Thank you MSNBC, oh I mean the North Coast Journal for your enlightening portrayal of bullying, or should I say “bully pulpit.” (“Waiting for Answers,” March 7.) So you write, “Carrie pulled out her cell phone camera and went to work.” I can only imagine what was happening, and must have included perhaps a compromised book depository situation, or people were forced to double park, or the suspect was sitting in the police car without proper sun protection. I mean there had to be something right?
And you know, thinking about Carrie, perhaps she’s just a real big jerk and the police were simply doing their jobs. But how is the public supposed to know anything but what your one-sided and subjective reporting and updates describe? Not content with reporting on the news, I guess you have to create it, comment on it, feed it, build it, etc … (like most right wing or left wing nut jobs do so they can gain more audience share). Ever think to have an objective report comprised? Too much trouble? I’m likely to be looking forward to “Carrie and her Camera,” a new column in your rag, for years to come. Thank you in advance for that as well.
Aaron Gottschalk, Bayside
This article appears in Beasts and Children.
It is shocking when a journalist actually does some reporting in this county…poor Aaron.
Thanks to corporate media, most Americans are deluded into believing that the truth is what you find somewhere in-between opposing views.
Too bad more reporters don’t report what they see.
Aaron wrote, “…I can only imagine what was happening,…“.
You can only imagine, since the police stopped her from taking pictures. That’s the problem.
There might well been a conflict of personalities involved in the incident. The bottom line, however, is that the transparency gained through recording police actions is important for the safety of both the public and the police.
To suggest we should be restricted from recording the actions of armed agents of government is dangerous to liberty.
As far as the Journal’s report on the incident being one- sided, the officers in question have any number of venues available to present their side of the story, including this magazine, I’m sure. Why haven’t they taken advantage of it?
Yeah, playing off “I’m a reporter!” while using a shitty cellphone camera is worth a laugh. Nobody believes the North Coast Joke anymore.