I Need to Find an Email

May 03, 2010 08:30

I need to find an email for Liz Szabo, a health reporter with USA Today. Because I need to know who to credit for one of the most appalling sentences I've ever read in a newspaper. In the story "Recession Linked to Increase in Shaken Baby Syndrome" a late paragraph leads with "Though poor people can be excellent parents..."

As Kit says, W, I ( Read more... )

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miss_daizy May 3 2010, 12:39:50 UTC
Here she is on twitter: http://twitter.com/lizSzabo

Twitter is excellent for calling people out on there shit because so many people see and and then re-link it and viola; lots of people see what a horrible statement she's made.

Still looking for more.

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miss_daizy May 3 2010, 12:44:24 UTC
Ha! Found her email!

lszabo@usatoday.com

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coquillagement May 3 2010, 12:50:48 UTC
Geez, I kinda shoulda tried that one. I knew I could count on you! Even if you are a gorram Philadelphian.

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miss_daizy May 3 2010, 12:59:22 UTC
How about this on her Twitter account?

"Though poor people can be excellent parents," is rude, condescending and a mark of lazy thinking and journalism.

I only have 140 characters to call her out. Can you improve this?

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miss_daizy May 3 2010, 12:42:35 UTC
I see that kind of phrasing all the time and it's so poisonous. See, I'm commenting again just because I'm pissed.

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coquillagement May 3 2010, 12:51:28 UTC
Go, girl. Aren't you proud of me?

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miss_daizy May 3 2010, 13:09:20 UTC
Yes!

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amamama May 3 2010, 12:54:59 UTC
Incredible. This has some echos I really don't want to hear. Seriously - you give her in, ok? People need to be reminded to use their brains as more than skull stuffing.

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kit_the_brave May 3 2010, 15:59:20 UTC
I'm proud of you too! I'll email her.

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