"I could swear I saw a quote from Blake in yesterday’s N&R online version saying he wouldn’t be rejoining the gang unit because he probably would face more harassment from fellow officers than the gangs themselves. An interesting perspective from a police officer who’s lucky to have a job, I thought to myself.Did the News & Record remove that commentary by Blake from its online story without comment? (It would not be the first time, or the second, or the third, or the fourth, or the fifth, or the sixth.)
"But the N&R —city government’s media partner —– appears to have deleted that quote from both today’s print edition and updated online versions. Evidently they have some sort of interest in helping Blake ease back into his duties as a public servant."
[UPDATE: Jerry Bledsoe provides the deleted quoation.]
I also read the quote. It's sad when free papers in Greensboro are more reliable than the one you have to pay for. It's straight up Orwellian.
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Apparently, the quote was cut from the print version because of space. The online article was updated to reflect this change.
ReplyDeleteUPDATE: The quote has been added back to the online version of the story. To bad the readers who don't check online will never know that Blake fears his colleagues more than the criminals he locks up and files false reports about. Oh yeah, and Seals did admit that the quote was cut from the online version of the story.
--Brandon Burgess
The N&R is the one of the worst papers in America. And John Robinson is one of the most disingenuous editors ever. He is a miserable failure.
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