I thought I was the only one not feeling the U.S. and leaving. I am not into watching terrorism on my behalf because I am not validating white supremacy or white Jesus.
Kavanaugh accuser breaks silence about sexual misconduct allegations, UPDATE 9/26 5th ACCUSER & MORE
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I thought I was the only one not feeling the U.S. and leaving. I am not into watching terrorism on my behalf because I am not validating white supremacy or white Jesus.
I hear you.....
Becoming an expat...and giving up one's citizenship... is a big deal...and should involve years of research and meditation.
It's life changing.
In my case, I have been in Canada since 2009, so my decisions are not based on 45.
There should never be a single cause for emigrating.
Develop a "whole systems" perspective.
Where you choose to land, breakdown the advantages and disadvantages on a personal, financial, social, legal and ethnic level.
Remember first and foremost...you are an earthling...dont feel tied down to one "country" on mother earth.
These lukewarm politicians exist because in their household it's like:
dad = conservative
mom = conservative
young son = liberal (as he matures ------> conservative)
young daughter = liberal (as she matures -------> conservative)
For some of us (the ill-informed) liberals vs conservative is like good vs evil.
For the informed, it's more like liberals + conservatives = white domination and privilege
They over at Fox trying to use Pelosi to hype them up for midterms. Talking about impeaching Brett.
Republicans were about to sleep through these midterms. Sadly, Trump is a master at pumping shit up. This going to be a long fucking month.[/QUOTE]Kennedy stepping down just before the midterms was a huge gift to Trump and the GOP.
Cosign 1000%They're cacs. They'll just blame Obama.
This nigga heya
Here’s some breaking news Cory...THEY don’t love YOU, me, or anyone else who isn’t one of them
Fuck outta here with that bullshit
And this is why this motherfucker stays on my list. Because every time he steps up and does something solid, he backtracks into bullshit like this.
People need to feel some hurt and use that pain to build into something that will change things. This is not the time to talk peace with the people who just victimized you.
Old white men out here taking victory laps like they won the Super Bowl, and you want to "build a bridge"? Today? Fuck no, bruh.
Political Dems stay on some lukewarm shit on the regular. Can we get some proper fire spitters into these chairs, please? At this point, I say wipe the whole slate clean, flush everyone out of office and start clean. We'd lose a handful of good people, but the legacy of fuckery leaves too hard a stain. Best to just go with something new and keep an eye on the system from now on.
On background investigations the WH is basically a client to the FBI and they're able to set the parameters of the investigation. It's flawed but they haven't done anything wrong, it's the WH and Republican Senate who shoulder the blame here.
I do think this has the predictable effect of further undermining faith in our institutions. I don't think this is an accident. Putin has gotta be loving this shit show and the GOP are undoubtedly traitors to this country. The Heritage Foundation selected 25 potential nominees for the WH's consideration who were all equally conservative in their ruling patterns and they prob all had easier paths to conformation. There was no reason to power fwd with Kavanaugh (beyond his views on shielding POTUS from indictment).
What a wild fucking ride these 2 years have been
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They're cacs. They'll just blame Obama.
Republicans don't care, the probably believe Dr. Ford.
This is about politics, not caring about the truth or what happened.
Ok I thought I was the only one who thought this.
Oooh Check this out about Susan Collins husband and if this is true then Everything starting to make sense with her decision and it’s not good.
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100211122605
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100211122605
They over at Fox trying to use Pelosi to hype them up for midterms. Talking about impeaching Brett.
Kennedy stepping down just before the midterms was a huge gift to Trump and the GOP.[/QUOTE]
It was planned, kennedy’s Son was trumps loan officer at Duesch bank.. the only bank to loan trump money when no one else did and the same bank that was sanctioned by the US and paid a hefty fine for being a money laundering base for Russians..
Mueller going to fuck all them niggas in the ass.. you see how he handed off that Cohen file to the SDNY...
That Kavanugh appointment trump thinks will save him but Mueller gonna hand that tax evasion file off to NYAG.. they already on trumps ass..
Thank you brother may I have another...
http://time.com/5410749/emma-gonzalez-brett-kavanaugh-parkland-privileged-white-boy/?iid=obinsite
Parkland Survivor Emma Gonzalez Calls Brett Kavanaugh a 'Privileged White Boy'
SEN. LISA MURKOWSKI VOTED 'PRESENT' INSTEAD OF 'NO' ON KAVANAUGH AS FAVOR TO GOP COLLEAGUE
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By GINA MARTINEZ
September 29, 2018
Parkland shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez spoke out against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh Friday, calling him a “privileged white boy.”
Shortly before the Senate Judiciary Committee voted on confirming Kavanugh, Gonzalez urged her followers on Twitter to contact their senators and ask them to vote against the potential Supreme Court Justice.
“Call your senators and tell them to vote no for Kavanaugh,” Gonzalez tweeted.”The future of our country deserves more than a privileged white boy who’s spent his whole life over-drinking and can’t answer a simple question without acting more immature about it than a 4-year-old.”
Kavanaugh has been publicly accused by three women of sexual misconduct over the last two weeks. The first accusation came from Professor Christine Blasey Ford who brought her allegations to the Senate Judiciary Committee this week. She said in the 1980s, Kavanaugh pinned her down on a bed and covered her mouth as he grinded on her and attempted to take off her one-piece bathing suit. His second accuser, Deborah Ramirez claimed that Kavanaugh exposed himself in front of her during a college party. On Wednesday, a third accuser named Julie Swetnick came forward with claims that she witnessed him “consistently engage in excessive drinking and inappropriate contact of a sexual nature with women in the early 1980s.”
During his testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday he denied all allegations of misconduct.
Gonzalez and her Florida classmates have been politically active following the February 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting that killed 17. They have advocated for gun control, helped organize national marches and have publicly opposed Republican politicians.
Parkland Survivor Emma Gonzalez Calls Brett Kavanaugh a 'Privileged White Boy'
SEN. LISA MURKOWSKI VOTED 'PRESENT' INSTEAD OF 'NO' ON KAVANAUGH AS FAVOR TO GOP COLLEAGUE
×
By GINA MARTINEZ
September 29, 2018
Parkland shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez spoke out against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh Friday, calling him a “privileged white boy.”
Shortly before the Senate Judiciary Committee voted on confirming Kavanugh, Gonzalez urged her followers on Twitter to contact their senators and ask them to vote against the potential Supreme Court Justice.
“Call your senators and tell them to vote no for Kavanaugh,” Gonzalez tweeted.”The future of our country deserves more than a privileged white boy who’s spent his whole life over-drinking and can’t answer a simple question without acting more immature about it than a 4-year-old.”
Kavanaugh has been publicly accused by three women of sexual misconduct over the last two weeks. The first accusation came from Professor Christine Blasey Ford who brought her allegations to the Senate Judiciary Committee this week. She said in the 1980s, Kavanaugh pinned her down on a bed and covered her mouth as he grinded on her and attempted to take off her one-piece bathing suit. His second accuser, Deborah Ramirez claimed that Kavanaugh exposed himself in front of her during a college party. On Wednesday, a third accuser named Julie Swetnick came forward with claims that she witnessed him “consistently engage in excessive drinking and inappropriate contact of a sexual nature with women in the early 1980s.”
During his testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday he denied all allegations of misconduct.
Gonzalez and her Florida classmates have been politically active following the February 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting that killed 17. They have advocated for gun control, helped organize national marches and have publicly opposed Republican politicians.
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on his Kanye shit with all this talk about love shit.....
John Oliver Blasts Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court Confirmation
by Lisa de Moraes
October 7, 2018 9:42pm
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John Oliver opened Last Week Tonight recapping the pretty good week for Donald Trump, “the mentally unstable man with nuclear weapons we all love making angry.”
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It says something about our standards these days that a “pretty good week” includes a blockbuster New York Times investigation about Trump possibly having committed massive tax fraud, and boarding Air Force One after a rally with toilet paper stuck to his shoe which, Oliver called “objectively funny,” “unsurprising” and “totally on brand” for our president.
Big news for the recently wrapped week was Brett Kavanagh’s confirmation, guaranteed when Sen. Susan Collins announced she was giving him a “yes” vote – a decision Wall Street Journal editorial page disgustingly, and also unsurprisingly, headlined, “Susan Collins Consents.”
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Trump, who previously had said he found Christine Blasey Ford, who had accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault in high school, to be credible, but then made fun of her at rally, and argued that men are the real victims.
What became painfully clear, Oliver acknowledged, was that, at no step in Kavanaugh’s confirmation, was there any chance of altering Republicans’ course: not Ford’s testimony, not the wildly inadequate FBI investigation, not the letter signed by 2,400 law professors opposing Kavanaugh’s appointment, not retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens who said that, after watching Kavanaugh’s testimony, he no longer felt Kavanaugh was fit for the country’s top court.
But no one, Oliver argued, embodied the Republican party’s indifference better than Sen. Orrin Hatch, who told protesters to “grow up” and waved dismissively at them. Even setting aside the spectacular condescension of telling adult women
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to “grow up,” “that wave is a pretty clear ‘F*ck you’,” Oliver spelled out.
Also utterly shameless in his commitment to bad-faith argument, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell accused Democrats of being obstructionist – really rich given that McConnell blocked Merrick Garland from getting the Supreme Court seat. McConnell bragged that one of his proudest moments of his life was when he looked President Obama in the eye and said “Mr. President, you will not fill this Supreme Court vacancy.”
Oliver speculated it would be a pretty awkward for the McConnell family at Thanksgiving when he explains to his three sons how they are nothing compared to “that one time he was a dick to The Cool President.”
Meanwhile, Sen. Chuck Grassley, who heads the Senate Judiciary Committee, whined about what he said were falsehoods
being spread about Kavanaugh. But, when presented by Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo with a baseless conspiracy theory about the protesters who argued with GOP Sen. Jeff Flake in an elevator, Grassley signed-on immediately.
“So many people believe it I tend to believe it,” Grassley beamed of Bartiromo’s theory George Soros was behind the protesters. Oliver stated the obvious: no one has to pay people to yell at Flake; they would do it for free.
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Finally, someone on television covering Kavanaugh’s appointment dared to say Sen. Susan Collins’ decision to give Kavanaugh a thumbs-up was NOT even remotely surprising. “She disappoints at a rate normally associated with dinners cooked by
divorced dads,” Oliver noted, accurately.
Collins, Oliver further argued, engaged in “spectacular bad-faith bullshit.” Announcing her decision, she huffed and puffed indignantly about what she called the boatload of “dark money” spent opposing Kavanaugh’s appointment which she charged had corrupted this process.
Except, Oliver pointed out, of the $9M spent on special-interest ads about the process, about $7M was spent in support of Kavanaugh – more than half of that coming from right-wing Judicial Crisis Network.
“This entire process wasn’t about principle; it was about getting what you want, no matter how you have to do it, or what damage it does to…fundamental trust in the Supreme Court,” Oliver scolded. “It was borderline pathological” which, Oliver said, brings things back around to Trump, naturally.
At a rally In Minnesota, his win at all cost philosophy was laid “terrifyingly” bare, when he made fun of Al Franken, who resigned as senator after multiple accusations of misconduct. Trump knocked him, not for what he had done, “but for being dumb enough to take responsibility for it.”
Trump has gotten away with so much in his life, for so long, he mocked the very idea of accountability. And his base loved it.
“I bet in the Trump household, the board game ‘Sorry’ is just called ‘Pussy’,” Oliver snarked.
by Lisa de Moraes
October 7, 2018 9:42pm
HBO
John Oliver opened Last Week Tonight recapping the pretty good week for Donald Trump, “the mentally unstable man with nuclear weapons we all love making angry.”
Related
News Anchor Resigns After Defending Brett Kavanaugh On Facebook
It says something about our standards these days that a “pretty good week” includes a blockbuster New York Times investigation about Trump possibly having committed massive tax fraud, and boarding Air Force One after a rally with toilet paper stuck to his shoe which, Oliver called “objectively funny,” “unsurprising” and “totally on brand” for our president.
Big news for the recently wrapped week was Brett Kavanagh’s confirmation, guaranteed when Sen. Susan Collins announced she was giving him a “yes” vote – a decision Wall Street Journal editorial page disgustingly, and also unsurprisingly, headlined, “Susan Collins Consents.”
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Trump, who previously had said he found Christine Blasey Ford, who had accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault in high school, to be credible, but then made fun of her at rally, and argued that men are the real victims.
What became painfully clear, Oliver acknowledged, was that, at no step in Kavanaugh’s confirmation, was there any chance of altering Republicans’ course: not Ford’s testimony, not the wildly inadequate FBI investigation, not the letter signed by 2,400 law professors opposing Kavanaugh’s appointment, not retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens who said that, after watching Kavanaugh’s testimony, he no longer felt Kavanaugh was fit for the country’s top court.
But no one, Oliver argued, embodied the Republican party’s indifference better than Sen. Orrin Hatch, who told protesters to “grow up” and waved dismissively at them. Even setting aside the spectacular condescension of telling adult women
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to “grow up,” “that wave is a pretty clear ‘F*ck you’,” Oliver spelled out.
Also utterly shameless in his commitment to bad-faith argument, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell accused Democrats of being obstructionist – really rich given that McConnell blocked Merrick Garland from getting the Supreme Court seat. McConnell bragged that one of his proudest moments of his life was when he looked President Obama in the eye and said “Mr. President, you will not fill this Supreme Court vacancy.”
Oliver speculated it would be a pretty awkward for the McConnell family at Thanksgiving when he explains to his three sons how they are nothing compared to “that one time he was a dick to The Cool President.”
Meanwhile, Sen. Chuck Grassley, who heads the Senate Judiciary Committee, whined about what he said were falsehoods
being spread about Kavanaugh. But, when presented by Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo with a baseless conspiracy theory about the protesters who argued with GOP Sen. Jeff Flake in an elevator, Grassley signed-on immediately.
“So many people believe it I tend to believe it,” Grassley beamed of Bartiromo’s theory George Soros was behind the protesters. Oliver stated the obvious: no one has to pay people to yell at Flake; they would do it for free.
C-Span
Finally, someone on television covering Kavanaugh’s appointment dared to say Sen. Susan Collins’ decision to give Kavanaugh a thumbs-up was NOT even remotely surprising. “She disappoints at a rate normally associated with dinners cooked by
divorced dads,” Oliver noted, accurately.
Collins, Oliver further argued, engaged in “spectacular bad-faith bullshit.” Announcing her decision, she huffed and puffed indignantly about what she called the boatload of “dark money” spent opposing Kavanaugh’s appointment which she charged had corrupted this process.
Except, Oliver pointed out, of the $9M spent on special-interest ads about the process, about $7M was spent in support of Kavanaugh – more than half of that coming from right-wing Judicial Crisis Network.
“This entire process wasn’t about principle; it was about getting what you want, no matter how you have to do it, or what damage it does to…fundamental trust in the Supreme Court,” Oliver scolded. “It was borderline pathological” which, Oliver said, brings things back around to Trump, naturally.
At a rally In Minnesota, his win at all cost philosophy was laid “terrifyingly” bare, when he made fun of Al Franken, who resigned as senator after multiple accusations of misconduct. Trump knocked him, not for what he had done, “but for being dumb enough to take responsibility for it.”
Trump has gotten away with so much in his life, for so long, he mocked the very idea of accountability. And his base loved it.
“I bet in the Trump household, the board game ‘Sorry’ is just called ‘Pussy’,” Oliver snarked.
News Anchor Resigns After Defending Brett Kavanaugh On Facebook
by Dino-Ray Ramos
October 7, 2018 7:53pm
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After writing a Facebook post defending Brett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, news anchor Kris Long was suspended before resigning from his position at CBS affiliate KESQ-TV in Palm Springs.
Related
John Oliver Blasts Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court Confirmation
The veteran journalist took to Facebook to write a 400-word post defending Kavanaugh on Sept. 17, well before he was confirmed to the Supreme Court. The post has since been deleted.
He started off by supporting the #MeToo movement. “I have absolutely no sympathy for the increasingly long list of well-known names who have fallen from grace because they thought with their little head and not their big one.”
Then, his thoughts start to take a turn.
“You are beyond dreaming if you think 17-year-old boys are not going to misbehave from time to time as they begin to attempt relationships with the opposite sex,” he wrote. “That is just the way animals are made!”
He also wrote “few things are more serious as rape and that Ford’s accusation “stinks of political maneuvering.”
Long added that if he were nominated Supreme Court, “they might have to enlarge the Senate hearing room to accommodate all the young women from the mid to late 1960’s who felt that I had tried to go a bit too far!”
Naturally, his comments and choice of words drew a lot of backlash from commenters and journalist before he deleted the post.
Long resigned the day before Kavanaugh was confirmed and the station accepted his resignation which was “effective immediately.”
He replaced the deleted post with an apology, saying, “The previous post to this page has been deleted. This is a sensitive and controversial subject and I apologize for any offense that this has caused.” He released another statement on Friday when he resigned: “I want to thank those who have offered support and apologize again for any I may have offended. I hope to return to the news business in the future.”
He added, “I wish I hadn’t written (the post) because it’s caused me a lot of headache. This is a sensitive and controversial subject and I apologize for any offense that this has caused.”
Read the post below.
by Dino-Ray Ramos
October 7, 2018 7:53pm
Patsy Lynch/Shutterstock
After writing a Facebook post defending Brett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, news anchor Kris Long was suspended before resigning from his position at CBS affiliate KESQ-TV in Palm Springs.
Related
John Oliver Blasts Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court Confirmation
The veteran journalist took to Facebook to write a 400-word post defending Kavanaugh on Sept. 17, well before he was confirmed to the Supreme Court. The post has since been deleted.
He started off by supporting the #MeToo movement. “I have absolutely no sympathy for the increasingly long list of well-known names who have fallen from grace because they thought with their little head and not their big one.”
Then, his thoughts start to take a turn.
“You are beyond dreaming if you think 17-year-old boys are not going to misbehave from time to time as they begin to attempt relationships with the opposite sex,” he wrote. “That is just the way animals are made!”
He also wrote “few things are more serious as rape and that Ford’s accusation “stinks of political maneuvering.”
Long added that if he were nominated Supreme Court, “they might have to enlarge the Senate hearing room to accommodate all the young women from the mid to late 1960’s who felt that I had tried to go a bit too far!”
Naturally, his comments and choice of words drew a lot of backlash from commenters and journalist before he deleted the post.
Long resigned the day before Kavanaugh was confirmed and the station accepted his resignation which was “effective immediately.”
He replaced the deleted post with an apology, saying, “The previous post to this page has been deleted. This is a sensitive and controversial subject and I apologize for any offense that this has caused.” He released another statement on Friday when he resigned: “I want to thank those who have offered support and apologize again for any I may have offended. I hope to return to the news business in the future.”
He added, “I wish I hadn’t written (the post) because it’s caused me a lot of headache. This is a sensitive and controversial subject and I apologize for any offense that this has caused.”
Read the post below.
Local CBS Anchor Resigns After Kavanaugh Defense
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh with WH attorney Don McGahn watching behind (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
By Cathy Burke | Sunday, 07 October 2018 02:25 PM
A veteran CBS news anchor in California has resigned after defending Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh from an 11th-hour allegation of sexual assault during his confirmation hearings, the Palm Springs Desert Sun reported.
In a Sept. 17 Facebook post, Kris Long wrote that “few things are more serious than rape,” but that the timing of accuser Christine Blasey Ford’s claim “stinks of political maneuvering,” Fox News Digital reported. The post drew160 comments.
Long has been off the air at CBS Local 2 since the post, the Desert Sun reported, and issued an apology the following day.
“I wish I hadn’t written [the post] because it’s caused me a lot of headache, this is a sensitive and controversial subject and I apologize for any offense that this has caused,” he wrote, Fox New reported.
In a written statement last Friday, Gulf California Broadcast Company General Manager Jerry Upham wrote that the Palm Springs CBS affiliate had accepted Long's resignation “effective immediately.”
“Kris Long has been an integral part of this company’s news organization and we’d like to thank him for his many years of service,” Upham wrote.
Long also commented in the same written statement that “I want to thank those who have offered support and apologize again for any I may have offended. I hope to return to the news business in the future.”
Read Newsmax: Calif. Anchor Kris Long Resigns After a Defense of Kavanaugh on Facebook | Newsmax.com
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Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh with WH attorney Don McGahn watching behind (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
By Cathy Burke | Sunday, 07 October 2018 02:25 PM
A veteran CBS news anchor in California has resigned after defending Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh from an 11th-hour allegation of sexual assault during his confirmation hearings, the Palm Springs Desert Sun reported.
In a Sept. 17 Facebook post, Kris Long wrote that “few things are more serious than rape,” but that the timing of accuser Christine Blasey Ford’s claim “stinks of political maneuvering,” Fox News Digital reported. The post drew160 comments.
Long has been off the air at CBS Local 2 since the post, the Desert Sun reported, and issued an apology the following day.
“I wish I hadn’t written [the post] because it’s caused me a lot of headache, this is a sensitive and controversial subject and I apologize for any offense that this has caused,” he wrote, Fox New reported.
In a written statement last Friday, Gulf California Broadcast Company General Manager Jerry Upham wrote that the Palm Springs CBS affiliate had accepted Long's resignation “effective immediately.”
“Kris Long has been an integral part of this company’s news organization and we’d like to thank him for his many years of service,” Upham wrote.
Long also commented in the same written statement that “I want to thank those who have offered support and apologize again for any I may have offended. I hope to return to the news business in the future.”
Read Newsmax: Calif. Anchor Kris Long Resigns After a Defense of Kavanaugh on Facebook | Newsmax.com
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News anchor Kris Long resigns after defending Kavanaugh from sexual assault allegations
Amy DiPierro, Palm Springs Desert SunPublished 3:35 p.m. PT Oct. 5, 2018 | Updated 3:31 p.m. PT Oct. 6, 2018
Kris Long, a veteran Coachella Valley news anchor for CBS Local 2, has resigned after penning a 400-word Facebook post defending Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh from an accusation that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted an acquaintance while in high school.
Long’s public post ignited debate on Facebook over Kavanaugh’s confirmation, the assault claim and journalistic ethics. Long has been off the air since the Sept. 17 evening newscast.
In a written statement on Oct. 5, Gulf California Broadcast Company General Manager Jerry Upham wrote that the Palm Springs CBS affiliate had accepted Long's resignation “effective immediately.”
More: Brett Kavanaugh confirmed as Supreme Court justice, cementing conservative control
“Kris Long has been an integral part of this company’s news organization and we’d like to thank him for his many years of service,” Upham wrote.
Long also commented in the same written statement.
“I want to thank those who have offered support and apologize again for any I may have offended,” Long said. “ I hope to return to the news business in the future.”
More: Palm Springs residents explain why they are protesting Kavanaugh
More: A Facebook post defending Brett Kavanaugh got this local news anchor thrown off the air for a week
More: Local TV news anchor off the air since defending Kavanaugh against assault claim in Facebook post
In September, Christine Blasey Ford, a California professor, went public with an accusation that Kavanaugh assaulted her at a high school party. Both Kavanaugh and Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in September. Following the emotional hearing, the FBI concluded an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against the nominee. As of Friday afternoon, Kavanaugh was set for a vote confirming him to the Supreme Court as early as Saturday.
USA TODAY: 'Very, very difficult vote': The wavering senators who decided whether Brett Kavanaugh joins the Supreme Court
In an earlier interview with The Desert Sun, Long said he stood by his initial Facebook post, but would further emphasize that he condemns rape. He also said he understood why some victims of sexual assault opt not to report the crime immediately.
“I wish I hadn’t a written (the post) because it’s caused me a lot of headache," he said.
calls on journalists to eschew activities that “may compromise integrity or impartiality, or may damage credibility." Other journalism associations and news organizations have adopted guidance on how to use social media specifically.
But recently, some journalists have challenged traditional ideas of objectivity, saying journalists should be transparent about their opinions rather than seek some illusory standard of impartiality.
Long’s post drew more than 160 comments in the hours after Long published. Readers have continued to comment even since he has taken down the post.
Some readers reproached CBS Local 2 for taking Long off the air in September. But others said they had lost respect for Long and called for him to retire.
In its October statement, the Gulf California Broadcast Company noted Long’s reporting history and past awards, including a local Emmy for his coverage of the Salton Sea.
Upham, the General Manager, commented in a written statement that Long “has a following and we know he will be missed by many in the area. On behalf of Kris’s colleagues here at CBS Local 2 and the Gulf California Broadcast company, we wish him the very best.”
Amy DiPierro, Palm Springs Desert SunPublished 3:35 p.m. PT Oct. 5, 2018 | Updated 3:31 p.m. PT Oct. 6, 2018
Kris Long, a veteran Coachella Valley news anchor for CBS Local 2, has resigned after penning a 400-word Facebook post defending Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh from an accusation that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted an acquaintance while in high school.
Long’s public post ignited debate on Facebook over Kavanaugh’s confirmation, the assault claim and journalistic ethics. Long has been off the air since the Sept. 17 evening newscast.
In a written statement on Oct. 5, Gulf California Broadcast Company General Manager Jerry Upham wrote that the Palm Springs CBS affiliate had accepted Long's resignation “effective immediately.”
More: Brett Kavanaugh confirmed as Supreme Court justice, cementing conservative control
“Kris Long has been an integral part of this company’s news organization and we’d like to thank him for his many years of service,” Upham wrote.
Long also commented in the same written statement.
“I want to thank those who have offered support and apologize again for any I may have offended,” Long said. “ I hope to return to the news business in the future.”
More: Palm Springs residents explain why they are protesting Kavanaugh
More: A Facebook post defending Brett Kavanaugh got this local news anchor thrown off the air for a week
More: Local TV news anchor off the air since defending Kavanaugh against assault claim in Facebook post
In September, Christine Blasey Ford, a California professor, went public with an accusation that Kavanaugh assaulted her at a high school party. Both Kavanaugh and Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in September. Following the emotional hearing, the FBI concluded an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against the nominee. As of Friday afternoon, Kavanaugh was set for a vote confirming him to the Supreme Court as early as Saturday.
USA TODAY: 'Very, very difficult vote': The wavering senators who decided whether Brett Kavanaugh joins the Supreme Court
In an earlier interview with The Desert Sun, Long said he stood by his initial Facebook post, but would further emphasize that he condemns rape. He also said he understood why some victims of sexual assault opt not to report the crime immediately.
“I wish I hadn’t a written (the post) because it’s caused me a lot of headache," he said.
calls on journalists to eschew activities that “may compromise integrity or impartiality, or may damage credibility." Other journalism associations and news organizations have adopted guidance on how to use social media specifically.
But recently, some journalists have challenged traditional ideas of objectivity, saying journalists should be transparent about their opinions rather than seek some illusory standard of impartiality.
Long’s post drew more than 160 comments in the hours after Long published. Readers have continued to comment even since he has taken down the post.
Some readers reproached CBS Local 2 for taking Long off the air in September. But others said they had lost respect for Long and called for him to retire.
In its October statement, the Gulf California Broadcast Company noted Long’s reporting history and past awards, including a local Emmy for his coverage of the Salton Sea.
Upham, the General Manager, commented in a written statement that Long “has a following and we know he will be missed by many in the area. On behalf of Kris’s colleagues here at CBS Local 2 and the Gulf California Broadcast company, we wish him the very best.”
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