N&O blogger T. Keung Hui writes about the Resegregationist 5: Wanted for Crimes Against Wake County School Children campaign but inadvertently, I hope, uses a classic disinformation technique of the juxtaposition of unrelated facts in a manner that might discredit me (at least among those who aren't already totally appalled, lol!).
After discussing my post on Monday and an interchange with a blogger who couldn't be bothered to read the whole post, he states:
"Regardless, tensions are definitely higher at school board meetings now. Even though the crowd was smaller, more security was present on Tuesday. A sign at the public comment signup table told people to show proper behavior during the meeting."
"After the meeting ended, security escorted the board members to their cars."
Now, having discussed such things with reporters before, my best guess is that he'll say the term "regardless" separates the two which technically it does. However, the average reader won't necessarily process such details but only note the narrative flow: Monday Clyde did this, Tuesday security was heightened.
I don't think he intended to create that opportunity for misinterpretation but that's one of the problems with journalism as a practice, a reliance on stylebooks and professional practices that are increasingly disconnected from the readers themselves.
You can simply ask whoever called for increased security what was up and why they made that move. That should confirm my statements in a responsible, journalistic manner and possibly even avoid stirring up the real nutcases that already seem to be crawling out of the woodwork in response to my project.
Besides, if I was planning violence, I wouldn't have a blog and you would never hear my name. Instead, I've decided to make each stage of this campaign public so I will be posting about whatever I do. Think open source brand destruction rather than nutcase telegraphing his every move. Lol!
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