Archive for 'Death Threats'
Justice in Tulsa?
District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler earlier this week told the World he doesn’t know what more the family could have done to avoid the tragedy.
Prosecutors had attempted to keep 61-year-old Majors in jail as he awaited trial on a host of charges including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and protective order violation. Those charges stem from a September 2015 case in which Majors is accused of running down Haifa Jabara — Khalid Jabara’s mother — with his car on a neighborhood street.
Despite prosecutors calling him a “substantial risk to the public,” and a protective order remaining in place against him, Majors was released on bond after eight months in jail. When he was released in May, he returned home next door to the Jabara family.
Posted: September 3rd, 2016 under Associated Press, CNN, Constitutional Crisis, Death Threats, Hate Crimes, Law Enforcement, Tulsa Bombing Black Wallstreet.
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Silence Really Is The Voice of Complicity
Elizabeth Warren There’s a history of demagogues calling those they disagree with “terrorists” and using that as justification for intimidation and violence – and that history is ugly and dangerous. There’s also a history of people staying quiet for too long, hoping for the best but watching silently as the threat metastasizes. Donald Trump […]
Posted: March 14th, 2016 under Constitutional Crisis, Death Threats, Entertainers, Fox News, GOP Debates, Political Figures, Propaganda.
Tags: 2016 Election, Decency, Hatemongers, Journalists, Outrageous Behavior, Professor Barnes, Senator Elizabeth Warren
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JOURNALISM’S REAL HEROS AREN’T DRAWING OFFENSIVE CARTOONS
Two reminders: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled to learn that the body of Anabel Flores Salazar, a crime reporter for the El Sol de Orizaba newspaper, was found on the Cuacnopalan-Oaxaca road in Puebla state on 9 Feb 16, a day after the 32-year-old mother was abducted from her home in neighbouring Veracruz state. […]
Posted: February 19th, 2016 under Associated Press, BBC, CNN, Death Threats, Law Enforcement, Media.
Tags: First Amendment, Journalists, Robin Barnes
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The Beginning of a Political Revolution Led By Young Women By Robin Barnes
Parsing Talk of Danger, Targets, Hell and Bimbos This blog is largely devoted to media analysis, featuring original posts or those written by others that speak to issues surrounding media influence in public debate. The 2016 Election coverage offers the more grist for the mill than nearly any other source, as it provides a first-hand […]
Posted: February 10th, 2016 under Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Death Threats, Media, Multi-media platforms, Propaganda, Regulators.
Tags: 2016 Election, Bernie Sanders, Campaign Donations, Clinton, Corruption, Economic Crisis, Elizabeth Warren, Financial Fraud, Gloria Steinem, Goldman, Iowa, Lloyd Blankfein, Madeline Albright, New Hampshire, Robin Barnes, Rock the Vote
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Fox News is a hate machine, spewing out horrible things” about Muslims
Fox News is a hate machine, spewing out horrible things” about Muslims, Attorney Michael Malowney
Posted: January 23rd, 2016 under Death Threats, Fox News, Law Enforcement, Media.
Tags: Assault weapons, First Amendment, Hate Crimes, Islamophobia, News of the World, Robin Barnes, Rupert Murdoch
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Islamophobic Media Coverage Is Out Of Control. It Needs To Stop! By Gabriel Arana
The Arabic word Islam simply means ‘submission’, and derives from a word meaning ‘peace’.
Posted: November 19th, 2015 under £1 programme scandal, Associated Press, CNN, Death Threats, Fox News, Independent, Iraq War, Media, PEACE, Propaganda.
Tags: #notinmyname, Anti-iMuslim, Corey Saylor, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Erik Wemple, First Amendment, Gabriel Arana, Islamophobic Media Coverage, Jack Mirkinson, Journalists, Migration Policy Institute, News of the World, Outrageous Invasions, Robin Barnes, Saudi Arabia, Yasser Louati
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HEADLINES REVEAL A TALE AS OLD AS TIME By Robin Barnes
Female Reporters Threatened With Violence For Reporting On Patrick Kane Allegations. Female Journalists Abused Online, with Threats of Killing and Rape. Twitter abuse: Women journalists get more threats. Most Female Journalists Have Been Threatened, Assaulted, or Harassed at Work. Here’s […]
Posted: September 28th, 2015 under Associated Press, BBC, CNN, Code, Death Threats, Defamation, Media, Media lawyers, Misogyny, Multi-media platforms, Not Ready to Make Nice, Violence Against Women.
Tags: Assaulted, Female Reporters Threatened, Journalists Abused Online, or Harassed at Work, Robin Barnes, Threatened, Twitter abuse
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