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Thursday, October 27, 2022

Bethesda Beat tricked by Fani-Gonzalez defense against property tax fraud claim by PCMC

In an amazing case of failure to comply with a fundamental rule of news reporting -- interviewing all involved parties to ensure fairness and impartiality --  Bethesda Beat released an incredibly biased story about our discovery of Natali Fani-Gonzalez's property tax fraud on October 24.  

Not only did Bethesda Beat fail to even attempt to interview anyone from the Parent's Coalition, but they even patched up their story two times in the space of two hours after Fani-Gonzalez wasn't happy about its content.  The story was initially released at 5:10 PM on October 24, then modified and re-released at 6 PM, then modified again and re-released at 7 PM.  

The Parents' Coalition has attempted to contact the reporter, Ginny Bixby, numerous times by email and by telephone, but we have not received a response. 

Ms. Bixby failed to ask Fani-Gonzalez the most important question of all:

If Mr. Gonzalez has had a 100% disability rating since 2017, why did he appeal his rating?  It's not possible to get a rating higher than 100% so appealing makes no sense.

Fani-Gonzalez's defense makes no sense, yet reporter Bixby fell for it.  And apparently so did SDAT.

We were able to reach the editor of Bethesda Beat and she indicated that BB might ask Fani-Gonzalez the above question and do a follow-up story.  So far, though, there has been no follow-up story or further response.

Perhaps Fani-Gonzalez would like to answer our question in the comment section below.  We aren't holding our breath, though, while we wait for her to respond.

Prior related stories:
https://parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2022/10/fani-gonzalez-attempts-to-deflect-tax.html

https://parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2022/10/pcmc-exclusive-county-council-candidate.html

3 comments:

  1. Another instance of skewed journalism:
    https://bethesdamagazine.com/2022/10/26/silver-spring-teen-charged-in-connection-with-sexual-assaults-at-bethesda-fitness-center/
    https://www.sourceofthespring.com/silver-spring-news/2799464/silver-spring-man-arrested-for-sexual-assault-in-bethesda-fitness-center/

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  2. Like so many other so-called journalists nowadays, Ginny is an activist, not a news reporter. Take a look at her Twitter masthead.

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    1. And BB stopped posting police reports.
      Here's where all the crimes are reported: https://robertdyer.blogspot.com/

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