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Pathologist charges reporter used ‘inaccurate and misleading quotes’

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http://twitter.com/#!/drjudymelinek/status/525771302293225472 That’s Dr. Judy Melinek, forensic pathologist and author of “Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner,” expressing her thanks to the Daily Kos. Why? Melinek was interviewed by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on the autopsy of Michael Brown and now disputes how she was quoted, an assertion defended at length by the Daily Kos. On her blog, Melinek explains: A reporter from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch called me earlier this week, saying she had Michael Brown’s official autopsy report as prepared by the St. […]

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Fundraising pages for Darren Wilson suspended after raising $400,000

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http://twitter.com/#!/ChrisCuomo/status/506884968820510721 We’ll let go for now CNN anchor Chris Cuomo’s query if donating to a fund for Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson makes one a racist. More worthy of investigation is why two fundraising pages for Officer Wilson were suspended on Saturday. http://twitter.com/#!/WesleyLowery/status/506908717062029312 Several media outlets have picked up the story, but one fact isn’t in dispute: the two pages raised a whopping $400,000 combined before being suspended. Lindsay Toler of the Riverfront Times reports that tax issues are a big part of the story. [Missouri state] Representative […]

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