Being a journalist is not an easy job. As a writer for a bigtime publication, your every word gets scrutinized and every misstep is maximized. This has been the case for Tomás Mier over the past few days.
For starters, Tomás Mier is a staff writer for Rolling Stone who writes about music, TV shows, and films among other topics. Tomás was hired by Rolling Stone back in December 2021. He has also previously worked as a reporting intern at the Los Angeles Times and NBC Universal. His articles have been featured in Teen Vogue, People Magazine, and many other notable publications.
Tomás has been under heavy criticism this past week for tweeting a racist photo of a monkey in response to The Weeknd’s comments about Rolling Stone. View the photo below:
After public backlash, Tomás issued the following apology via his Twitter account:
What are your thought’s on the Tomás Twitter controversy? Do you think his apology was sincere and a simple mistake or was he being intentionally racist towards The Weeknd?
You can find Tomás’ articles for Rolling Stone here and Instagram here.
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