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Reporter Resigns After Claiming Annapolis Shooter Had MAGA Hat
The Truth About Guns ^ | 06/30/18 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 06/30/2018 11:02:13 AM PDT by Simon Green

In the early reporting of the Capital Gazette mass murder, Conor Berry, a reporter for a Massachusetts newspaper, The Republican, tweeted that the shooter had dropped his MAGA hat on the newsroom floor before opening fire.

It was a stupid remark, not to mention one for which Berry had no supporting facts, which he has since acknowledged. What makes such tweets particularly toxic is that they color early perceptions of these events, and tend to become urban legends and the stuff of conspiracy theories.

Berry’s tweet was similar to earlier instances such as cable talking heads speculating that other shooters were Tea Party members or radical right wingers before later being proved wrong. Only Berry’s tweet wasn’t presented as speculation.

Berry has since resigned as a result and tweeted his regret over the #fakenews incident.

CONOR BERRY
‏Verified account @CBerry413

Folks, My 21-year career as a "journalist," a fancy term that makes my skin crawl, frankly, came to a screeching halt yesterday with one stupid, regrettable tweet. Can't take it back; wish I could. My sincere apologies to all good, hardworking reporters and to POTUS supporters.

In this case, the apology seems to have gotten more traction than the original tweet. Berry has taken the MAGA tweet down, but it can be found in archives on the Internet.

If reporters were a little less anxious to score political points at the expense of their ideological opponents and more concerned with reporting actual facts, situations like this could be avoided. But no one really expects that kind of sea change to happen any time soon.

©2018 by Dean Weingarten: Permission to share is granted when this notice and link are included.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; capitalgazette; conorberry; deceit; fakenews; jerrodramos; liars; maga; media; msm; waronerror; yourefired
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1 posted on 06/30/2018 11:02:13 AM PDT by Simon Green
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To: Simon Green

MSMLSD ignores.


2 posted on 06/30/2018 11:03:31 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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re> Folks, My 21-year career as a "journalist," a fancy term that makes my skin crawl, frankly.

Hey we have something in common.

3 posted on 06/30/2018 11:06:54 AM PDT by IC Ken (Stop making stupid people famous)
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To: Simon Green

Another Fake Story from the Fake News, like the one that said the shooter had damaged his fingers so they couldn’t identify him by fingerprints…a totally made-up story. Then Jim Acosta and the rest of the Democrat media gets their noses out of joint when President Trump calls them out about their lying.


4 posted on 06/30/2018 11:10:20 AM PDT by txrefugee
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He knew this would incite leftists to blame the shooting on Trump, which they did. He will get a job at some other leftist rag.


5 posted on 06/30/2018 11:11:11 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Search Google for: "politico obama collusion with hezbollah". obama is a traitor to this country.)
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“Berry’s tweet was similar to earlier instances such as cable talking heads speculating that other shooters were Tea Party members or radical right wingers before later being proved wrong.”

Like that filthy bastard Brian Ross sfter the Aurora theater shootings.


6 posted on 06/30/2018 11:11:56 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Simon Green

He was just following the narrative. And everyone knows that if the facts contradict the narrative, then the facts lie.

I don’t understand why a liberal news organization would make him resign — or even let him.


7 posted on 06/30/2018 11:21:51 AM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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8 posted on 06/30/2018 11:22:23 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: Simon Green

Wonder what he’s gonna do for a living now.


9 posted on 06/30/2018 11:22:33 AM PDT by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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He was just following the narrative. And everyone knows that if the facts contradict the narrative, then the facts lie.

I don’t understand why a liberal news organization would make him resign — or even let him.


10 posted on 06/30/2018 11:32:11 AM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: Catmom
Wonder what he’s gonna do for a living now.
Where do you go when you are fired for lying? Politics.
11 posted on 06/30/2018 11:37:52 AM PDT by Aut Pax Aut Bellum (Stay Calm and Carry.)
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To: Simon Green

That’s a resume enhancer. He can now apply at CNN or MSNBC


12 posted on 06/30/2018 11:39:30 AM PDT by Vic S
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To: Simon Green

Actions and STUPIDITY have consequences.

He’s to a promising career path in washing cars, where your fascist propaganda colored glasses won’t affect your job performance.


13 posted on 06/30/2018 11:40:10 AM PDT by null and void (Social justice warriors, killing the trees that produce the fruits of liberty.)
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To: Simon Green

What, the truth mattered to someone?

People who wear MAGA hats don’t deserve this treatment?

What’s this world coming to?


14 posted on 06/30/2018 11:42:29 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: Simon Green

Those communists over @ salon are now saying that the shooter had ties to the “alt-right”.


15 posted on 06/30/2018 1:08:14 PM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Democrats... BETRAYING America since 1828.)
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To: marktwain

Connor Berry molests dead horses


16 posted on 06/30/2018 1:43:50 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: null and void
Actions and STUPIDITY have consequences.

One would think that after 21 years in his career, not to mention he's probably middle aged, that he would have learned to control his hidden dumbass that was straining to escape.

17 posted on 06/30/2018 4:02:06 PM PDT by damper99
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Why? He got lots of positive feedback from his echo chamber.


18 posted on 06/30/2018 4:06:09 PM PDT by null and void (Freedom is in our blood, we donÂ’t pass it down genetically, but through the blood we spill.)
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I give him credit for not claiming he was drunk or on drugs, though he may have been.

Actually, a pretty decent apology.


19 posted on 06/30/2018 5:03:26 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: Simon Green

Funny how an out right lie is a regrettable mistake. Journalist - another term for lying douchebag!


20 posted on 06/30/2018 7:13:27 PM PDT by Bommer ( F the NFL)
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