Filed under: Left eats left.
Via Yahoo News:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit out at CBS News for an apparent lack of black journalists covering the 2020 US presidential election.
The newly sworn in congresswoman responded to a tweet from CBS producer Ben Mitchell which announced the team covering the upcoming election and published their headshots.
The Democrat, who represents New York’s 14th congressional district, said: “This WH admin has made having a functional understanding of race in America one of the most important core competencies for a political journalist to have.
“Yet CBS News hasn’t assigned a *single* black journalist to cover the 2020 election.”
The rising political star, a self-avowed socialist from the South Bronx, added: “Unacceptable in 2019. Try again.”
The Twitter post, which has been shared over 4,500 times, faced some criticism from other reporters over the comments. This included Josh Kraushaar, politics editor at the National Journal, who said she had “another thing” in common with US president Donald Trump: “media scold.”