Furious netizens are assuming and hoping for George Chidi, a politics and democracy reporter from The Guardian, to get fired after he makes controversial comments against a Channel 5 reporter.
Key Takeaways
- George Chidi is a southeast-based journalist. His work covers issues on politics and democracy.
- Chidi has been working with The Guardian since January 2024.
- His comment about a Channel 5 journalist was recorded live.
George Chidi Has Been Working With The Guardian For Almost a Year
As of August 2024, journalist George Chidi has been working with The Guardian for almost seven months.
He started working with them in January this year.
Furthermore, Chidi has been working as a freelance writer for Contributes to The Intercept, Decaturish, and more media houses.
The official website of The Guardian has plenty of his articles. The company also has a small introductory section about him.
George Chidi Comments On Channel 5 Journalist
Chidi lashed out at a correspondent from Channel 5 News outside of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, on August 20, 2024.
Channel 5, without filters, has added the same interaction to their Instagram with the caption “Channel 5 live at the DNC. We made some friends.“
The YouTube channel journalist introduced himself as Sidam, who had a ski mask on. When he asked The Guardian reporter about himself, he said,
I’m a journalist, I write for The Guardian.
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On being probed about the same, he added,
“Yeah, big paper, London, ninth largest English language publication in the world, The Guardian. I’m a legitimate journalist. Who are you?”.
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Their interaction got rather argumentative. George went on to say,
“I am staring at a man who claims to be a journalist and will not identify themselves. You’re a fu*k up. Legitimate journalists will take issue with this and once I’m done with all of this shit, I’m going to find out what the hell this bullshit is about.”
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The video was cut off until, in another clip, Chidi was captured making offensive remarks about Sidam and his parents.
“This is fu**ed up, your people are fu**ed up, the folks who are listening to this s**t are fu**ed up. You should be ashamed of yourself if you’re giving this guy clicks.”
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The reporter furiously added before walking away from the camera,
“F**k you, f**k your mother, in fact I got 20 bucks I’ll go f**k your mother. Maybe she’ll give me 10 bucks back so that her husband can fu**ing watch.”
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An onlooker criticized not only Chidi but also The Guardian for being as reckless.
George Chidi Protects His X Account
After his controversial statement about the Channel 5 correspondent, Chidi received a flood of comments from angry netizens.
As a result, he has protected his X account from being viewed by other users.
The public on the internet is hopeful that the journalist will be fired from The Guardian and has been tagging the official site of the media house, requesting the same.
Till now, it has not been confirmed whether the company has made the big decision.
While rumors about Chidi’s possible firing have been circulating around the internet, The Guardian has been rather silent about the matter.
In Case You Didn’t Know
- George Chidi is from Decatur, Georgia, United States.
- Chidi has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business.
- He studied journalism at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
