{"id":438329,"date":"2021-04-21T11:05:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T15:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=438329"},"modified":"2021-04-21T11:05:49","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T15:05:49","slug":"the-medias-disturbing-intimidation-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-medias-disturbing-intimidation-game\/","title":{"rendered":"The Media\u2019s Disturbing Intimidation Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-medias-disturbing-intimidation-game%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=438329&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3071.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>As jurors headed into deliberations to decide whether former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was guilty of murdering George Floyd last year, multiple media outlets began reporting specific information about where each juror lived and worked.<\/p>\n<p>I will not link to or quote from these outlets, because I think what they\u2019re doing is disgusting and dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>The Star Tribune, CBS, CNN, and The New York Times all published detailed information about the jurors deliberating Chauvin\u2019s fate. They didn\u2019t publish the names and addresses of the jurors, but they published enough details about their race, age, occupation, and extracurricular activities to not only let the jurors know that these partisan media outlets know who they are, but also to allow for potential sleuths to determine their identities.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unethical and dangerous. If one of these jurors ends up being doxed based on the information provided by these outlets, they should be liable for the consequences.<\/p>\n<p>The Times was actually the first outlet to provide information about the jury in an article on April 1. It described the race and occupation of several jurors and quoted from the questionnaires they filled out prior to being selected for the case. Their reporting at that time noted that the jurors were anonymous and that their faces couldn\u2019t be shown on the cameras that were allowed into the courtroom to document the trial.<\/p>\n<p>But that didn\u2019t stop media outlets from doing everything they could to identify the people who would later decide that Chauvin was guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and manslaughter.<\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that some outlets, like NBC News, did mention the racial breakdown of the jury but did not include the same amount of information as other outlets that would jeopardize the jurors\u2019 safety.<\/p>\n<p>The Tribune was the worst offender, including a lengthy paragraph of information about each juror, some of which included family history and status. The outlet included where one juror likes to hang out as part of its report.<\/p>\n<p>What journalistic purpose did this serve other than to intimidate? The jury wasn\u2019t fully sequestered \u2013 they could use their phones during recesses \u2013 meaning they could have learned that these media outlets had this much information about them. Given the media\u2019s full-throated defense of the riots that resulted from Floyd\u2019s death last summer and their insistence that Chauvin is guilty of murder, how could a jury member on the fence about his or her decision feel safe if they made the decision that Chauvin was not guilty?<\/p>\n<p>Further, the publishing of this information could likely be used by Chauvin\u2019s defense to appeal any negative decision. Judge Peter Cahill, who is presiding over the trial, already suggested Chauvin\u2019s defense could use Rep. Maxine Waters\u2019 (D-CA) calls for \u201cconfrontation\u201d to appeal the verdict. As The Daily Wire\u2019s Ryan Saavedra <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/judge-in-chauvin-trial-maxine-waters-remarks-could-lead-to-whole-trial-being-overturned-on-appeal\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"17\">\n<p><em>\u201cAnd it is so pervasive that it is I just don\u2019t know how this jury it can really be said to be that they are free from the taint of this,\u201d the lawyer representing Derek Chauvin said. \u201cAnd now that we have U.S. representatives, threatening acts of violence in relation to the specific case, it\u2019s mind boggling to me, judge.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWell, I\u2019ll give you that Congresswoman Waters may have given you something on appeal that may result in this whole trail being overturned,\u201d Cahill responded.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is just the latest example of the media attempting to intimidate people into agreeing with the left\u2019s preferred narrative. As The Daily Wire\u2019s Amanda Prestigiacomo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/reporters-dox-harass-paramedic-for-donating-10-to-kyle-rittenhouse-defense-fund\">reported<\/a> on Monday, ABC4 News in Utah doxed and harassed a paramedic simply for donating <em>$10<\/em> last year to the defense of Kyle Rittenhouse, who was charged with homicide and attempted homicide for shooting two rioters in Kenosha, Wisconsin last year and injuring a third. Rittenhouse\u2019s defense attorneys are arguing their client acted in self-defense, and video footage from the incidents appear to back up this claim.<\/p>\n<p>Yet this media outlet tried to ambush a man for a small-dollar donation to someone the media has declared a villain. It harkens back to a little-known program released ahead of the 2020 election that allowed people to see which neighbors donated to then-President Donald Trump\u2019s re-election campaign. And let\u2019s not forget the moment in 2018 when CNN went to the house of a Florida grandmother to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/02\/21\/cnn-reporter-elderly-woman-russian-trolls\/\">confront her about a Facebook group<\/a> she ran that was apparently targeted by Russian operatives during the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p>We all know trust in media is at historic lows. If they <em>weren\u2019t<\/em> trying to be seen as the enemy of the people, what would they be doing differently?<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As jurors headed into deliberations to decide whether former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was guilty of murdering George Floyd last year, multiple media outlets began reporting specific information about &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893601,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-438329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}