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[Grace Cangialosi]

I just checked Snopes and found that, of the six journalists arrested, charges have been dropped against one; prosecutor wouldn't give information on other cases pending.

> On Jan 28, 2017, at 12:18 AM, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com> wrote:
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> So was it actually true about the journalists? I saw that report and was
> very disturbed by it.
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>> On 28 January 2017 at 06:19, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> The item about the journalists was reported by dailyKOS.com; they said
>> their source was the New YorkTimes.
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>>> On Jan 27, 2017, at 7:38 PM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I also have not noticed a rightward shift on NPR. I wonder if it's your
>>> local public radio coverage that's the problem, Jay? I do listen daily,
>> and
>>> so would surely notice such a shift. I'm also surprised that I haven't
>>> heard or read anything about these journalists being arrested. I read the
>>> NYTimes cover to cover every Sunday, and there wasn't a word, unless I
>>> somehow missed it.
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 12:48 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I'm interested in your comment about NPR, Jay. That's where I get most
>> of
>>>> my news...along with the BBC news Hour--and I hadn't noticed that shift
>> to
>>>> the right. In fact, I've noticed that if they do interview folks on the
>>>> right, they challenge them pretty directly, sometimes arguing
>> persistently.
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jan 25, 2017, at 11:34 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> If I want reasonably unbiased news, I tend to go to The Guardian-US and
>>>>> Al-Jazeera English. I've given up on NPR because it's taken a hard turn
>>>> to
>>>>> the right, and I don't subscribe to WaPo or NYT because I don't pay for
>>>>> online subscriptions.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Arresting journalists for doing their work is typical of totalitarian
>>>>> regimes.
>>>>> 
>>>>> And what, pray tell, is "disgusting and obscene" about a pink (or other
>>>>> colored) hat with cat ears? Really.~smdh~
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 11:15 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com
>>> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Well, he pulled the NYT's credentials for awhile during the campaign,
>>>> and
>>>>>> I fully expect him to do that again at least for the near future. Same
>>>> with
>>>>>> the Washington Post.
>>>>>> And, in case you haven't seen it, 6 journalists who were covering the
>>>>>> protests during the actual inauguration were arrested and arraigned on
>>>>>> felony charges. Hearings will be in March or April, I forget which.
>>>>>> "1984" no longer seems like fiction--Alternative Facts are the modern
>>>>>> version of New-speak.
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>>>> --
>>> Ann
>>> 
>>> The Rev. Ann Markle
>>> Buffalo, NY
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