RSS Feed MenuAmericans for Limited Government’s communications director charged today that NBC producer Jane Stone had originally denied sending any email to ALG. This claim, which diverges from statements by NBC News, reveals an apparent inconsistency that is sure to add more fuel to the growing NBC-ALG controversy, in which Stone is alleged to have sent an anti-Semitic email to ALG media outreach director Alex Rosenwald.
In an exclusive interview with NewMajority, ALG communications director Carter Clews said that ALG had recorded their phone conversations with NBC News on Thursday, when the email was allegedly sent.
According to Clews, Stone was caught on tape denying any email contact with Alex Rosenwald, something that has since been contradicted by an NBC News statement. NBC says that Stone had sent an email to Rosenwald asking to be deleted from his distribution list.
If it is true that Stone initially claimed to have had no contact with Rosenwald, then questions arise as to whether NBC’s subsequent version of events holds much weight.
On the other hand, ALG has no plans to release its tapes of the phone conversations. “We’re going to hold the tapes in the hopes that there can be a resolution to this,” said Clews. Further, ALG has no plans to release its email server logs, planning instead to bring in a third-party to investigate its logs first.
For their part, NBC News stuck to its story today. “NBC Legal, NBC News Management, NBC News Security have done a thorough investigation,” said spokesperson Lauren Kapp, “One email was sent, with the message ‘take me off this list!’”
Kapp also protested that NBC News had not given ALG permission to record their conversations, but was non-committal when asked whether NBC News would be taking any additional steps to resolve the matter.
On the other hand, Americans for Limited Government stressed the importance of making further efforts to settle the issue. “We want to get to the bottom of this,” asserted Clews, “We have to stand up for an employee that has been deeply, deeply hurt… If [Stone] did send it, we’ll accept an apology.”
NewSCconserv // Sep 28, 2009 at 11:33 pm
I see two big logical problems with ALG’s position:
1-I find it hard to believe(actually impossible) that NBC wouldn’t cut bait with the producer if they found out that she did send that “bite me jew boy” email. Covering up for her would be a much bigger story than if she actually sent that email. Especially with so many employees at NBC, it would be a matter of time before a copy of the supposed “bite me jewboy” server email leaked out, yet they’re standing by Stone(and since it was a supposedly sent on a blackberry, RIM would have a copy also, so double the number of people who could leak the supposed email).
2-”Bite me jewboy” makes absolutely zero logical sense as a response to the mass email ALG sent out, unless ALG isn’t showing all the emails that were sent to her before she said that(which would undermine their credibility).
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