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Arkansas Times reporter claimed we called her a pedo but has no receipts. When confronted with the truth, she goes into gaslight mode

Russ Racop - Snarky Media Group

Arkansas Times reporter Debra Hale-Shelton

Arkansas Times reporter Debra Hale-Shelton falsely accused us of calling her a pedo  on the social media platform called X (formerly known as Twitter). She also threatened to  sue us if we didn't fix it.

Problem for Ms. Hale-Shelton is that we never called her that.

Read what we posted.

As you can plainly see, our exact words were "the pedo supporting Arkansas Times".  The Arkansas Times did in fact support and defend a convicted pedophile. We reported that in this story.

The story we commented on was one that the Arkansas Times ("AT") published at 1:28 PM today, about a Conway School Board member getting arrested for drunk driving.


We published a similar story (at 3:47 pm), but our story contained documents from the Cabot Police Department criminal file, which the one in the AT did not.

The AT story also had a couple of references to Hargis asking Hale-Shelton for time to talk to Jeff Collum.

In our opinion, the AT by not posting the story on Wednesday, as Hargis asked them not to do, gave her time to make notifications and get control of the narrative.

Having breaking news stories is critical to a media organization. Giving folks time to try and deal with shit they got themselves into is not going to allow you to get the scoop.


In fact, the Log Cabin Democrat was hot on the trail of this story too. No doubt a tipster was in play.

Hale-Shelton made several rambling posts.

 

 

Hale-Shelton has followed us on X for a while.

As you can see, we don't follow her.

When folks can't argue with your facts, they use ad hominem attacks and other forms of gaslighting to try and distort or counter the truth.

I hold several degrees and was a Chancellors List student. 

As a pro se litigant I have successfully litigated numerous Freedom of Information lawsuits and often am complemented by opposing attorneys and judges for my well crafted complaints and arguments.

I have successfully submitted numerous complaints to the Arkansas Ethics Commission ("AEC") and when my first one was made, the Commissioners told me it was the best prepared and documented complaint they had seen. Here's our story about that: https://www.smr.snarkymedia.com/2015/10/ethics-commission-finds-former-abc.html

Former Attorney General Dustin McDaniel gave me compliments when I bested him in the complaint filed with the AEC about his client Jerry Jones. https://www.smr.snarkymedia.com/2017/05/ethics-commission-determines-that-jerry.html

X, formerly known as Twitter,  has become a cesspool under the current ownership of Elon Musk. 

Another AT reporter, one that we are well-acquainted with,  Matt Campbell, recently shut his X account down.

As most of you might know, the average user cannot edit a post to correct typos or punctuation on X. That requires a subscription.

Most folks ignore typos and other errors as frequently individuals are using a cellphone to make posts and comments. Except trolls and gaslighters.

Hale-Shelton owes us a written apology. That might cause us to reconsider a lawsuit like the one she threatened us with.


 

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