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Why an inflammatory headline caused Daniel Thompson to quit The Kenosha News

Reliable Sources with Brian Stelter

English - September 03, 2020 22:04 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MB - ★★★ - 775 ratings
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Daniel Thompson talks about his decision to resign from The Kenosha News in protest of a "grossly negligent and inappropriate" headline on a story about a rally in support of Jacob Blake. He says "I don't think the old ways of covering things, particularly protests, works anymore." He also tells Brian Stelter about his plan to work as an independent journalist and eventually "develop a network" of local news outlets.

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Daniel Thompson talks about his decision to resign from The Kenosha News in protest of a "grossly negligent and inappropriate" headline on a story about a rally in support of Jacob Blake. He says "I don't think the old ways of covering things, particularly protests, works anymore." He also tells Brian Stelter about his plan to work as an independent journalist and eventually "develop a network" of local news outlets.

See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.