Police stage ‘chilling’ raid on Marion County newspaper

[Mike M (the other one)]

(08-29-2023, 09:11 AM)GMDino Wrote: But they didn't us their power because they didn't publish the story and in fact went tot he police with their concerns over the tip.

Having another person support the raid because they felt personally slighted in the past isn't surprising either.  Welcome to a small town.

Also this is from the same article you linked...




Heck, it was the headline.

You kind of left out the lead, as they say.

It's almost like some people have an agenda and the truth isn't necessarily important. 

So are you saying that it's ok for the media to obtain someone's personal records and then violate the laws by using it in the way it wasn't allowed to be used (sending a copy of those personal records to the Council to block her business from getting an alcohol license). That's the violation. 

I also pointed out how this particular newspaper attacked another business owner and put them out of business over something that was trivial (posed nude in a magazine years ago and then to keep repeating it, that's showing some animosity towards working tax paying citizens), and really wasn't necessary. I don't mind the media doing their jobs and reporting info, but when you weaponize it in such a way, then you've crossed a line and the protections should no longer apply. Or do you feel otherwise? 

How about the part where the media person told the owner that they would own the restaurant soon? I didn't realize the media could make those kinds of threats.

Anyways, the way i see it (and this is my opinion) is that they have been overstepping their boundaries and going into the legal grey area's.

(08-29-2023, 09:21 AM)GMDino Wrote: *I* never said what happened was not "legal".

*I*, I won't speak or anyone else, I said it was questionable given the timeline.

Also from the same article:

She complained publicly about a story that was not written after it was reported to the police who then got a warrant to raid the business and the homes of the employees on the complaint of the subject of the story.

Legal?  I'm sure the i's were dotted and the t's were crossed.  Suspicious?  Yep.  At least to me.

This article, if true, doesn't really help the cause of it not be at least a little bit shady

They did write the story but decided to not publish it, doesn't mean they couldn't have published it at a later time.
No idea the reasoning why they didn't, no reason given so we are left to speculate and i think they figured out that they were in the wrong in how they  planned to use that info about the restaurant owner's person driving record.


To me it's all a bunch of petty small town bullshit. Someone offended someone and in turn the other escalated it turning it into a vicious cycle, and now the media is trying to hide behind the laws to justify their unethical behavior.