Welp, it looks like The Oregonian won’t be picking up any new subscribers from Black Twitter.
The Portland-based newspaper got ripped, slammed and dragged Sunday after tweeting out a link to an article with the headline: “Who is Yolanda Adams, Super Bowl 2020?s ‘America The Beautiful’ singer?”
Black Twitter quickly schooled the paper by letting it know a simple Google search would have revealed the gospel singer is a legend. She has multiple Grammy Awards and was named Billboard Magazine Gospel Artist of the Last Decade. She’s also served as a judge on the BET gospel competition series Sunday Best.
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Who is Yolanda Adams, Super Bowl 2020?s ‘America The Beautiful’ singer? https://t.co/SUDNB39Xcw pic.twitter.com/7wsJR8lIhr
— The Oregonian (@Oregonian) February 2, 2020
Twitter users took aim at The Oregonian by posting hundreds of comments in response to its tweet.
“Delete this immediately, this not how we doing #BlackHistoryMonth,” one person replied.
“No one black works at the Oregonian, huh?” someone else responded.
A third person wrote, “Please hire some black people.”
While someone else said, “Collective Black disapproval.”
Even the BET Gospel Twitter account chimed in writing, “Uh! @YolandaAdams is a LEGEND and she knows the devil is BUSY AND A LIAR!”
The Oregonian was on a roll Sunday, and also disrespected popstar Demi Lovato — who sang the national anthem at the big game — with a headline asking: “Who is Demi Lovato?”
FYI, Lovato is a 27-year-old former Disney star. She served as a judge on the X-Factor and has been nominated for two Grammys.
