tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post7386006178986249728..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Urgent: Facing storm of criticism, Westchester paper removes gun permit database from WebJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-36074540825980106302013-03-08T12:03:25.901-05:002013-03-08T12:03:25.901-05:00There is a HUGE difference between a trained and a...There is a HUGE difference between a trained and armed security guard and Billy Joe Buttwipe at home with his multiple weapons that are likely unsecured. If you can't see that, then you need help.<br /><br /><a href="http://presswire.com/" rel="nofollow"> Presswire </a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14055400903924385698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-60800939961221750072013-02-04T14:45:27.875-05:002013-02-04T14:45:27.875-05:00Call to Action: Demand accountability; terminate ...Call to Action: Demand accountability; terminate employment of Hasson and Royle. YOUR publisher and YOUR editor violated the trust of the community. They placed EVERYONE is harm's way; HASSON/ROYLE alerted 'wrong-doers' of which residences have guns and which one's don't!! No analysis of the raw data; just throw everyone under the bus? PLEASE terminate their employment. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-48801037586800957172013-01-24T12:27:04.251-05:002013-01-24T12:27:04.251-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08157615445155759519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-31546065031150176722013-01-24T11:13:54.758-05:002013-01-24T11:13:54.758-05:00Which "gun crazies" are you talking abou...Which "gun crazies" are you talking about -- the citizens who are protecting their homes, or the ones Hasson and her fellow "suits" are paying by the hour to protect theirs?<br /><br />I guess what you're saying is that if you can't afford to hire armed surrogates for 'round-the-clock protection, you don't deserve to be able to defend your life, your family andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-40556768032916130392013-01-21T14:22:25.997-05:002013-01-21T14:22:25.997-05:00Ever come across broken links? Places remove thing...Ever come across broken links? Places remove things all the time. It's not possible to update every item until the apocalypse (at which time the gun nuts will be doomed to eternal damnation, BTW).<br /><br />In this case, it would have been better for Hash-on to be more straightforward, or even to deliver a much-needed slam on the gun crazies. That would have been something to respect.<br /><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-43637145317993886632013-01-21T14:18:47.109-05:002013-01-21T14:18:47.109-05:00The "Guns are bad things" declaration wa...The "Guns are bad things" declaration was from another post, Einstein.<br /><br />I agree with the other post. If you can't see the difference between someone trained to use a firearm as a condition of employment and someone who thinks they can take on the government with their six-gun, then you have no business participating in the discussion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-23082237559289159862013-01-21T14:00:56.024-05:002013-01-21T14:00:56.024-05:00The Hasson letter was a real shuck-and-jive attemp...The Hasson letter was a real shuck-and-jive attempt to close a pathetically amateurish chapter in journalism history. She writes (with a straight face?) that the map came down partly because, well, people have seen it, digested it and commented on it long enough. And, the data could start getting old. So those, along with the new legislation in Albany, represent good cause to take it down, she Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-82404500800007603472013-01-21T13:41:15.291-05:002013-01-21T13:41:15.291-05:00Actually, 3:20, I burned even more calories laughi...Actually, 3:20, I burned even more calories laughing at what passes for logic in your spitball-shooting world, but thanks for your concern about my exercise regimen.<br /><br />I must say you're quite adept at attacking the messenger instead of the message. But if you spent as much time researching as you do ranting, you wouldn't waste your own keystrokes demanding evidence that security Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-14932032891659157422013-01-21T00:31:46.767-05:002013-01-21T00:31:46.767-05:00I am absolutely in favor of this gun criticismI am absolutely in favor of this <a href="http://www.gunnation.com" rel="nofollow">gun</a> criticism Ammohttp://idealpistolforshooters.weebly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-65928137845554217692013-01-20T12:39:34.598-05:002013-01-20T12:39:34.598-05:00DAMMIT, JANET!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBjV...DAMMIT, JANET!<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBjVBbeqf7EAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-65855479105431295282013-01-20T12:12:11.546-05:002013-01-20T12:12:11.546-05:00You're right. Thanks for pointing that out; I&...You're right. Thanks for pointing that out; I've now fixed it.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-79449922358636054822013-01-20T09:01:58.429-05:002013-01-20T09:01:58.429-05:00Speaking of sloppy, Jim, you might want to fix Has...Speaking of sloppy, Jim, you might want to fix Hasson's name under her photo from "Jason".<br />(Unless you intended to make a "Friday the 13th" reference, hah!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-64700977892392891872013-01-20T08:42:08.446-05:002013-01-20T08:42:08.446-05:00Talk about "sticking to your guns"!Talk about "sticking to your guns"!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-62493730413759868982013-01-20T03:20:44.759-05:002013-01-20T03:20:44.759-05:003:09, your argument is so dumb that it's amazi...3:09, your argument is so dumb that it's amazing.<br /><br />There is a HUGE difference between a trained and armed security guard and Billy Joe Buttwipe at home with his multiple weapons that are likely unsecured. If you can't see that, then you need help.<br /><br />Also, do you have evidence that JN bigwigs had their homes patrolled by security guards? If so, present it. More than one Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-70228556747213206872013-01-20T03:09:41.801-05:002013-01-20T03:09:41.801-05:00@6:30
Your argument is undermined by the behavio...@6:30 <br /><br />Your argument is undermined by the behavior of Journal News management. <br /><br />If guns are bad things, as you claim, why do JN bigwigs want their offices and homes patrolled by security guards who carry them?<br /><br />And if no one in Westchester needs a gun, as you claim, why are the JN staffers who live there worried about having their names and addresses published Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-35494626477851801742013-01-20T02:57:44.262-05:002013-01-20T02:57:44.262-05:005:30 here again. OK, 6:10, I think I see where you...5:30 here again. OK, 6:10, I think I see where you're coming from now. <br /><br />Your point about the array of publicly available records is, in my mind, the crux of the controversy, although hardly anyone has focused on it. <br /><br />By that I mean that from day one, the Journal News has been justifying the publication of the gun permit information by stating that it was all public Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-31529966267820659772013-01-19T23:09:21.206-05:002013-01-19T23:09:21.206-05:00CynDee was defending the story up until the minute...CynDee was defending the story up until the minute it was taken down. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-6401345620379508112013-01-19T21:23:08.234-05:002013-01-19T21:23:08.234-05:00Credit Hasson and Cindee Royale for one thing. The...Credit Hasson and Cindee Royale for one thing. They have made the disastrous Journal News tenure of former publisher Tom "TD/GWB" Donovan and Henry M. "Choo, Choo Train," "Diet Coooke," "Georgia Bulldogs" Freeman now seem like the good old days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-26142804859536076912013-01-19T21:20:55.136-05:002013-01-19T21:20:55.136-05:00Sloppy, indeed. I'm sure Cyndee Royle and Hass...Sloppy, indeed. I'm sure Cyndee Royle and Hasson collaborated on this "letter." It shows.<br /><br />As 9:09 points out, where was corporate? Did an attorney look at this letter before it was published?<br /><br />This is now negligence not just by the Journal News as a company but Gannett as a corporation. (Not that it wasn't before.)<br /><br />As 8:22 said, we still have a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-35905174540348972512013-01-19T21:16:33.823-05:002013-01-19T21:16:33.823-05:00I assume the Law Department carefully reviewed thi...I assume the Law Department carefully reviewed this decision, as well as the text of Hasson's letter.<br /><br />Having said that, right now, more than 24 hours after it was first published, there's still a word missing in the first paragraph ("opportunity [to] make") of her letter.<br /><br />"In the wake of the Sandy Hook shootings, The Journal News thought the community Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-21991726153462791382013-01-19T21:09:04.379-05:002013-01-19T21:09:04.379-05:00What role did corporate play in this decision? What role did corporate play in this decision? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-29722083638566020282013-01-19T20:39:11.558-05:002013-01-19T20:39:11.558-05:00Why was the only voice heard on this that of the o...Why was the only voice heard on this that of the overmatched Janet Hasson whose background is in auto advertising? Is this Gannett's idea of Journalism 2013? How sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-49367855774936619612013-01-19T20:22:56.374-05:002013-01-19T20:22:56.374-05:00Jim - you nailed it.
As has been stated, this wi...Jim - you nailed it. <br /><br />As has been stated, this will go down as one of the worst decisions in industry history. <br /><br />You knew it was going to be a disaster when the Journal News senior management was not forthright. It hid from media asking questions. It dodged and ducked. It never really defended its decision in a sincere manner. That made it clear the decision was a hasty one.<Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-12272981380362718632013-01-19T19:59:31.451-05:002013-01-19T19:59:31.451-05:00In my mind, Hasson had two choices:
1. Stand firm...In my mind, Hasson had two choices:<br /><br />1. Stand firm, and keep the gun database in place. (This would have been my choice.)<br /><br />2. Admit that, on further reflection, the paper had erred in publishing the database -- and then take it down. (That doesn't look so good, but at least it's honest, because that's really what happened.)<br /><br />Instead, she chose a third, Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-69930640604385950682013-01-19T18:55:40.175-05:002013-01-19T18:55:40.175-05:00Weak attempt at spinning.
Bottom line - if this ...Weak attempt at spinning.<br /><br />Bottom line - if this weren't an invasion of privacy and a reckless decision, TJN, as you call it, would have stood by the decision and not reversed it.<br /><br />Worse it, during the uproar, it hid from the public and refused interview requests from the media in a true sign that it recognized the magnitude of its mistake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com