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The Controversy Of Saturday Night Live By Katie Rich

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In late January of 2017, Saturday Night Live writer Katie Rich made a tweet that struck great controversy in the media. Rich stated that Barron Trump, Son of United States President Donald Trump, would be “the first homeschooled shooter” shortly following the Inauguration of President Trump. Not too long after it was confirmed that Rich was suspended indefinitely from her writing job for SNL. She issued a public apology for her tweet on her twitter after she had deleted her previous offensive tweet. The story did not stop there as days later Rich was offered a job as a writer for Rick and Morty, a popular cartoon that is featured on Adult Swim. Dan Harmon, Creator and senior writer for the show tweeted “Aaaaaaaand hired.” Making sure to tag …show more content…

There is not a clearly stated author or writer to sign their name to such a bold claim, so why believe a piece of news no one would claim? Secondly, although the title of the article claimed that Rich was offered a job after her tweet, no follow information other that Harmon’s tweet was included in the article. A job offered over twitter is already seen as not reliable, but if one were to go through the tweets Harmon has made prior to this particular instance, it can be seen that Harmon often jokes on his twitter, even going as far as to start controversy himself with tweets such as “…I got wicked menstruations it's like my whole baby-hole's retahded today (sits down, rubs it)” (Harmon). To cite a source such as twitter as a credible source hurts the argument that this was a serious job offer and with there being no follow up tweet or public statement from the show stating that Rich has joined the writing board of Rick and Morty, the only logical conclusion is that the title of the article did not match any actual evidence of a professional job offer. Although there have been many sources that speak on the same job offer, such as TheWrap news, Heat Street news as well as numerous others that all fail to include a follow up about said job offer or a quote directly from Harmon confirming or denying the claim formally giving

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