'YOU GUYS KILL ME': Dem mayor says media distorting stories because he's Black, demands newsrooms look more 'like me'
‘Jesse Watters Primetime’ asks schoolkids and teens their thoughts on Mayor Eric Adams’ decision to only serve vegan food in New York City on Fridays.Mayor Eric Adams lashed out at the news media after his trip to meet with lawmakers in Albany and suggested that coverage of him is distorted because he’s a Black man.
NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS TEARFULLY PINS RESPONSIBILITY ON CITY TO 'DO MORE' FOR ENDANGERED YOUTH AMID CRIME UPTICK "Diversify your newsrooms so I can look out and see people that look like me and say we are going to write stories based on the prisms that we have," Adams said."That's not what we're getting and that's why I'm covered the way I'm covered. And I'm not comfortable with it."
Adams continued,"I’m trying to figure out do you guys already write the stories before I do something and just live out what you have already written? I’m going to stop doing off topics because if you already have your perception of me and you’re already going to stick to what you think I am then why am I doing this?"CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
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