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THREAD: Mainstream media vilified & turned their backs on Esme Allman when Edinburgh uni treated her poorly. 1/10
So @BlackBalladUK decided to give her a chance to air her version (the truth) of events. This is the article: blackballad.co.uk/views-voices/e… 2/10
.@BlackBalladUK published her story 1st when no1else would. We have a paywall so if you wanna read content pay or give an email address 3/10
On the day Esme's story was published on @BlackBalladUK I saw that writer @NickCohen4 gave his email address to read the story. 4/10
Today, he published his article. amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/… Nowhere did he even provide a link to us, or say that we broke the story. 5/10
Once again, mainstream see a popular story & erase the efforts of black women who helped bring the issue to light. 6/10
He erased a platform for black women and got paid in the process- classic "privileged" journalism. 7/10
We have received abusive emails for publishing that story and I don't care because I would do it again. I don't appreciate it when 8/10
when privileged journalists don't give us the credit we deserve. Don't be doing heroics off the backs of black women & then 9/10
erase us in the process. Providing a link is not much to ask and the very basics of journalism in this day and age. 10/10
MAINSTREAM MEDIA takes from niche platforms like @BlackBalladUK & refuse to acknowledge our existence. Same old tired story.
