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Oct 14 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
A story no major outlet has picked up on: a right wing newspaper in Dallas that sued me for calling it propaganda and lost continues to quote/report on a hoax BLM group that was linked to a Republican PR firm, for stories that denigrate public schools and Democratic politicians.
Despite extensive coverage about Dallas Justice Now's link to a Republican PR firm and its dubious roots in Dallas, a right wing propaganda paper called the Dallas Express has quoted Dallas Justice Now on a number of topics.

Recently, Dallas Justice Now has been promoting school choice and vouchers. That happens to be a political issue the publisher of the Dallas Express, Monty Bennett, has been a major donor.

Dallas Justice Now has also started attacking Democratic politicians such as District Attorney John Creuzot, ostensibly for not being tough enough on crime, and enjoy positive and credulous coverage of their attacks in the Dallas Express.
Incidentally, the same Republican PR firm linked to Dallas Justice Now also happens to have worked with Keep Dallas Safe, a tough-on-crime astroturf organization that emerged in response to the BLM movement and also gets coverage in Dallas Express.

bylinetimes.com/2021/08/02/con…
I first exposed the astroturf nature of Keep Dallas Safe in February 2021. The former operators later falsely accused me of sexual harassment and have since been replaced by a recent UNT grad who used was arrested for DWI in late 2021.

dallasobserver.com/news/anonymous…
Also in February 2021, I noted the propagandistic nature of the Dallas Express in this article for the Dallas Weekly, over which Bennett tried and failed to sue us for defamation.

dallasweekly.com/2021/02/former…
Later, I noted the shared linkage between Dallas Justice Now and Keep Dallas Safe. I also noted how the first news stories about Dallas Justice Now were published in "pink slime" website and written by an author who has also written for Dallas Express.

web.archive.org/web/2021072815…
A few months after the article above was published, I was served with a lawsuit, which I won in the appeals court. Bennett's motion for a rehearing has been rejected.

dmagazine.com/frontburner/20…

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