Jenny Day, a reporter for Yuma, Arizona’s NBC News Affiliate KYMA (Channel 11) is getting pushback from experts who are calling her out on some false statistics she reported on in a story about sex offenders in the community.
She claims “Statistics show 99% of child sex offenders reoffend, yet they are still being released into our community.” which we know to be completely ridiculous, but then used that excerpt to try to get traction to her story in twitter (https://twitter.com/JennyDayTV/status/1195159698460143617). Thankfully experts are calling her out on her bullshit and asking her to cite the “statistics” she is claiming. So far no reply and we know why there’s not going to be a reply from her, because no empirical research exists.
More than 150 responses have been posted to tweet and they are overwhelmingly calling for a correction. Many have written to her and the station demanding she retract her story and apologize.
A petion on Change.org is even being circulated, demanding she retract her story or resign: https://www.change.org/p/jenny-day-correct-false-reporting-or-resign-from-your-job (please feel free to sign).
Now that Ms. Day and her station have been unquestionably placed on notice of their error, the rest is up to them. Their response will determine how much further this will go, including potential legal action. Her station, KYMA, re-tweeted her post.and could potentially be liable for defamation under the republication rule (Restatement (2s) of Torts § 578).
why can’t yuma tv get any competent news reporters…it’s embarrassing when guest make jokes about our tv reporters
I today’s world all someone has to do is cite numbers and they are all of a sudden experts. True numbers about registered citizens are backed by numerous studies. Numbers by some commentators are backed only by fear mongering, paranoia, ignorance, and a desire to sell a story to the public. Many years ago I did not believe in ‘fake news’. Today I surely do.
WRITE HER: [email protected]
GIVE HER THESE FACTS: https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/rsorsp9yfu0514.pdf
https://thecrimereport.org/2019/05/31/sex-offender-recidivism-lower-than-for-other-released-prisoners-bjs-study/
Forgive me for the duplication if this has already been posted somewhere else at this website.
Change.org has posted the following for those of us who signed their online petition, but you do NOT have to sign the petition in order to participate in the following:
Update on Jenny Day Story
John Jones
United States
Nov 20, 2019 —
Update: The story was taken down, and then put back up! I don’t want to let this go, do you? Call to action: 3 Day Structured Blitz! Keep Reading…
Phone and Email. Directed to: All Involved in the story. I am posting the schedule for tomorrow (Wednesday) and will do an updated one for Thursday and then another Friday. This starts each day at 9 am MST
Wednesday: 1) Phone blast to tie up the lines at KYMA news 928-782-4944 KYMA News hotline 928-782-5113 OR 928-247-9529
Example: “I’ve signed the petition online asking for Jenny Day and KYMA to retract their story or for Jenny Day to resign…..” feel free to make this your own of course. 🙂
Wednesday: 2) Email Blast to Mr. Ernesto Romero, the news director at KYMA [email protected]
Wednesday: 3) Email Blast to Jenny Day [email protected]
You can also find her on twitter, and facebook
https://www.facebook.com/JennyDayKYMA/ . @JennyDayTV
Wednesday: IMPORTANT: Phone and email blast to the parent company of KYMA> The News Press and Gazette Company
(816) 271-8500 [email protected]
If everybody could take 5 minutes tomorrow and act on each of the above that would be fantastic. And can everybody share this petition with somebody else? This is an opportunity to take a stand.
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It is 8:49 and I have my emails ready to go. If any of you did not see the above post in time, you can still participate by sending your emails and making the phone call at any time. We have seen the power in numbers.
The “statistic ” crap.. Gave the judge reason alone for immediate emergency removal of my daughter at the request of her biological father. At which time hadn’t had any involvement in her life. But because i was dating a R.S.O. from a 20 y charge. And the “statistics”. A child was ripped away from her mother. And i haven’t seen her in 2 years. Despite my many attempts in court and visitation.. Im a RN. No criminal history. But because of who i was dating. They gave her to a man she barely knew and a violent record of sexual assault but no convictions.
So Sorry DeAnna
Having to choose between your daughter, I am sure that you love and the partner you also love is not a fair choice.
This is just one of hundreds of situations we face in our lives as registered citizens that the courts constantly claim are NOT punishment. Just normal every day stuff that happens to EVERYONE, as long as those Everyone’s are on the registry or are related to someone who is.
These stipulations not only effect those required to register but also the families, friends, and even bosses as they have to decide if you keep your job when a customer complains you are on the registry.
We need more plaintiffs like DeAnna in the NRCC challenge. People like her bf who have been crime free for two decades are presumed unsafe due to FL’s mandatory life term of registration, splitting up families.
That is like me writing a story saying 99% of Journalist are idiots, liars, back stabbers, steal other people’s stories, will do anything to get a story and do not care who they hurt in the process
Now that Trump is a resident of Florida, could he be held liable be liable for defamation under the republication rule (Restatement (2s) of Torts § 578)? He has defamed many people via Twitter and media outlets. I was just wondering…
What does Trump have to do with this story?
Carol, someone who wants to sue another person must have standing to bring the case. So, if Trump is a defendant in a case then the plaintiff suing him must have sufficient grounds and evidence of wrongdoing. Consider the case that the porn actress known as Stormy Daniel’s brought against Trump. She had no standing so the court tossed her case. Im not sure what you think Trump has to do with anything about this thread, but I hope what I’ve posted helps you and anyone else who wants to sue someone for something.
It appears that the TV station has taken down the story. See:
https://kyma.com/news/released-to-reoffend-news-11-investigates-the-sex-offender-next-door-1/1142360703
Let it be known YUMA Arizona has unemployment 30% above the Nations average with a 1 in 5 chance you will be murdered living there. Armed Robberies lead the Nation with mostly poor and undocumented immigrants struggling to survive by ripping each other off. Its a city of spending most of the time trying to survive day to day. So having a sex offender living next door in Yuma is probably the lowest possibility of any harm will come to you and your children being that the violent nature of the City as a whole. Immigration is out of control and crime is rampant.
JEV – True Confessions
Jev
So what your saying is I should definitely NOT take the 3:10 to Yuma?
Signed it too. Great posts calling her out on all that BS. She must be hurting for real news and of course the cops want reelection and money. People should not elect or hire liars they are supposed to trust. That’s idiotic.
If you’re not on Twitter, you should be. Many registry reformers are there, and Twitter was instrumental in calling this story out. It’s easy to use.
How can we use Twitter to promote our causes at FAC?
Difficult for social issues which are unpopular or controversial. Twitter is like a virtual “word of mouth.” Hard to make a difference and get a message out unless you are able to attract thousands of followers from the general public and I think even if FAC were able to do that in a short amount of time, it would just create a platform for a lot of hate to be thrown our way.
Thank you for your input on this matter, rpsabq.
I credit Twitter and dozens of its users for exposing this poor journalism.
And I would have to disagree with the characterization, that it’s a poor place to discuss social issues that are unpopular or controversial, based on many hours I have spent observing it recently.
And it’s one way advocates find one another.
I have elaborated more on this below.
A number of Twitter accounts are devoted to registry reform. These include multiple registrants who have several thousand followers each. Hateful responses are uncommon and tend to get drowned out by supporters. They are educating the public and changing minds.
In addition to registrants are family members, treatment providers, criminal defense attorneys, academics, and journalists, all raising awareness of the need for registry reform and reminding people in this situation that they are not alone.
This is what I have observed on Twitter for the last 2-3 years.
FAC’s Twitter account already is equipped to tweet out news automatically. FAC just needs someone to handle that account more regularly.
All good to hear.
Just some more fake news by NBC. I thought it was limited to politics, but apparently they are now giving fake crime statistics.
NBC=Nothing But Crap.
Signed and contributed a little for the petition…and like WHL I wasn’t particularly nice but not rude either….the point was made!
Apparently, the article itself has been removed from Twitter although her Tweet has not. It’s still a good idea to post a comment and sign the petition however.
Signed. As of this moment, 142 others have also signed.
I actually work in all the salons and barber shops in Yuma. I just got back from there. That community should be outraged.
O M G. I cannot believe I did not think of this before. Anyone who knows basic math knows that if 99% of us had re-offended, the prisons and jails would be overflowing. My case goes back to 1990 and not a single infraction since then ( Although the registry makes it almost impossible to not do something wrong like cutting the cheese on a Tuesday when only allowable on a Thursday ). That is like saying 99% of people caught driving drunk will do so again.
For almost all crimes, a first time offender has an ah ha moment and can either say “What did I do to myself, my victim (s) and my family?” or they can say ” What do I need to do different to not get caught?”. Anyone can mess up and make a mistake, big or small, but it is what they do afterwards that matters.
I have said this before and will say it again, some reporters, not all, are so sick minded, they do not care what they say, do or report as long as they get a story regardless if the facts are really factual. If news agents would start firing reporters for false reporting, maybe things would change. retractions are almost ever reported unless it is a small blip on the back page of some nickle newspaper at the gas station that was forced by a judge.
Need to sue we didn’t ask to be part of this sub class so it makes it slander toward anyone being forced to were it!
She is an outright POS. Sue her and the station. It’s time people learn a valuable lesson in this blame game nation of ours.
Is there a way that we could organize through social media to lead some sort of blitz against one of our counties in Florida with their horrific ordinances: Dade/ Brevard/Seminole/Volusia/Clay/others? FAC leadership has all that they can handle. We as member would have to organize everything. There are almost 1,000,000 people on the national registry, some of which would help us and then we could return the favor some day.
I am not active in the social media world, but if some of you are, you could help us get started. I am more than willing to help, but I would need someone to tell me what to do and how to do it and we would need everyone to help us. There is power in numbers.
Miami/Dade could be a good place to start because of the current lawsuit down there. I am looking to bombard them with a lot of negative publicity that they would not want but all with research-based facts.
Today isn’t Jenny Day’s day. (No pun intended)
This is great. It is usually the other way around – with the negative comments directed at registered citizens from ignorant commenters, but now we’re pushing back with the same mob mentality -sort to speak- and it’s great.
Interesting. I asked her to provide me with her source regarding that particular statistic as well.
If she does provide me with the requested info I shall send it your way.
Honestly, there should be fines for journalist who publish this kind of false data. Lawsuits! So awful. Thank you for the updates.
Needs to be a registry lol.
The news is one of the most powerful monopolies that exists. It has the power to make or break a person. When the Sheriffs do these sex stings, how do you think the news finds out? A press officer from the law enforcement agency reaches out to the news. Back in the old days when I worked in law enforcement, when a cop messed up, it was all covered up and was hardly heard about.
That doesn’t happen much anymore as I just saw a Sheriff’s deputy arrested by OPD for pointing a gun at his Uber driver.
Our lives are under a microscope these days. That is why I try and keep a low profile mostly.
I emailed her and I just signed the change.org petition. I wasn’t nice.
I am glad that so many people are pushing back. If the station doesn’t offer an apology, then I hope someone does sue them. It’s time we start taking a stand against the outrageous, outright lies being used against us for some personal gain.