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<p>As you know, Annie Dookhan has been labeled the "rogue
chemist" by the gov-media establishment. She,
alone, personifies everything that is wrong with the
state's war on drugs. Their racist prison industrial
complex would be perfectly righteous and moral, if only
one evil lab worker had not made it look so bad.</p>
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<p>Let me state it clearly: Annie Dookhan is
being railroaded, tried and convicted by the establishment
media. Despite her husband's early statement to Fox 25
that she denies the allegations and is being scapegoated,
the media repeatedly ran stories falsely claiming that she
had "admitted to the allegations."</p>
<p>This false claim originated with Channel 5 reporter Kathy
Curran on 9/14/12, whose I-Team report violated the most
basic tenet of journalism, which is to <em>source your
information!</em></p>
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<p>Curran's failure to cite a source left viewers (including
me) with the false impression that Annie must have
made some kind of first-hand statement. Otherwise, Curran
would have needed to say where she had received her
information. It was only because I happen to know Annie's
husband that I learned Curran's claim had been false. Once
Curran's report aired, other news outlets began
to parrot her story that "Dookhan admiitted to the
allegations."</p>
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<p>It was not until a week after Curran's report aired that
her source became apparent, when the Boston Globe reported
that a state official had <em>claimed</em> that Dookhan
had made admissions to <em>him</em>. Now, there is a very
big difference between a person admitting something
and those accusing her <em>claiming</em> she admitted
something to <em>them</em>. A <em>Very</em> big
difference!</p>
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<p>In my opinion, the jury pool was tainted beyond repair
when Curran unleashed a week-long barrage of nationwide
media reports that Annie Dookhan had "confessed" to all of
the allegations against her, with almost no other media
calling out Channel 5 for Curran's shoddy work. As a
result, it will be next to impossible for Annie to receive
a fair trial.</p>
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<p>Please join me in protest at the Suffolk Superior Court
House this Thursday morning at 8:30.</p>
<p>The issue is not about Annie's innocence or guilt. I do
not know what happened in that lab. The issue is the
media's ability to so easily ruin a person's reputation
and jepardize a person's freedom through yellow
journalism. If Annie Dookhan can be tried and convicted in
the public's mind before even being charged with a crime,
then any one of us could be next.<br>
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Let us use this case to stand up against the racist war on
drugs and to reject such dangerous MSM yellow journalism.
Please join me at the Suffolk Superior Courthouse this
Thursday at 8:30 am. Let's put the real criminals - the
media and the war on drugs - on trial!</p>
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<p><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:RichAucoin@comcast.net">Rich</a></p>
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