Two Pa. newspapers and the AP refer to white-supremacist group as "white people's rights group"

[Newsjock]

Source: Philadelphia City Paper

A wire story in today's Philadelphia Daily News refers to an organization led by Pennsylvania white supremacist Steve Smith as a “white people's rights group” and does not discuss Smith's long history with the neo-Nazi movement.

The article, about a dispute over an event permit, was originally published in the Scranton Times-Tribune and picked up by the Associated Press.

... The Times-Tribune did not respond to a request for comment, but the AP claims that it scrubbed its version of the “white people's rights” language and was just 93-words. But they refused to provide City Paper with a copy of their story.

“What possible purpose would there be for me to send you this story when you're trying to cause trouble for how it was written?” said an angry Karen Testa, East Region Editor at the AP. Before hanging up, she added: “That's a good way to build a journalism career.”

Read more: http://www.citypaper.net/blogs/nakedcity/Daily-News-and-Scranton-Times-Tribune-refer-to-white-supremacists-as-white-peoples-rights-group.html

[Fumesucker]

1. The hit dog hollers..

And boy, was Karen Testa hollerin..

[Wait Wut]

2. Are you flippin' kidding me?

I can't use the link, right now, so I'm hoping that there was eventually some misunderstanding unearthed. That 'journalists' did NOT actually refer to white-SUPREMACIST groups as white people's RIGHTS groups.

Fuckin' sonofabitch...I'm actually sick to my stomach.

When I was about 12-13, any time someone would ask "What do you want to be when you grow up?" I had three possibilites, an attorney, child psychiatrist or a journalist. Three professions I actually believed in, at the time. I still believe that the majority of attorneys are decent, I still believe that most child psychologist/psychiatrists are helpful...journalists? I'm having a hard time thinking of 5 that I would trust 50% of the time.

[HopeHoops]

3. We've got a lot of "white bread" people here. They cut the crusts off of their PB & Hate sammiches.

Disclaimer: I'm white, just not a bigot.