Sara Blaskey, the Miami Herald’s investigative reporter, has a background you might want to know about.
Blaskey, who typically covers political news, often features articles that cast a negative light on Republicans, particularly Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez (R). In fact, Blaskey has written numerous articles about alleged ethics violations by Miami Mayor Francis Suarez (Republican). thoroughly investigated and was fired immediately.
but absent Mr. Blaskey’s Miami Herald biography All references to her ties to the Occupy movement and her history of writing for socialist and far-left publications are included.
While a student at UW-Madison in 2011, Mr. Blasky was a leader in the Occupy Madison movement and boasted about his involvement in the Occupy Wall Street and Occupy D.C. movements.
At that time, she called The Occupy movement was “very exciting.”
“I think the Occupy movement is very important because it helps connect all of these causes in a very important way. This is a 99% versus 1% mentality, and that simple fact is that we It also permeates other fundamental struggles that people are grappling with,” she said. Said The Capitol Times, a local newspaper in Wisconsin.
Later, after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Columbia University, Blasky became a prolific writer for socialist and far-left publications.
For example, Blasky Author of numerous articles for Socialist Workers, a publication of the now defunct International Socialist Organization. Interestingly, Blasky writes for Socialist Worker under the pseudonym Sarah Lynn. It is not clear why she decided not to use her legal last name in her publications. Additionally, four of Blasky’s articles published in Socialist Worker were co-authored with Professor Phil Gasper. Editor of the Communist Manifesto.
Blasky also wrote international socialist review, dollar and sense, progressive magazine, reveal the truthand upside down world.
Blasky’s failure to disclose his ties to socialist publications or the far-left Occupy movement raises important questions. Are reporters obligated to disclose past partisan connections?
The answer to this question does not assume that personal beliefs do not evolve or that journalists’ personal beliefs need to influence their work.
However, in the interest of transparency, especially in an industry built on fairness and dependent on public trust, it’s generally good practice to be honest about your background and biases.
A spokesperson for Mayor Suarez told Blaze News that Blasky’s “bias against the mayor makes much more sense” given the “truth” about Blasky’s background.
“We were surprised to hear that the Miami Herald was hiring a political reporter with a long history of defending socialism,” a spokesperson said. “This reporter has been disloyal to our office, made false and disproven claims, and continued to ignore the facts even when we provided contradictory evidence and statements. We have called her an activist in the past because that was the only explanation we had for her inaccurate reporting.”
The spokesperson further explained that this is personal for Suarez, who is a first-generation Cuban-American.
“The mayor, like most members of the South Florida community, has a tragic family history with socialism and is one of its most staunch opponents,” a spokesperson told Blaze News. Told.
“While there is no way to know whether the Miami Herald knew of this reporter’s past or hired her knowingly, in light of recent reporting, it is clear that the motive and bias shown in the article. “We certainly hope that you will re-evaluate the report regarding the City of Miami and will take appropriate action,” the spokesperson added.
Blaze News reached out to Blaskey multiple times, but she did not return messages.
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