What sort of joke would a Detroit Free Press reporter make about a chemical spill that has left hundreds of thousands of West Virginians trying to make do without tap water? This sort.
https://twitter.com/rel1401/status/422948587304013824
Just wow. #bigotry from Detroit Free Press journo RT @BK_haveitmyway For those of you that missed @Zlatimeyer's tweet pic.twitter.com/MbxUNnlc5A
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 14, 2014
We know that Detroit is financially bankrupt, but come on.
@Zlatimeyer My family is from Detroit and moved to WV. I don’t really think that counts as a “joke.” Just pure disgraceful bigotry.
— Ry Rivard (@ryrivard) January 14, 2014
@Zlatimeyer not to mention an embarrassment to yourself and your publication.
— Geoff Coyle (@GFCoyle) January 14, 2014
Making a WV/incest joke offends me less as a W. Virginian & more as a fan of comedy. Try harder next time, @Zlatimeyer #Lazy @GrantTraylor
— Scott Dolan Barber (@ScottDBarber) January 14, 2014
https://twitter.com/BryanBumgardner/status/422948213167886337
.@Zlatimeyer took an hour and 37 minutes to apologize?
— Tony Dobies (@DOBIEST) January 14, 2014
@Zlatimeyer Sounds like someone needs "sensitivity" training. I really hope you're fired over this; absolutely awful/bigoted thing to say…
— Dusty (@Dusty_PWV) January 14, 2014
@jntesta @Zlatimeyer since when is a disaster which has harmed people (and could have harmed many more) an appropriate topic for a joke?!
— Kayla Bodnovich (@kayla_bodnovich) January 14, 2014
@Zlatimeyer Honestly, how did you think that would go over? Pure stupidity and ignorance. How you have a job as a writer is beyond me.
— Go Mountaineers! (@Mountaineers22) January 14, 2014
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You guys need to lay off @Zlatimeyer. Didn't you read her profile? She's a "nonconformist." She won't conform to rules of common decency.
— Dave Emke (@emkedave) January 14, 2014
At least she deleted the tweet.
I've removed the original tweet about #WestVirginia. Again, I apologize.
— Zlati Meyer (@Zlatimeyer) January 14, 2014
bets on when @zlatimeyer issues an official public apology for her dumb, unoriginal tweet/ how long her "leave of absence" will be?
— Chris Blake (@iamchrisblake) January 14, 2014
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Update:
Detroit Free Press assistant managing editor Stefanie Murray responds.
@michellemalkin Absolutely that was an inappropriate tweet. We are glad to see Zlati removed it and apologized. —@StefanieMurray, DFP
— Detroit Free Press (@freep) January 14, 2014
@freep @StefanieMurray Glad to hear that. Perhaps this was premature: https://t.co/nnroAduQv4 @Zlatimeyer
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 14, 2014
We’d say this was premature:
@Zlatimeyer You have done a great job learning Twitter! And you're better at Twitter self-promo than anyone else I know 🙂
— Stefanie Murray (@StefanieMurray) January 9, 2014