posted four photos that show trashed public spaces in the aftermath of a crowd. “Horrifying scenes and aftermath from selfish LOOTERS who don’t care about this city!!!!!” the tweet’s text says. “....
oh wait sorry. “No, these are pictures from a Kenny Chesney concert tailgate. Whoops.”It has since been retweeted nearly 50,000 times.
Johnson confirmed to The Associated Press on Friday that she was told the tweet and the apparent bias it showed were the reasons she would no longer be covering the protests.
She declined further comment, deferring to her guild. Guild President Michael A. Fuoco, who is also a Post-Gazette reporter, told the AP that guild leaders were “appalled” by the move, and the paper’s editors have not yielded at all in.