{"id":1015,"date":"2026-07-06T13:56:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T13:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/?p=1015"},"modified":"2026-07-06T13:56:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T13:56:52","slug":"ny-times-reporter-roasted-after-complaining-about-fourth-of-july-flyovers-in-dc-feels-like-the-apocalypse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/?p=1015","title":{"rendered":"NY Times reporter roasted after complaining about Fourth of July flyovers in DC: \u2018Feels like the apocalypse\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON \u2014 DC was a little too busy going full America for this New York Times reporter.<\/p>\n

A famed\u00a0ex-NPR host-turned-podcaster for the Gray Lady<\/a>\u00a0ignited a social media firestorm for railing against the\u00a0dozens of military flyovers<\/a>\u00a0that roared across DC\u2019s skies to mark America\u2019s 250th birthday.<\/p>\n

Lulu Garcia-Navarro, who hosts \u201cThe Interview\u201d for The Times, decried the awe-inspiring display of America\u2019s awesome military and engineering genius as \u201cnerve-wracking,\u201d triggering widespread social media mockery.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhy are we having so many jets scorching over DC? Nerve-wracking. I get 250 celebrations, but it feels like the apocalypse,\u201d Garcia-Navarro groused on X on Friday.<\/p>\n

She had complained at the very beginning of the aircraft flyover, which went on for a little over three hours on Friday.<\/p>\n

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