SMEARED: Community First Services, Inc. Jack Brown III, CEO, Brooklyn, NY, USA - Response to Journalist Sam Dolnick and His Inaccurate Attack Piece
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The following post is a line-by-line response to the inaccurate attack piece, authored by Journalist Sam Dolnick, of the New York Times on December 12, 2012.
The content of said article is quoted verbatim hereunder. The text and & Sam's Photo are reproduced under the "fair use" doctrine and provisions of U.S. copyright laws for news, education and criticism. |
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Text displayed in DARK BLUE or RED is the original story as published. The DARK BLUE text is content that does not require a response; RED text represents Journalist Sam Dolnick’s lies, spin or innuendo for which a response is demanded.
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Introduction.
Sam Dolnick used numerous logical fallacies in his 'hatchet job' against my team and myself. He attempted to destroy years of collective work and commitment to changing lives. A "logical fallacy" is what we would generally referred to as a "lie". However, it is important to define specific categories of lies in order to better understand the duplicitous motivations of the journalist, and better investigate ethical conflicts.
When someone is sick, if we name the illness it loses some of its power. Society is sick due to media manipulation and unethical journalists who are driven not be truth, but by advertising revenue. This in turn is driven by sensational stories, sometimes these stories are true and need no embellishment. Nevertheless, sometimes journalist suffering from a writers block resort to dressing fiction up as fact. This is a cancer on society and we have a moral responsibility to call these people out for what they are.
This article is still being written. Please check back regularly for updates.
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