Posted on 02/15/2023 11:27:33 AM PST by Morgana
A West Virginia journalist was fired last month after exposing alleged abuse of disabled people in the state’s health agency.
Amelia Ferrell Knisely said she had been warned to stop reporting on allegations that the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources was hiding information on the treatment of disabled persons in state care in the weeks before she was let go from her part-time job at West Virginia Public Broadcasting.
“I was let go from my job at WVPB last week following threats from DHHR about my reporting on DHHR’s treatment of people with disabilities,” she wrote on Twitter Dec. 28.
Last month, Knisely published that an advocacy group was accusing the state of failing to properly institutionalize disabled persons. The state, the group alleged, was “‘patient dumping’ or ‘warehousing patients’ by allowing them to remain unnecessarily institutionalized,” she wrote.
She also reported on a letter that Republican Senate President Craig Blair sent to Gov. Jim Justice asking for a formal probe into the allegations.
The fired reporter said leaders at the health department had “threatened to discredit” WVPB, a publicly funded television and radio network.
Instead, Knisely was allegedly let go.
“It is crucial for the press to hold government agencies accountable,” Knisely said in a statement Tuesday. “It must be emphasized that these events followed my reporting on the mistreatment of people with disabilities, who are in state care.”
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Now THIS....
Is a big deal...
It could lead to similar crap happening in other states as well..
Government workers protecting each other.
publicly funded television and radio network Yeah trust what they report.
Like you trust CPS?
“It is crucial for the press to hold government agencies accountable,”
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That’s the last thing government wants. The Establishment Republicans and the entire Democrat Party has violently opposed to real oversight and accountability of government agencies at all levels.
The point is she was fired for blowing the whistle on gov wrong doing by media funded by the gov.
Today’s Headline: “Pot Calls Kettle Black”
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