Looking for yet another reason to be outraged right now? Well, look no further than this journalist who got caught pretending to help out her community for Instagram clout!
On Monday, a video went viral showing a young woman in Santa Monica, California holding a power tool near a building that was ravaged by looters. The footage showed her posing with an actual construction worker while her male companion took a photo before the duo quickly walked back to their car.
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As the woman and her photographer drove away, she told the workers:
“Thank you so much. Great job guys! BLM [Black Lives Matter]!”
We’re sorry, but… WHAT!?
Gurl actually shouted, “BLM,” after straight up pretending to board up a building for a photo op. See it with your own eyes (below):
You know what? I’m… I think I’m gonna put Twitter away for a few minutes before I throw this phone across the room. pic.twitter.com/IfbFv1HvR2
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) June 2, 2020
Wow. That was so blatant, Wikipedia could just use that video as their definition of “performative activism.”
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To make matters worse, the woman’s identity was later confirmed by New York Times journalist Taylor Lorenz as Fiona Moriarty-McLaughlin, an intern with the Washington Examiner. On Fiona’s (since-deactivated) Twitter account, on which she uses the handle @factswithfiona, she describes herself as someone “just chasing the facts.”
Ironic…
Well, Twitter sure gave the budding journalist a reality check after the likes of Ava DuVernay, LeBron James, and Pink tweeted the video out with frustrated messages.
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Users fumed:
“I had to watch this twice to understand what I was seeing. Did this privileged Becky seriously stop a worker for a photo op to pretend she was out there helping the community and then holler BLM. I just can’t….”
“6.2 million views. She got her fame. Just not as expected.”
“Is she out here pretending to help board up businesses? I’m so tired of people.”
“I wish I could say I’m surprised but I’m just disgusted”
Plenty of users replied directly to the Examiner’s Twitter account, calling for Fiona’s firing:
“Hey @dcexaminer this is YOUR EMPLOYEE!! DO SOMETHING!!”
“Her name is Fiona Moriarty McLoughlin and she works for @dcexaminer. Tweet them to demand her removal. She closed her Twitter @factswithfiona (or got banned) when this went viral. She has worked for @billboard and @thr. We need to make sure she never works in journalism again.”
“@dcexaminer awfully quiet about this”
Sounds like Fiona’s got to face the facts — and find a new career!
[Image via YouTube]
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