Friday, September 25, 2009
I guess she didn't like getting a PR email: Americans for Limited Government Statement in Response to NBC "Bite me, Jew Boy" Email
Americans for Limited Government is appalled that an employee of the NBC news network apparently felt it was appropriate to send an email to an ALG employee, in response to a standard news release, saying, "Bite me, Jew Boy."
According to ALG records, the email came from the Blackberry and email address of Jane Stone, a producer for NBC's Dateline. The email was sent to Alex Rosenwald, the ALG Director of Media Outreach. The news release to which Ms Stone apparently responded was one in which ALG called upon Congress to defund ACORN.
Americans for Limited Government does not contend that NBC or its parent company GE, are anti-Semitic. What is highly disturbing, however, is that there clearly is a culture at NBC that has allowed this person who clearly has issues to go unchecked.
Ms Stone claims she did not send the offensive email. If that is not the case, we at ALG call upon her to help ascertain who did send it using her Blackberry and her email address. If Ms Stone did, in fact, send it, we at ALG call upon Ms Stone to apologize to Mr. Rosenwald, and we call upon the NBC hierarchy above Ms Stone to join her in issuing that apology.
NBC says the email is a fake: NBC News prez blasts ALG: 'reckless' and 'defamatory'
ALG replies that they did their due-diligence:
ALG Response to NBC Accusations on Politico: "We did our due diligence."
Carter Clews, Director of Communications, Americans for Limited Government
We at Americans for Limited Government are saddened that instead of helping us to get to the bottom of the hateful email that was indeed sent from NBC's server, and this can be verified, and was not tampered with, which can also be verified, that NBC President Steve Capus has instead chosen to circle the wagons and protect what is indefensible with hysterical, frantic accusations.
This email has left a digital footprint that is undeniable. We did our due diligence. We have confirmed that it indeed came from NBC's server and Jane Stone's email address.
As before, we renew our offer that we made to both Ms. Stone and NBC President Capus over the phone today to get to the bottom of who sent this email from Ms. Stone's Blackberry email address. That offer remains open, and we would like it very much if both Ms. Stone and NBC would issue an apology to both Americans for Limited Government, and Mr. Alex Rosenwald, who was the target of this hateful email.
There should be ways to sort things out if everyone comes clean. Did she or didn't she? Either way, someone is toast.
Update: For those emailing me saying the situation is not clear, let me sum up:
Americans for Limited Government (ALG), a typical conservative/libertarian(?) political action group, sends a rather typical mass-email press release (I get one from them almost every day, as I do from any number of other groups).
It is alleged that one of the recipients, Jane Stone of NBC, replies to the email tersely, "Bite me, Jew Boy." ALG is not a "Jewish" group, but the PR guy has a Jewish-sounding last name, "Rosenwald."
Chaos ensues as NBC denies that's what she wrote. It should be possible for a fairly simple forensic examination to derive the truth.
Update: Bite Me Jew Boy Controversy Slugs Through Another Day
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