Sanford retracts threat to arrest reporters, also hires 'Mistress of Propaganda' to handle media

[Cali_Democrat]

Published On: Mar 29 2012 10:50:35 AM EDT
SANFORD, Fla. -

The city of Sanford retracted its threat to arrest reporters who ask city employees questions about the Trayvon Martin case after hours.

The threat came in a press release a public relations firm hired by the city sent Wednesday, stating workers had been followed and approached at their homes by reporters working on the Martin story.

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"The City of Sanford regrets any inconvenience caused by the improvident wording of the Advisory," the Thursday release stated.

The public relations firm, Massey Communications, was hired by the city in the wake of the Trayvon Martin case to help handle the media firestorm. When intially contacted by Local 6 Wednesday, Massey Communications Director of Public Relations Services Susan Vernon-Devlin indicated she stood by the email and didn’t see it as a First Amendment issue.

Vernon-Devlin's biography on the Massey Communications website says that she is “Nicknamed the Mistress of Propaganda.”

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/Sanford-retracts-threats-to-arrest-reporters-for-contacting-workers/-/1637132/9757338/-/ubna1w/-/

[annabanana]

1. And it goes from bad to worse for them. .n/t