This mentioned in media circuits all wkend- that the person was fired for a quote of a racial slur.

The sameway Gamestop redditter were intitial made superheros before more details became available

My problem w/ both in the next tweet. https://twitter.com/RottenInDenmark/status/1358553128308641794

It is a Henny Penny reaction

For people whose entire job/platform it is to be thoughtful, examining and careful with that loaded weapon they have called a large audience.

And they are not.

Their direct involvement to promote the Gamestop story in the light it did - may have caused direct harm to the public good.

You cannot do a pump and dump without the "pump"

It took days before more examining stories came out, and by then ppl had bought the stock.

Some of the early guys who "manipulated the stock" cashed out on the high.

The newer people road the turn down. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/02/02/gamestop-stock-plunge-losers/

Journos spent the wkend waxing abt their colleague unceremoniously firing -jumping in like a cafeteria fight

2 bad outcomes will come out of journalists doing this - they will erode their own credibility -abdicating their role as the 4th estate

Or they will create falsehoods