When last we saw the "reporter" from the Phoenix New Times, she was quoting hilarious excerpts from a satirical blog post as fact and basing an entire cover story on the false premise that NBA Commissioner David Stern was thinking of imposing a "tattoo cap." That's right, she actually believed that each team could be limited as to how many tattoos their players could have. The story made it all the way through the New Times "editing" process and was published as the cover story during All Star Weekend when tons of NBA players and fans were in town. OOPS!!
Somehow she wasn't fired, and I later got tired of caring about the so-called journalistic standards of a shoddy old-media publication.
Then a few weeks ago D'Andrea started following me on Twitter, so I followed her back. And then this...
I tweeted a link about a Cornell email scandal, giving RT credit to @coco_cure (Coco actually should have given RT credit to the original source who I discovered later, @guestofaguest). A few minutes later, D'Andrea tweeted the same link, with the same exact headline, and gave no RT credit at all. Why do I think she got the link from me? Because the story is three days old and a Twitter search on the subject showed that very few other people had been talking about it at all today, and not with that particular shortened URL.By the way, it's not like D'Andrea just doesn't understand the concept of RT because her timeline shows she has RT'd plenty of other people. And there was plenty of room to give RT credit.
It could be she was just embarrassed to give hat tip credit to me in particular. But more likely she was just hoping I'd write up another one of my blog posts to add to her robust Google search results. I'm always happy to take a few minutes out of my day for that!
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This is why you are one of my favorite haters, Alana G. :) You have a talent for both pissing me off and cracking me up, so I gotta respect that. I am laughing along with your "running joke," although this particular blog wasn't as witty as your previous efforts. I know you will keep trying, though.
That's my girlfriend you're all up on, ND'A.
lol I love how ND'A took the time to read your blog and leave a comment... but didn't acknowledge the clear case of Twitterjacking. Or, wait, is her laughing along with you acknowledging that she did, indeed, Twitterjack but is just *that* gangster that it's funny to her?
Niki D'Andrea's reporting skills are so poor, she was publicly condemned at Truth Wins Out, a widely read gay news/gay rights website.
What's so shocking & disturbing about Niki is that she has actually gone on record as saying that her lesbianism justifies misreporting facts and ignoring documentation.
Those who'd like to know what's holding the LGBT community back need look no further than Niki D'Andrea.
David Nahmod has his own smear agenda against me, and is far less justified in his rants against me than Alana G. At least Alana G has the integrity to not put words in my mouth and say I've gone "on record" saying things I didn't say (show me that "record" you keep saying I've gone on so many times, Nahmod, please).
Alana G initially called me out for a monumental factual blunder about a false tattoo cap for which I deserved an amount of derision. And she has every right to call me for "Twitterjacking" her (great word, by the way). Nahmod has no real grievances against me beyond his own personal neuroses. Too bad he uses every possible forum he can to try and shift the focus to him.
But Niki, you were publicly condemned
at Truth Wins Out. Many, many others have complained about your less than accurate reporting.
For the past 5 years, my ex partner, who's on SSI for mental illness, has lived with a conservative Christian family who uses his disabilities as a control device.
Around a dozen of his friends have complained that they can no longer reach him because of interference from the housemates.
When my ex's Mom passed away, one sweet old lady we know tried to send him a card, only to see her card returned behind my ex's back.
Niki saw a letter that this lady wrote regarding the card incident~~she saw letters from several other of my ex's friends who verified my claims.
When Niki "reported" this story, she wrote that I was stalking my ex's housemates, never mind that I live 800 miles away. She told me that she felt it was "best" to ignore my documentation. When I asked her why she had done this, she said "because I'm an out lesbian, so you can't accuse me of being homophobic".
I write for gay publications in San Francisco, San Jose and North/South Carolina. I just got my first writing gig for The Jerusalem Post, an international daily, so I know how to write stories and fact check.
Niki D'Andrea's deplorable behavior is a stunning example of what's been holding the LGBT community back for years, and I'm absolutely right to speak out against her.
But hey, don't take my word for it: Google "Niki D'Andrea Truth Wins Out" and you'll see what a number of other gay activists think of her.
Oh, and BTW, Niki, I'm back in contact with Beecher's son, who says he's glad to hear from me.
Your full of shit, Niki, and everyone knows it.
Google Niki D'Andrea: The Worst of Village Voice Media and you'll see what still others have to say about her.
Oh, and before Niki comes back here to mention it, my ex's housemates took out a restraining order against me: never mind that I live 800 miles away & don't have their phone numbers.
I now have a recording of that court hearing, which the court provided. Both the judge and my ex's housemate can clearly be heard making anti-gay remarks.
This is info that Niki, an out lesbian, has deliberately covered up.
At her blog today, Niki speaks of all her "haters". Well, I write for four publications. Not one story I've ever written has garnered me a "hater".
Niki is clearly the problem: maybe she should learn to tell the truth.
David, I'm not going to engage in a pissing match with you on somebody else's blog. Stop being a stupid brat and change your diaper. Cheers.
Alana" this is no pissing match: this is me revealing the truth about Niki D'Andrea. She's not clueless~~she knows what she's doing.
The New Times pays her to lie.
Prior to the aforementioned restraning order, my ex himself signed an order of protection against me. That first order stated that I was a physical danger to my ex, his housemates, his children in Connecticut, his sister in Texas & his ex-wife who divorced him in 1985.
At the hearing for that first order, my confused, disoriented ex revealed that he DID NOT KNOW that the order he signed stated that I was a danger to all those people. The first order was dismissed after it was found that my ex's housemates used his disabilities to get him to sign a document they knew he couldn't read.
Niki D'Andrea knew this but ommited it when she deliberatey misreported my story.
Niki lied, and she knew she was lying.
Alana: I can make copies of both of those court hearing recordings for you. Would you like to post them as MP3 files next to the story that Niki wrote~~let everyone see how low Niki's ethics are!
David Nahmod has been harassing this poor woman for over a year, for daring to write a FACTUAL article about Beecher's housemates getting a restraining order against him for HARASSMENT. Harassment, not a big surprise there, that's David's big thing, and Niki was just the reporter who reported it, and now she has her own harassment campaign to deal with.
David is very disturbed. Please check out my new article about David Nahmod's argument that looking at child pornography is acceptable (based on his own blogs posts at his web site).
http://protectfamilies.blogspot.com/2009/12/david-nahmod-blogs-that-looking-at-pre.html
Here's a post from Truth Wins Out, a widely read gay news blog which accuses
Niki D'Andrea of deliberately supressing documentation & misrepresenting the truth RE: my story:
www.truthwinsout.org/blog/2009/02/1824/
There you can see that a number of Beecher's friends are making the same claims as I.
I'm a journalist myself.
I write for two LGBT publications: Bay Area Reporter (San Francisco) and ON Magazine (San Jose). I also write for the Jerusalem Post, an international daily.
I know how to report stories & how to check facts.
So does Niki~~she lies on purpose as per the instructions of her employers at Village Voice Media.
As for I'm Not Crazy~~her profile claims she's a Christian whose goal is to protect families from "perversions". She does not reveal her identity, so she has no credibility.
Unless she IDs herself, no one will take her seriously.
My reporter's instincts tells me that she's Kathryn Rock, the bitch who tampered with my ex's mail.
It should be noted that David Nahmod has reportedly been blacklisted as a contributor to Truth Wins Out, the one semi-valid publication that ran the one slanderous story he keeps quoting.
Really, Sam? I didn't see anything about David being banned from that site. But it's certainly possible. In perusing various gay blogs for this story, I came across many examples of various gay activists fighting with each other & banning each other from their respective websites. I also came across an article, written by David, that addresses this behavior. I was impressed with how many gay people gave David supportive kudos in the comments section of that article.
I also found the following: signed letters written by people other than David who say his ex's housemates subjected them to threats when they tried to contact
David's ex just to say hi & see how he was. Then I listened to the recordings of the court hearings, which David posted on You Tube. I was frankly more than a little disturbed to hear how confused David's ex sounded when the judge asked him why he signed the restraining order. No ethical reporter would ignore this kind of documentation, and it's all readily available. Of all the people claiming to have "inside info" on this story, David alone provided credible documentation. It seems that a lot of people with questionable motives are trying to cover that documentation up.
After checking out David Nahmod's blog this moring, I saw that he posted additional documentation of his claims. These documents are indisputable and verify what he says beyond any doubt. Mail fraud and other types of fraud are clearly beeing perpetrated by his ex's housemates. I then called the Hassayampa Justice Court in Surprise AZ, who verified that the restraining order that David's ex signed against him was dismissed after the judge found it to have been falsified. This happened over two years ago, yet Niki did not see fit to report it. Her story now stands as one of the worst pieces of dishonest yellow journalism I've ever seen. I hope someone has the decency to tell David's ex the truth. If I knew how to reach him, I'd do that myself.
David was banned from Truth Wins Out as a contributor.
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