Here are some updates and final thoughts about some items from the recent past. Blogger harassment series update There was much discussion on the last series of posts about fired soccer coach Terri Patraw and her harassment of Reno blogger Ryan Jerz. First there were a number of comments in response to the final [...]
May 10, 2009
Why Reno’s Free Speech Champions Don’t Have Your Back Read Part I and Part II. The public response to Ryan Jerz’s situation, despite it being well known and well documented in the Reno area, was little to none. Some posted comments of support on his blog at the time. But nobody – journalist, blogger or [...]
May 9, 2009
Why Reno’s Free Speech Champions Don’t Have Your Back Read Part I here. What happens when a victim/villain case isn’t black and white? What happens when the purported ‘victim’ is in fact the villain cloaked in victim’s clothing? These are questions Reno blogger Ryan Jerz* has had to consider. When the aggressor isn’t the [...]
May 8, 2009
Why Reno’s Free Speech Champions Don’t Have Your Back If Kitty Genovese’s name rings a bell, that bell should have a somber tone. Here’s why: it is commonly told that in 1964 Genovese was sexually assaulted and murdered in front of a number of bystanders, all of whom did nothing to stop [...]
April 12, 2008
I purposefully avoid discussing local matters for two reasons: 1. there’s ample material of which I often know too much, and 2. in light of number one, I try to maintain a decent amount of good juju with my colleagues. I admit I’m not always successful. Thus, this blog’s emphasis has rarely been about matters [...]
May 16, 2009