CBS News journalist and correspondent Wesley Lowery deleted a tweet on Thursday that called an ailing Queen Elizabeth II an “oppressive ruler” just before Buckingham Palace announced her passing.
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Alex Griswold shared a screenshot of the deleted comment, adding just the word “deleted” in his own caption.
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— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) September 8, 2022
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Apparently addressing his many critics, Lowery tweeted, “You’re all right. Colonialism is in fact good. My bad lol.”
When someone asked why he had chosen to delete the original tweet, Lowery responded simply: “It was reductive — and that distracted from the broader point. And just didn’t think it was worth it to spend all day going back and forth on it.”
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