Vandals defaced the front of the Democrat & Chronicle offices Friday morning with anti-media messages.

Employees of the news organization arrived Friday morning to find the word "liars" spray painted on three of the first-floor windows along Main Street.

One of the windows was painted with the phrase "you brood of vipers," a biblical reference.

More:We’re your neighbors. We’re journalists. Vandalism won’t change those facts.

Surveillance footage showed the incident occurred just before 4:30 a.m. Friday.

Police are reviewing video footage from other nearby cameras.

"I'm incredibly disappointed that somebody in our community would do this," said Karen Magnuson, the Democrat and Chronicle's executive editor. "I realize that all journalists appear to be under fire these days, but you couldn't find a more dedicated group of people working extremely hard every day to cover their community. If someone has an issue with our coverage I'd love to talk to them about it."

SLAHMAN@Gannett.com