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Saturday, June 30, 2018

Newspaper reporter Conor Berry resigns over false claim Annapolis shooter wore MAGA hat

A reporter at The Republican newspaper in Massachusetts resigned Friday after falsely claiming on Twitter that the man accused of gunning down five journalists Thursday at a Maryland newspaper wore a “Make America Great Again” hat as he carried out his attack.

Conor Berry apologized for the mistake in a pinned tweet, calling it “stupid” and “regrettable.” His Twitter bio now states, “Former newspaper reporter.”

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.
— CONOR BERRY (@CBerry413) June 29, 2018

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

What they didn't report was his car has a Hillary 2016 sticker on it.

Anonymous said...

Sorry excuse for a journalist gets his just desserts.