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Reporter’s Attempt To Access Porn
Site Blocked;
So Where’s The Newspaper’s Report? |
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6.6.05 - The Marietta Daily Journal never
published an account of the school district’s network
security system successfully blocking a reporter’s
attempt to access an Internet porn site. As noted in a
previous Media Monitor post, Marietta Daily Journal
reporter Jon Gillooly, distracted a Cobb County teacher
during a May 23 training session at Harrison High School
and coaxed her into attempting to access Internet
pornography on her computer...
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School District Responds to AJC
Editorial Regarding Lawsuit |
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6.6.05 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution published the
following editorial in its
June 6 edition. Below the editorial is a response from
Cobb Superintendent
Joseph Redden (Note: The response from Gen. Redden is
the full text sent to
the newspaper. The AJC printed a slightly edited version that had been
trimmed for length)...
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Article Addresses Lawsuit
Filed Against School System Over SPLOST Funds |
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6.5.05 - The following article appeared in the
June 5, 2005 edition of the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution:
Anti-laptop lawsuit 'only avenue left' By KRISTINA TORRES, DON PLUMMER
The former Cobb County commissioner suing the school
system to stop its laptop computer program said his
lawsuit stems from personal and not political
convictions, despite longtime friendships that include
school board member and program opponent Lindsey Tippins...
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MDJ Reporter Coaxes
Teacher To Access Porn Site |
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6.3.05 -
Marietta Daily Journal education reporter Jon
Gillooly coaxed a Cobb County teacher to access an
Internet pornography site during a recent teacher
training session. Gillooly was invited to attend the
training session at Harrison High School on May 23,
2005. Teachers were issued Apple iBook computers that
day and were receiving training...
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Marietta Daily Journal
Article Regarding School District Consultant Is False
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6.2.05 -
An article by Jon Gillooly in the May 17, 2005 edition
of the Marietta Daily Journal under the headline
“$500-an-hour consultant has Apple background” was
false. This article incorrectly implied a conflict of
interest regarding the school district’s relationship
with Alan November, an instructional technology
consultant...
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School District Statement Regarding Recent MDJ Articles
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5.5.05 -
Recent articles and editorials in the Marietta Daily
Journal have misrepresented the facts by suggesting that
the Cobb County School District and Superintendent
Joseph Redden could have secured a better deal for
Cobb’s laptop computer initiative...
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Marietta Daily Journal Article Inaccurate
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12.17.04 -
An article in the Dec. 17, 2004 Marietta Daily Journal by
reporter Jon Gillooly presents a slanted view of school
start dates and, in one instance, reports plainly false
information. In addition, e-mail communications between
the school district spokesman and the reporter reveal
that the reporter knew in advance that a statement in
his article was inaccurate....
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MDJ Article on Laptop Costs Incorrect
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10.26.04 - A front-page article in the October
26, 2004 edition of the Marietta Daily Journal by
reporter Jon Gillooly was incorrect. The article
stated that the Power To Learn laptop computer
initiative under consideration by the school district
"may cost up to $131 million." The reporter based this
dollar amount on an internal e-mail provided to him by
the school district. The reporter was informed that the
e-mail was not an estimate of the cost of the Power To
Learn laptop program...
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Additional Stories
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• Kell Investigator Critical of Marietta Daily Journal Coverage
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