{"id":10263,"date":"2017-10-23T22:29:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T03:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/?p=10263"},"modified":"2020-03-18T10:38:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T15:38:51","slug":"10263","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/23\/10263\/","title":{"rendered":"Giddy with revenge: Email response (thread) from Bert Roughton, senior managing editor and senior editorial director, liberal Atlanta Journal Constitution newspaper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10273\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/photos.medleyphoto.5922936.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10273\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10273\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/photos.medleyphoto.5922936.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"365\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/photos.medleyphoto.5922936.jpg 365w, https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/photos.medleyphoto.5922936-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bert Roughton, senior managing editor, and senior editorial director of the liberal Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC) newspaper. Photo: MyAJC.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AJC managing editor is giddy with his hit piece revenge.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Email reply from Bert Roughton, 10:44 PM today<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Roughton Jr, Bert (CMG-Atlanta)&#8221; , &#8220;D.A. KING&#8221; , &#8220;Tharpe, Jim (CNI &#8211; AJC)&#8221; , &#8220;Foskett, Kenneth (CMG-Atlanta)&#8221; , &#8220;Riley, Kevin (CMG-Atlanta)&#8221; , Andre Jackson , &#8220;Waligore, Mark (CMG-Atlanta)&#8221; <mark>, &#8220;Joseph, Michael (CMG-Atlanta)&#8221; <\/mark><\/p>\n<p>Thanks, Mr. King.<\/p>\n<p>Have a great evening!<\/p>\n<p>Bert Roughton<br \/>\nSenior Managing Editor<\/p>\n<p>__<\/p>\n<p>On Oct 23, 2017, at 10:41 PM, D.A. KING wrote:<\/p>\n<p>Surprise response!<br \/>\nBTW &#8211; You forgot to mention that <a href=\"http:\/\/galeo.org\/14th-annual-galeo-power-breakfast\/\">AJC\u2019s parent company, Cox Enterprises, sponsors Jerry\/GALEO\u2019s anti-enforcment work<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But, we all get it. Jeremy and Potter et al have proven many times who they are. Anti-enforcement screamers are \u201ccivil rights activists\u201d and illegal aliens are \u201cimmigrants.\u201d And the AJC doesn\u2019t note corrections. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/18\/there-they-go-again-ajc-editors-edit-online-news-stories-with-zero-notation-to-readers-how-to-make-false-statements-disappear\/\">You guys seem angry&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>dak<\/p>\n<p>__<br \/>\nOn Oct 23, 2017, at 10:31 PM, Roughton Jr, Bert (CMG-Atlanta) wrote:<\/p>\n<p>Mr. King:<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not the way it works. If you want to challenge the accuracy of the story, then point out your concerns to Jeremy and his editor, Susan Potter. They will determine how to address your concern.<\/p>\n<p>If your concern is not of a factual error, then you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/19\/responses-to-questions-sent-via-email-by-ajc-immigration-reporter-jeremy-redmon-ierb-splc\/\">may<\/a> submit a letter to the editor. I believe we allow approximately 150 words for letters, but Andre can correct me.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks,<\/p>\n<p>Bert Roughton<br \/>\nSenior Managing Editor<\/p>\n<p>__<\/p>\n<p>On Oct 23, 2017, at 10:23 PM, D.A. KING wrote:<\/p>\n<p>In 2011, my tactics were something SPLC didn\u2019t quibble with\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myajc.com\/news\/state--regional-govt--politics\/georgia-immigration-enforcement-panel-draws-scrutiny\/a4dd9fETyMZsuZt6yxSQvN\/\">With your newspaper\u2019s assistance<\/a>, it seems the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2017\/aug\/23\/southern-poverty-law-center-hit-with-defamation-la\/\">SPLC is anticipating a change in \u201chate\u201d criteria;<\/a> About me, Heidi told the Associate Press in 2011 that &#8220;His tactics have generally not been to get up in the face of actual immigrants and threaten them,&#8221; said the law center&#8217;s Heidi Beirich. &#8220;Because he is fighting, working on his legislation through the political process, that is not something we can quibble with, whether we like the law or not.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>AP: &#8220;The Montgomery, Ala.-based Southern Poverty Law Center hasn&#8217;t put King&#8217;s organization on its list of hate groups.<\/p>\n<p>But the center lists him as a &#8220;nativist&#8221; and has expressed concern about his tendency to call illegal immigrants &#8220;invaders&#8221; and his contact with other more extreme activists.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His tactics have generally not been to get up in the face of actual immigrants and threaten them,&#8221; said the law center&#8217;s Heidi Beirich. &#8220;Because he is fighting, working on his legislation through the political process, that is not something we can quibble with, whether we like the law or not.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170719120415\/https:\/\/www.onlineathens.com\/stories\/070511\/new_852655047.shtml\">Activist key to immigration bill<\/a> (Associated Press)\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nPosted: Tuesday, July 05, 2011<br \/>\nBy KATE BRUMBACK<br \/>\n&#8220;ATLANTA &#8211; With the fate of a proposal to crack down on illegal immigration still unknown in the frenetic final days of Georgia&#8217;s legislative session, the bill&#8217;s author was spotted several times huddled in hushed discussions in the Capitol hallways with D.A. King&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; AJC managing editor is giddy with his hit piece revenge. Email reply from Bert Roughton, 10:44 PM today &#8220;Roughton Jr, Bert (CMG-Atlanta)&#8221; , &#8220;D.A. KING&#8221; , &#8220;Tharpe, Jim (CNI &#8211; AJC)&#8221; , &#8220;Foskett, Kenneth (CMG-Atlanta)&#8221; , &#8220;Riley, Kevin (CMG-Atlanta)&#8221; , Andre Jackson , &#8220;Waligore, Mark (CMG-Atlanta)&#8221; , &#8220;Joseph, Michael (CMG-Atlanta)&#8221; Thanks, Mr. King. 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