently he did ask some real questions, hence Lightfoot barring him.
Yes.
Does anyone expect honest reporting to see the light of day anymore?
Among the many ways this country is divided today, none is as basic as the division between those who watch MSNBCNN etc. and those who don’t.
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