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In 2014, Rahm Emanuel, then mayor of Chicago, engaged in a year-long cover-up that followed the fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in 2014. Following the scandal and the public’s outrage, Emanuel passed on seeking reelection. But he landed on his feet, lining up gigs as a commentator for ABC News and The Atlantic.
The headline for Emanuel’s first essay in The Atlantic, “It’s time to hold American elites accountable for their abuses,” is ironic considering that the scandal-plagued former mayor was hired by two of the nation’s most prestigious media outlets, and that the journalism industry is often unwilling to hold its own members accountable.
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