Meet the Mangione Press Corps
The Free Press • • nation
Key Points:
- Outside a Manhattan courthouse, reporters awaited statements from Luigi Mangione’s defense team following his recent hearing.
- Two young women with official New York City press passes made controversial remarks about Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare who was fatally shot in December 2024.
- One woman explicitly expressed indifference to Thompson’s death, a comment that was captured on video and widely circulated.
- The video, shared by a New York Daily News reporter on X, has garnered 3.8 million views, drawing significant public attention to the incident.
- The women’s official press credentials were visible in the video, raising questions about their conduct as members of the press.