https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2023/03/dallas-morning-news-fires-reporter-for-calling-mayor-bruh-on-twitter/
This would be funny if it didn't cost someone their job.
This would be funny if it didn't cost someone their job.
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A little before 1 p.m., running late for the puck drop, she saw that Mayor Eric Johnson had criticized local media for, in his view, not fully reporting the good news about Dallas' crime numbers dropping for the second consecutive year. The mayor opined that reporters were interested only in bad news.
In a tweet that would change the trajectory of her career, Mangrum wrote the following: "Bruh, national news is always going to chase the trend. Cultivate relationships with quality local news partnerships."
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That's not the way her workplace saw it. Three days after she sent that tweet, she was fired for addressing the mayor as "bruh."
The Lightning beat the Stars 3-1. Later that day, Mangrum got an email from an editor saying her presence was requested at a Monday meeting. An HR rep got looped in. And that's how Mangrum found herself getting grilled by the paper's executive editor, Katrice Hardy. According to Mangrum, Hardy, who is Black, asked her if she would have used the word "bruh" if the mayor were White. Mangrum, who is White, said yes. Her Twitter feed is littered with the word "bruh" directed at all sorts of accounts, including those belonging to hockey fans and the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife.
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