Posts Tagged ‘Rebecca Aguilar’

Q: What Does Harassing Gun Owners Earn Journalists? A: A Pink Slip

Thursday, August 8th, 2013

Hey, remember when New York newspaper the Rockland County Journal News published a map showing the locations of gun permit owners?

Well, today the newspaper laid off 26 staffers, including Chief Editor Caryn McBride, who published and vocally defended the story.

This is a reoccurring theme. Remember Rebecca Aguilar, the Dallas reporter who harassed a lawful gun-owner on air for having the sheer effrontery to defend himself from a criminal using deadly force? She got a pink slip too.

Funny how attacking millions of law-abiding readers is a career-ending move for journalists…

Dallas Jury to Rebecca Aguilar: No, You Can’t Have a Successful Lawsuit. Not Yours.

Friday, December 17th, 2010

Dallas Reporter: Gun owners exercising their 2nd Amendment rights by killing home invaders are evil. Here, let me badger one on camera.
Dallas Station: You’re fired.
Dallas Reporter: I’ll sue.
Dallas Jury: Get stuffed

Bonus: Ms. Aguilar simply can’t stop digging: “I knew it was also an uphill battle with a jury made up of 11 white people.”

Bonus 2: “He also compared Aguilar to former Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens, whom Shaunessy said “‘was a lousy employee and he was an inconsistent player who couldn’t be trusted.'”

Ouch.

(Hat tip: Instapundit.)