City Paper Omits Crediting Twitter Activists

By A.F. James MacArthur
Agitator-In-Chief
@BaltoSpectator 

Seen below is the full response by A.F. James MacArthur on Twitter, to the Baltimore City Paper piece by Edward Ericson Jr., regarding Baltimore Police Department reversing the practice of blocking users on Twitter.

1) There was an article written about @BaltimorePolice's sudden epiphany on how disingenuous blocking folk on Twitter makes them look.
— Agitator In Chief (@BaltoSpectator) January 7, 2015

2) The article failed to give any context, choosing to omit mentioning the ceaseless pressure put on the department by so many users.
— Agitator In Chief (@BaltoSpectator) January 7, 2015

3) It almost infers the move was sporadic, having been prompted only as a result of the papers inquiry. This simply isn't the case.
— Agitator In Chief (@BaltoSpectator) January 7, 2015

4) I reject the attempt by @city_paper to try to claim all the credit for raising the issue & getting people unblocked by @BaltimorePolice
— Agitator In Chief (@BaltoSpectator) January 7, 2015

5) At the same time, I'd like to thank @city_paper for joining in the effort, of a well known, long established campaign for truth from BPD.
— Agitator In Chief (@BaltoSpectator) January 7, 2015

6) Many of us had long been calling for @BaltimorePolice to unblock people. I even personally brought up the issue, face to face with Batts.
— Agitator In Chief (@BaltoSpectator) January 7, 2015

7) By joining the ongoing efforts of many others & myself, @city_paper very well could have been the straw that broke the camels back..
— Agitator In Chief (@BaltoSpectator) January 7, 2015

8) We are thankful for their work, & hope in the future they will continue being a voice demanding accountability from @BaltimorePolice.
— Agitator In Chief (@BaltoSpectator) January 7, 2015

9) Finally, a rewrite or update by @city_paper acknowledging the collective efforts of twitter users on this issue would be appreciated.
— Agitator In Chief (@BaltoSpectator) January 7, 2015

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Researcher, independent investigative journalist, and entrepreneur, A.F. James MacArthur has been a member of the underground news network for over 20 years. During this time, he's been a frequent subject of attack by government officials under the guise of law enforcement. Although closely watched and followed, he's often boycotted from being given any credit for his work by mainstream media.
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Editorial Rant: Baltimore Mainstream Media Clinging To Inaccurate Reporting

From today's Baltimore Sun re: the water main break; "The rupture, which occurred about 4 a.m..."

Now hold it right there. The problem is, this is patently untrue. Every last one of the mainstream media outlets in town reported this as the time. Although I was there around 2:30AM and it was already happening, and I reported this hours before everyone else, rather than citing me as an eye witness, on scene source, they would rather continue to spout inaccurate information. (see my video report for proof their time is way off)

Am I the only one bothered by deliberate repetitions of incorrect information? My issue with this is, to me I've caught them. How many other times are numerous erroneous facts repeated over and over and we all buy into it not knowing any better? Were I not already on the scene when they were all sleeping, I would be buying into this error too.

My point is, if they're wrong and careless with accuracy on the small things, such as the time of an event, can they be trusted on the larger more weighty matters.

Want to know why they're doing this? Because on this issue, I was right, and they are wrong and it pains them to back me up or use me a source, a mere blogger. Never mind truth and accuracy, let's just be elitist towards others trying to bring "truth to the masses."

And to those who would argue this to be trivial, think about a court of law. Do you think if a witnesses time was way off and contrary to other evidence it would hold up very well? In the court of public opinion, I want to know how well do you regard our local Baltimore mainstream media in terms of accuracy.


-A.F. James MacArthur