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John 8:7 When they persisted in questioning him, he stood up and said to them, "The one without sin among you should be the first to throw a stone at her." Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark. “If in winning a race, you lose the respect of your fellow competitors, then you have won nothing” - Paul Elvstrom "The Great Dane" 1928 - 2016 | |||
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Latest fundraising tally for the Children's Hospital (as of noon) was $1.7 million. My daughter saw a pickup with a full back window sign that said "Dear America, We apologize for the DM register. Sincerely, Iowa" | |||
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So that little brewery is all out of canned Iowa legend. But let not your heart be troubled they'll have more ready tomorrow. | |||
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Knowing is Half the Battle |
At least the offending reporter has been canned, but not the supervising editor who approved it. They just came out with more "sorry but not sorry" HERE | |||
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Peace through superior firepower |
What in the world are you talking about? | |||
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Shall Not Be Infringed |
VERY Cool! ____________________________________________________________ If Some is Good, and More is Better.....then Too Much, is Just Enough !! Trump 2024....Save America! "May Almighty God bless the United States of America" - parabellum 7/26/20 Live Free or Die! | |||
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How about some good old fashioned media shaming for what they did to a guy that turned an unintended consequence into something good. Same media.... Shame Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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Register report gets fired! Well, they aren't saying whether he got canned or quit, but you can judge for yourself! Either way, his hypocrisy caught up with him. Now the editor needs to go as well Reporter no longer with Des Moines Register | |||
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There had to be editors, etc. that approved the story before it went to press. Wonder if they leave to? Jim | |||
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^^^^^ Reporter fired or whatever? EXCELLENT! Stupid should hurt...even badly, sometimes. Moron. I believe I’ll have to switch to Coors Light from now on. AB can eat a bag of fecal matter...virtue-signaling sunsabitches. "If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24 | |||
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The executive editor posted a response to readers' outrage today (September 26th). She also said she welcomed feedback. I complied. First, her response: https://www.desmoinesregister....onations/3780741002/ OPINION We hear you. You’re angry. Here’s what we are doing about it. Carol Hunter, Des Moines Register Published 8:31 p.m. CT Sept. 26, 2019 | Updated 9:16 p.m. CT Sept. 26, 2019 The Des Moines Register staff has heard from hundreds of people in the past few days upset over our handling of a story on Carson King, the 24-year-old whose Busch Light sign on ESPN’s “College GameDay” show launched more than a million dollars in donations to an Iowa children’s hospital. We’ve listened with an open mind to everyone, but especially Iowans, the people who are our neighbors, who care as much as we do about our state and everyone who lives here. And we hear you: You’re angry, you’re disappointed and you want us to understand that. I want to be as transparent as possible about what we did and why, answer the questions you’ve raised and tell you what we’ve learned so far and what we’ll try to do better. For one, we’re revising our policies and practices, including those that did not uncover our own reporter’s past inappropriate social media postings. That reporter is no longer with the Register. King’s generosity is a great story, and the Stead Family Children’s Hospital is a great cause. The story shifted Tuesday evening, however, when King held a news conference with local TV stations to acknowledge racist tweets from his past, and Busch Light, one of the companies bankrolling his fundraising, distanced itself from him. The Register reporter writing the profile had discovered the tweets on King’s public timeline earlier in the day, and he asked King about them. King, to his credit, expressed immediate regret. The timeline gets a bit complicated here: Register editors discussed at length whether to include information about the tweets and King’s remorse in our profile, but we were still editing the story when King talked to local TV stations. Busch Light announced its decision shortly afterward. We hadn’t yet published anything about his tweets when some people on social media began accusing the Register of doing King wrong and ruining a potential opportunity to continue raising millions of dollars to help sick children. Many of you have said the timeline is beside the point. You’ve asked instead why we chose to look into King’s tweets in the first place. Some of you then noticed questionable tweets by the reporter himself, which the Register then began to investigate. I’ll discuss some of the steps in our decision-making later. But rest assured, we’re examining all of our processes with fresh eyes. In response to this week’s conversations, we’re focused on: Our policies for backgrounding individuals in stories, with particular attention to acts committed by juveniles and to the newsworthiness of that information years later. The shift in social media culture and how activities on those platforms reflect upon a person’s newsworthiness in general. Our screening policy and social media vetting for employees. Some of you wonder why journalists think it’s necessary to look into someone’s past. It’s essential because readers depend on us to tell a complete story. In this case, our initial stories drew so much interest that we decided to write a profile of King, to help readers understand the young man behind the handmade sign and the outpouring of donations to the children’s hospital. The Register had no intention to disparage or otherwise cast a negative light on King. In doing backgrounding for such a story, reporters talk to family, friends, colleagues or professors. We check court and arrest records as well as other pertinent public records, including social media activity. The process helps us to understand the whole person. There have been numerous cases nationally of fundraising for a person experiencing a tragedy that was revealed as a scam after media investigated the backgrounds of the organizer or purported victim. As journalists, we have the obligation to look into matters completely, to aid the public in understanding the people we write about and in some cases to whom money is donated. Deciding what to publish Once we have obtained information in background checks, how do we decide what to publish? It weighed heavily on our minds that the racist jokes King tweeted, which we never published, were disturbing and highly inappropriate. On the other hand, we also weighed heavily that the tweets were posted more than seven years ago, when King was 16, and he was highly remorseful. We ultimately decided to include a few paragraphs at the bottom of the story. As it turned out, our decision-making process was preempted when King held his evening news conference to discuss his tweets and when Busch Light’s parent company announced it would sever its future ties with King. King told us later that Busch Light representatives had called him early Tuesday afternoon to say the company was severing any future relationship. Neither the Register nor King had notified the company about the tweets. Busch Light made its decision independently of any news coverage on the tweets. Social media use by Register employees Now I’ll turn to the investigation into our reporter’s social media use: Until readers called to our attention some inappropriate posts from several years ago, the Register was unaware of them. Employees of the Register are vetted through typical employment screening methods, which can include a review of past social media activity, but the screening processes did not surface those tweets. Register employees additionally must review and agree to a company-wide social media policy that includes a statement that employees "do not post comments that include discriminatory remarks, harassment, threats of violence or similar content." We also have policies that speak to our company values. We took appropriate action because there is nothing more important in journalism than having readers’ trust. Moving forward None of what’s happened has slowed King’s fundraising for the children’s hospital. We can all agree that’s good news. While Busch Light has said it won’t have future business ties with King, it is honoring its financial pledge to the hospital, committing to donate more than $350,000. Other businesses, from the Venmo digital payments company to Goldie’s Ice Cream Shoppe in Prairie City, have stood by their pledges or increased them. Thank you for your concerns about our coverage and for hearing me out directly here. To everyone who called, wrote and posted your opinions — your passion about news and its role in our society is clear. We heard you say you want news coverage that helps bring us together, not divide us. We agree, and we appreciate your heartfelt critiques of our work, as well as your support. Carol Hunter is the Register’s executive editor. She wants to hear your questions, story ideas or concerns at 515-284-8545, chunter@registermedia.com, or on Twitter @carolhunter. My e-mail to her: Dear Ms. Hunter: Your September 26, 2019 opinion column explaining your handling of the Carson King situation was, in a word, lame. For starters, you stated an absurd rationale for allowing Mr. King's social media history to be revealed: "There have been numerous cases nationally of fundraising for a person experiencing a tragedy that was revealed as a scam after media investigated the backgrounds of the organizer or purported victim." No one will disagree that for this type of story, it is entirely appropriate to do a quick routine background check to determine if a subject has a criminal history and examine whether a fundraiser is genuine---neither of which is difficult to accomplish. If it's a scam, THEN throw in the social media sins to show the individual is a bigot as well. But if it isn't a scam, then you have no business exposing the skeletons in the closet. Had your now-former employee (I'll get to that in a minute) done even a minimal amount of legwork, he could have found out rather quickly that both the fundraiser and the person were on the up-and-up. You should have stopped right there. Secondly, you insulted your readers with how you dealt with Aaron Calvin in the story. You simply said, "That reporter is no longer with the Register." That's allowing him to slink off to the woods without being called out by name for what he is and what he did. And by allowing him to do that, you showed a complete lack of leadership. You and your editors blew it in your meeting when you allowed the social media information to be included in the article. Instead of taking a stand and saying, "What Carson King is doing as a 24-year-old completely overshadows the stupid comments he made as a 16-year-old," you bowed to political correctness. Since I'm sure you'll do a thorough investigation on me, I'll tell you up front: I graduated with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from Southern Methodist University in 1977, didn't make the best grades, but learned what the profession was then but no longer is---telling the truth and taking a stand for the truth instead of taking sides (which we see way too much of these days). My mother was born in Pleasantville, I still have distant relatives up in that area (I'll make it easy for you, the family name is Shawver), and they'd be as ashamed of what you did as I am. Sincerely, (My full name, address, and e-mail) | |||
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Peace through superior firepower |
And all this nonsense about "Carson King showed remorse, so..." Who the fuck cares if he's showed remorse? Since when is that a part of the equation when a news outlet pulls some slimy shit like this? He doesn't owe them or us or anyone the first Goddamned thing in the way of an apology or remorsefulness or pennance or whatever. He quoted a TV show, years ago when he was a minor. Big Goddamned deal. Who's the wronged party in all of this? Some people are terminally confused. Anyone who wants an apology from this young man, take your expectation and shove it so far up your ass that it comes out of the top of your empty head. He doesn't owe you jack shit. | |||
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Spectemur Agendo |
I doubt their desperate attempts will help them at this point. I know a ton of people who are cancelling their Register subscriptions and telling them exactly why. SIGforum's triple minority "It can't rain all the time." - Eric Draven | |||
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This was the papers clear attempt at damage control, and everyone sees it for what it was. I wish King had said openly “I was quoting one of the funniest comedians in the game. Are you going after Dave next?”. Glad to hear a lot of folks aren’t buying the explanation. “Remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from a virus they got vaccinated against because you’re not vaccinated.” - author unknown | |||
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Seriously...they should have canned the editor as well. You'd think there should at least one responsible adult at the rag...little Aaron didn't do this all by his lonesome. Would love this think this was the end of "cancel culture" BS but its not about social awareness or "righting wrongs" but its about people using what little power they have to oppress and hurt people of opposing views, and possibly the socialist/communist tenet that requires punishing the overachieving individual, as in no one person should be glorified more than the collective (read Harrison Bergeron by Vonnegut for a great example of this taken to the absurd extreme).
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I've never been a subscriber, but I buy the Sunday paper. Not any more. Slight thread drift: I'm sure fellow IA residents share my dislike of editorial page writer Rehka Basu. | |||
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A Grateful American |
FWIW. The Des Moines Register is part of the USA Today Group. For those who may choose to let them know your opinions on the matter... "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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Knowing is Half the Battle |
I'm amazed there has been no offer of money by the Register to further the goal of $2 million by the end of September. They have seen unprecedented website traffic from this I am sure and their articles are behind an Ad Wall, you have to turn your adware off to read them. They may only be pay per click which wouldn't be much change in revenue, but they could be paid by number of views. | |||
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Rehka Basu is the reason I cancelled my subscription years ago. The Register sent her to Ferguson, MO, to "cover" the results of the Grand Jury proceedings in the Michael Brown shooting. After the Grand Jury refused to indict Officer Darren Wilson and the Obama DOJ cleared him, she still wrote on the front page of the Register that Office Wilson was GUILTY of murder! I cancelled the next day. | |||
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Hey guys, we were all wrong. Aaron Calvin is the victim here... Buzzfeed to the rescue! https://www.buzzfeednews.com/a...term=4ldqpgc#4ldqpgc “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams | |||
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