Over the weekend, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser got royally busted by the Washington Examiner’s Tiana Lowe for officiating at a maskless, indoor wedding.
EXCLUSIVE: Not 24 hours into the indoor mask mandate she imposed on DC, Muriel Bowser officiated an indoor wedding in Adams Morgan and stayed to fete with *hundreds* of fellow maskless guests. https://t.co/hY0Ji2zqnj
— Tiana Lowe (@TianaTheFirst) August 1, 2021
When encountered by the Washington Examiner, Mayor Bowser confirmed that she officiated the maskless, indoor wedding, but when asked why she was violating her own mask mandate, her security retinue quickly escorted her away. https://t.co/hY0Ji2zqnj pic.twitter.com/xozhIupSin
— Tiana Lowe (@TianaTheFirst) August 1, 2021
Well, today, it’s Washingtonian’s turn to royally bust the Washington Examiner:
UPDATE: The Washington Examiner writer who published photos of Mayor Bowser maskless at a wedding over the weekend was not invited to the wedding. https://t.co/Tc9MYIspsZ
— Washingtonian (@washingtonian) August 2, 2021
Yeah? So? https://t.co/oQBSOU2goe
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) August 2, 2021
So this is a journalistic scandal, obviously.
This is hilarious. https://t.co/uPgkvoeX26
— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) August 2, 2021
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/1422266777745215492
UPDATE: Upton Sinclair was not invited to meatpacking plant in Chicago. https://t.co/Xr3BZIq78L
— Philip Melanchthon Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) August 2, 2021
This ratio is going to be one for the books. pic.twitter.com/KkBplzNJK8
— Patrick Hedger (@PatHedger18) August 2, 2021
If there’s any justice in this world, then yes. Yes it will.
How do you define journalism? What would you say your job is?
— Run more buses and trains (and nothing else)! (@HeadwaysMatter) August 2, 2021
Hey Siri, what is journalism? https://t.co/IkrSDbsCf5
— Brad Polumbo 🇺🇸⚽️ 🏳️🌈 (@brad_polumbo) August 2, 2021
"Siri, how does reporting work?" https://t.co/kxZMCrGSob
— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) August 2, 2021
that’s called reporting, @washingtonian. pic.twitter.com/uh8Gyxo8QE
— Siraj Hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) August 2, 2021
LOL – it's called reporting you idiots. https://t.co/Bp3DlaQkhk
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) August 2, 2021
Yeah, but to be fair, most journalism these days isn’t about reporting, per se.
Journalism is such a foreign concept to these people they think it’s newsworthy when someone does it
— Keely Brazil Covello (@KeelyBrazil) August 2, 2021
Yep. No wonder Washingtonian is so flustered. This journalism thing is foreign territory for them.
Notice there's no denial that the pictures are real. https://t.co/moFzD1c0JG
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) August 2, 2021
Because they can’t deny. But they can deflect!
https://twitter.com/Gabby_Hoffman/status/1422264726223040518
Now we know who Bowser's office calls when they need a fluff job. Also did Tiana take those photos? Because if not then this story is totally pointless anyway. https://t.co/D7MEgEyTfG
— Noam "MF Blum" (@neontaster) August 2, 2021
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/1422267001704177668
Consider those wagons circled. https://t.co/cKwljox8Cu
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) August 2, 2021
Just doing their jobs.
Phew, glad we finally found the real story here
— Zachary Faria (@ZacharyFaria) August 2, 2021
LMAO I already said I wasn't invited this morning on @WMALDC w/ @LarryOConnor & @amber_athey. When a reporter gets information indicating that an elected official is violating her own law, she has a professional duty to…report the news. A novel concept these days, I know. https://t.co/dg9LmCjg5T
— Tiana Lowe (@TianaTheFirst) August 2, 2021
FYI Washingtonian — and any other “news” outlet that gets upset about actual journalism:
The real moral of this story: I will chase the tips and stories a lot of the DC press won't. My DMs are open & my email is public. Send me tips about politicians of any political stripe and I'll get the story regardless of whether or not I was "invited" to the party.
— Tiana Lowe (@TianaTheFirst) August 2, 2021
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional text and a tweet.