It was bound to happen. With two school shootings happening so close together, UNCC and STEM School Highlands Ranch respectively, It was inevitable that some organization or news outlet would come out with an exaggerated number about how many school shootings have happened this year. This time it was CNN claiming that there have been …
CNN’s Amber Lyon Ambushed Craigslist — But She Won’t Talk to The Village Voice: Not satisfied with going after Ashton Kutcher and his crusade against human trafficking The Village Voice has taken to going after CNN reporter Amber Lyon. For those of you who may not know Amber Lyon has been instrumental in reporting on …
Online sex ads complicate crackdowns on teen trafficking: This is an article from CNN’s Amber Lyon, she of the Craig Newmark ‘ambush’ interview. It’s a follow-up to craigslist shutting down its adult services section. In it she talks about how the human trafficking ads have migrated to the Village Voice Meida owned backpage. A representative …
Reporter’s Sex-Trafficking Questions Silences Craigslist Founder: I’ve posted before about how craigslist founder Craig Newmark was stunned into silence by CNN reporter Amber Lyon when she approached him with sex ads from craigslist. In case you missed it you can see the video here. In this article from CBS News this is what a craigslist …
Craigslist vigilant in barring child sex ads: I like this new picture of Jimmy B. Makes him look even more evil. I’ll be alternating between this one and the classic one. And by vigilant he must mean oblivious but I digress. Anyway craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster decided to come down from his ivory tower long …
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=crime/2010/08/03/craigslist.sex.trade.cnn Sold on Craigslist: Critics say sex ad crackdown inadequate: I implore you to please watch the entire video from CNN. Not only will you see that the victims of human trafficking on craigslist are real but it will also show you the boldface lies that craigslist puts out. I used to cut Craig Newmark …
Child prostitutes sell themselves on Craigslist: This is the best article yet that I’ve read on the problem of child prostitution on craigslist. I’m not going to quote the meat of the article because this is one of those articles that needs to be read in its entirety. However, I will quote a part where …
CNN sues over FEMA dead body request: In response to FEMA’s request for news outlets to not photograph the dead bodies left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina by filing a lawsuit. Because of that, a federal judge has issued a restraining order against the ban. I guess we can expect to see the pictures …
