Fiona Moriarty-McLaughlin responds to fake activism claims that angered LeBron James

Fiona Moriarty-McLaughlin faced r of social media last month after a video of her allegedly pretending to be an activist went viral online. former intern at Washington Examiner was called out for reportedly executing a photo-op feigning to help looted community in Santa Monica amidst Black Lives Matter protests. video caught attention of NBA icon LeBron James and pop star Pink, who called out Fiona Moriarty-McLaughlin for her 'fake activism' and alleged attempt to gain popularity on social media.

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Fiona Moriarty-McLaughlin responds to fake activism claims 

In her opinion column in USA Today, Fiona Moriarty-McLaughlin said that her social media accounts were flooded with hate and death threats and she lost her internship with Washington Examiner. She explained context of video, and what she was doing in Santa Monica, along with  entire drill incident. McLaughlin wrote that she wanted to do something, having witnessed destruction amidst Black Lives Matter protests and as a journalism student her first reaction was to document places of devastation, while she also wanted to capture efforts of cleanup crews and construction workers who were starting to rebuild. Fiona Moriarty-McLaughlin claims that cleanup crews and construction workers are ‘unsung heroes’ and she chronicled videos of desolation as well as personnel fixing storefronts.

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Fiona Moriarty-McLaughlin responds to video that caught LeBron James' eye

Speaking about video, Fiona said that she asked her far to pull over after seeing a number of businesses being shut down. She spoke to a construction worker who was putting up plywood and thanked him for his effort. As y spoke about cleanup, worker handed her drill in a friendly manner and in spur of moment a photograph was taken.

She ded that re was photo-op, fake activism or malicious attempt behind her interaction and all reports me were completely false. Fiona ded that she ticed two activists were filming her and heckled her by calling out “Black Lives Matter” and “boyfriends of Instagram.” Fearing m, she quickly returned to her car after thanking carpenter and stated that idea of posting photo never crossed her mind.

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Fiona Moriarty-McLaughlin reveals she got death threats after LeBron James' criticism

However, things went from b to worse for Fiona Moriarty-McLaughlin as video went viral on social media. She claims that hecklers couldn’t recognise her or her far due to m wearing masks amidst coronavirus pandemic, but dug out information using her car’s number plate. Soon, her name, dress, phone number, and or details were out re on social media and her accounts were bombarded with malicious threats by harassers.

Fiona also called out journalism surrounding entire incident and claimed that news was riddled with errors. She claimed that in some reports her far was described as her boyfriend, while a report said that she said “Good job guys, BLM” in video. However, Fiona refutes those reports suggesting that it was one of hecklers who said that and t her.

Fiona Moriarty-McLaughlin ded that she did t delete her social media accounts, but attempts to report and hack her piled up. McLaughlin claimed that a number of fake accounts spewing hate speech were created and y are yet to be taken down despite her countless reports against m. She said that all she wanted to do was to record and distinguish work and back-breaking labour of people many take for granted who helped reinstate Los Angeles. However, she fell into " trap of online cesspit of sanctimony, false narratives, and bait". She became victim of social media mob’s cancel culture and wrote, "y won’t destroy me. I won’t let m." 

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