Earlier today, I posted a disturbing story of an NBC reporter threatening a community group who questioned his police bias. I’ve now been shown an old email the reporter apparently sent to police chief calling him “bro,” inviting him for “beers,” and giving info on unhappy cops.
Here is a link to the unprofessional threat to retaliate by not covering the community group’s concerns in the news. @nbcbayarea can you confirm the authenticity of the email? Did you know about it? Do you condone the threats?
Another mystery: reporter seems to be claiming in his twitter rant against the community group that he learned of the misleading story from police twitter, but it seems like he may have close relationships with police who asked him to do an anti-bail reform story. @nbcbayarea?
It’s incredible that a news station would condone a reporter suggesting he won’t cover news concerns of one of the most beautiful, loving, powerful community groups I’ve ever encountered because he doesn’t like some of their (valid) criticism.

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4 Dec
THREAD: The San Francisco Chronicle just published a Iong article on drug addiction. Prominent national journalist @ezraklein told people to "stop scrolling twitter and read it." The piece is a dangerous manipulation of a personal story for reactionary ends.
The article tells a tragic, moving story about a mom grappling with her daughter’s addiction. But this deeply personal story is leveraged to back up quietly asserted and highly consequential policy claims in favor of human caging and needles suffering.
Let me note right away and in simple terms that the article's pro-human caging policy suggestions are like climate science denial.
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Thread. The New York Times has published another irresponsible, dangerous article contributing to a manufactured panic about "retail theft." A few points you should know. nytimes.com/2021/12/03/bus…
First, look at the "expert" sources the reporters choose to rely on in this story. It's unbelievable, even for a paper that routinely skews toward corporate and police sources. Here are the expert sources the NYT cites, supposedly to help people understand the issue, in order:
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-"Industry veterans"
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It could be news that the mayor and police chief of a major US city are caught misleading the public for political benefit, but instead this local reporter acts as their stenographer. Shameful.
Here is a thread with actual information in it about the issue:
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1 Dec
Pay close attention to the statement by the "progressive" Brooklyn DA: he praises a high-level prosecutor in his office after courts found the prosecutor committed egregious misconduct (which would be a federal felony) to falsely convict Julio Negron. nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-c…
After learning what courts found this prosecutor did, local and federal officials could have prosecuted him, could have fired him, or could have just made a public comment condemning his crimes. Instead, they chose to praise him, and he keeps is promotion.
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This is a thread about cash bail. A number of prosecutors, police, and media pundits are blaming "bail reform" for specific crimes, like the recent tragedy in Wisconsin. Here's the truth about cash bail.
First, have you ever seen a bail hearing? Watch this video to see what we're talking about. Does this barbaric assembly line bureaucracy look like safety to you?
Second, only the U.S. and the Philippines allow for-profit cash bail. The rest of the world thinks it is grotesque and irrational to allow private corporations to profit by determining who is caged and who is free with their families based on how much cash they have.
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The NYT wrote another pro-police propaganda piece that had all of the usual problems I’ve discussed before (more on that below). But the editors chose to add a headline that stated that “murders ‘doubled overnight’” in the Bronx, New York. Here’s where it gets devious. Image
Notice that NYT editors chose to put the “doubled overnight” in quotes. Why? It's a signal they aren’t reporting it as a verified fact, but as a quote from a source. In the article body, we learn they are quoting a former cop turned local professor. Here it gets more devious.
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