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Demovictory9

(32,456 posts)
Mon Oct 31, 2022, 05:52 PM Oct 2022

Nypost ee racist spree on newspaper's account: murder rape assassination

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/juliareinstein/new-york-post-employee-fired-racist-tweets



A New York Post Employee Was Fired For Posting Violent, Racist Tweets On The Newspaper's Account
Some of the tweets, which a spokesperson for the paper called "vile and reprehensible," called for President Joe Biden and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to be murdered.


Violent and racist content that appeared on the New York Post's website and Twitter account Thursday morning were posted by one of the newspaper's own employees, a company spokesperson said.

The tweets, which were posted just after 9 a.m. and seen by BuzzFeed News, called for the murder of President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden. Others mentioned "slaughtering illegals," joked about New York Gov. Kathy Hochul being "rape[d] and batter[ed]," and called New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who is Black, a "fried chicken eating monkey."



Articles on the paper's website were tampered with as well. The headline of an op-ed about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was changed to "We must assassinate AOC for America," and its byline was edited to look like it was by right-wing commentator Ben Shapiro.



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The employee, who was not publicly identified, has been fired.

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Nypost ee racist spree on newspaper's account: murder rape assassination (Original Post) Demovictory9 Oct 2022 OP
Just goes to show racist, misogynistic POS are not smart. brush Oct 2022 #1
Rupert Murdoch? NNadir Oct 2022 #2

brush

(53,778 posts)
1. Just goes to show racist, misogynistic POS are not smart.
Mon Oct 31, 2022, 06:16 PM
Oct 2022

How the hell did he think that wasn't going to be traced back to him?

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