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Citizen Journalist Thrown Out of City Council Receives $200,000 Settlement

In a victory that should be celebrated by journalists and activists alike, Citizen Journalist Nydia Tisdale announced a settlement with the Mayor and the Chief of Police in Cumming, GA from her Federal lawsuit that was getting ready to go to trial in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Tisdale had filed a    complaint after she was was banned from filming Cumming City Council meeting on April 17, 2012.

Nydia Tisdale settles lawsuit against Cumming Mayor Gravitt

FK – The First Amendment doesn’t contain the words ‘press pass.’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zWrxupUyfs

Gun Control Group Wants Reporter Fired For Speaking At A Pro-Gun Rally

The gun control group the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV) wants Fox News affiliate WTTF to fire its investigative reporter, Emily Miller, claiming that she violated journalistic ethics by criticizing Washington D.C.’s strict gun laws at a recent event.

In its attempt to get Miller fired, CSGV pointed to a Jan. 19 speech she gave at an event held by the Virginia Citizens Defense League — which CSGV claims is “a radical pro-gun group that embraces the use of political violence.”

During the rally, Miller said that Washington D.C. “is not part of America, because they don’t recognize the Second Amendment.”

Miller also told the audience that she was “part of this fight that we’re all in.”

Citing the Society of Professional Journalists, CSGV asserts that Miller should be fired from her job on the grounds that journalists should “act independently” by avoiding “conflicts of interest, real or perceived.”

FK – Propaganda for we, but not for thee…