List of media members to whom we sent a "news tip" on GA Gov. Brian Kemp ignoring Dem sheriff's open violation of state law, OCGA 42-4-14

The members of the media listed below were sent “news tip” emails during the month of *August, 2022 in an experiment to see if any of them would do a story on the documented violation of state law aimed at “criminal illegals” by two GA sheriffs.

The news tip was sent with the subject line “Short: The (Dem) sheriffs in both Cobb & Gwinnett counties (metro Atlanta) are in open violation of state law involving identifying & reporting illegal immigrants in their jails to the feds. The (GOP) “I will end sanctuary cities” governor and candidate for reelection refuses to prosecute despite sheriff’s admission in media reports.”

–> This is the post we sent.

*The information was sent to Randy Travis and Scott Stucky at Fox5 TV news in July. The tip was originally sent to MDJ publisher Otis Brumby last year in addition to this August.

With the exception of a mention in an August 26, 2022 Breitbart story by Neil Munro, we have not seen any news stories/coverage. We are grateful to Breitbart and Mr. Munro.

Related: Code of ethics of the Society of Professional Journalists

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Randy Travis I-Team Fox5 TV news

Scott Stucky Fox5 News Director

Richard Belcher – WSB TV news

Richard Elliot – WSB TV news

Suzanne Lake Nadell WSB-TV

Kate Brumback – Associated Press

Associated Press desk, Atlanta

Kritsine Johnson – 11 Alive TV

Rebbeca Schram – CBS 46 TV

News@CBS46

Kim Saxon – CBS 46 TV news

Brian Kanziger – CBS 46 TV news

Tracy Green – CBS 46 TV news

JoshMorgan – CBS 46 news

Joe Cowan – WSB TV news

News@jacobsmedia.net

Newstip – WSBTV

Otis Brumby lll – Marietta Daily Journal

Donna Lowrey – WABE (via Twitter)

Maya King – NY Times (via Twitter DM)

Axios Atlanta – (Dan Primack, contact form)

Julia Preston (via Twitter)

Jack Butler – (NRO)

Judson Berger – NRO

Mark Wright – NR

Caleb Sclinkard – Macon Telegraph

News@Timesfreepress

Editor Times Courier

Rahul Bali – WABE (via Twitter)

Jill Nevels-Haun – Georgia Group Senior Director of Content Gannett

Kevin Riley – Editor, AJC

LeRoy Chapman – AJC

Susan Potter – AJC

Ken Foskett – AJC

Andre Jackson – AJC

Monica Richardson – AJC

Mark Waligore – AJC

Bill Torpy – AJC

Greg Bluestein – AJC

Patricia Murphy – AJC

Todd Cline – Gwinnett Daily Post

Neil Munro – Breitbart News

Rose Scott – WABE News (via Twitter, Sept. 1)

Buddy Hughes, Managing editor, The Brunswick News (Sept. 8, 2022)

Richard Fausett, New York Times (Dec. 9, 2022)

—>UPDATE: The liberal AJC prints a lengthy correction after demand letter from the Dustin Inman Society. More news on this coming soon.

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Daily Signal News report (‘DEFAMATORY’: Conservative Demands Swing-State Newspaper Retract ‘Hate Group’ Smear’)
on the recent AJC attack here by the great Tyler O’Neil.

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I added educational hyperlinks to the below letter – dak.

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October 18, 2024

VIA U.S. REGULAR MAIL & E-MAIL

Leroy Chapman, Jr., Editor in Chief THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION 223 Perimeter Center Pkwy NE Atlanta, Georgia 30346

Re: Demand for Retraction and Apology

Dear Mr. Chapman, Jr.:

I write on behalf of my client, the Dustin Inman Society (DIS), to demand an immediate retraction and apology for the defamatory statements published in your October 7, 2024, article titled “Democrats in this Georgia district are backing a write-in candidate” by Tia Mitchell.

Through use of internet links, the AJC article wrongfully characterizes the Dustin Inman Society as a “Marietta-based anti-immigration hate group.” This characterization is false, defamatory, and published with actual malice. The Dustin Inman Society pushes for secure borders, is not “anti-immigration” and its proprietors do not hate anyone. Rather, DIS advocates for enforcement of U.S. immigration laws and actively opposes unlawful immigration. This distinction is crucial and well-known to staff at your publication.

I paste the offending paragraph from the AJC story:

“A search of activity under her birth name, Karen Sacandy, which Stamper legally changed in 2019, showed that she previously was aligned with a Marietta-based anti-immigration hate group. The group’s website often linked to Sacandy’s activities, like a letter seeking information about the state’s Immigration Enforcement Review Board and a copy of a letter to the editor supporting legislation to prevent immigrants claiming asylum from obtaining driver’s licenses.”

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October 18, 2024 Page 2

We note the AJC informs readers that the Dustin Inman Society “often” linked to Karen Sacandy/Kate Stamper activities — but produces only two occasions.

Your story, for which DIS founder and president D.A. King was not contacted, informs readers that Sacandy/Stamper “was aligned” with the Dustin Inman Society. We note that polls show that a majority of Americans oppose the federal offense of illegal immigration. Since the letter posted on the DIS site was a published missive to the editor at the Cherokee Tribune, we must ask: does this make that newspaper a “Cherokee County-based anti-immigration hate group”?

Your characterization demonstrates a reckless and vindictive disregard for the truth, rising to the level of actual malice as defined in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan. Actual malice in defamation law refers to publication of a statement with knowledge that it is false or with reckless disregard of whether it is false or not. Your repeated mischaracterization of the Dustin Inman Society, despite having been corrected on numerous occasions, clearly meets this standard.

The Dustin Inman Society’s position on immigration is clear and public:

1. It supports sustainable levels of legal immigration through established channels.

2. It opposes unlawful immigration due to various societal concerns, including: – Strain on public resources and services
– Potential and real public safety issues
– Economic impacts on low-wage American workers and America’s poor

– Challenges to the rule of law

3. The Dustin Inman Society defends legal immigrants when media attempt to blur the difference between them and illegal aliens.

Moreover, the Dustin Inman Society’s board includes lawful immigrants who have navigated the proper channels for authorized immigration. This fact alone should dispel any notion that the organization is “anti-immigration.” As he has informed you multiple times over much of the last two decades, D.A. King’s sister is a real, legal immigrant.

While we acknowledge that the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated the Dustin Inman Society as an “anti-immigrant hate group that denigrates all immigrants,” your article presents the “anti-immigration hate group” characterization as the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s independent assessment and statement of fact.

This smear is not only demonstrably false and ignores Mr. King’s many communications to you advising you of the truth, but also demonstrates an exceedingly unprofessional failure to fact-check and verify information before publication.

We demand that the Atlanta Journal Constitution:

October 18, 2024 Page 3

1. Immediately publicly retract the defaming statement in the October 7, 2024, article.

2. Publish a prominent apology, equal in visibility and placement to the original defamatory article.

3. Cease and desist from further defamatory characterizations of the Dustin Inman Society.

Failure to comply with these demands may result in further legal action. We expect your prompt attention to this matter and await your timely response.

Sincerely,

Todd V. McMurtry

cc: James Abely, Esq.