NPR and the journalist are definitely feeling the heat from all the negative contacts that have been made over this “story”. Even Dr. Kelly Socia — one of the experts who was interviewed by Thompson, wrote to express his disagreement with the piece: that Thompson’s reporting leaves readers with an impression that is contrary to his work, and the interview that he gave.

Here’s what NPR’s Public Editor has to say.

http://view.nl.npr.org/?qs=c91121eac5d3784a8f018ad17b60f3b2970cd0fd5cae1ead410bc21c67bfa53977f50fd1d3a360bf0a541efd28386ea9d1ce4cda8f082abcb9f6f81b4467e3e419189ae6945ffbb6f7c64ae9fde8c956

As Guy Hamilton-Smith points out on Twitter, “it doesn’t grapple with many of the ethical and journalistic lapses on display, and presumably the stories will live on to leave the public less well informed.“

Yes. As far as I can tell, they serve no useful purpose. I have read of nothing that they have done that has made society safer. If anything, they are a hindrance. They do not promote best practices.

Interesting. Thanks.

whoa! good catch. removed that comment.

SMART as in the SMART office of the DOJ? Why are they doing this? To justify their budget?

Ms. Thompson, on Twitter, has been blocking those who disagree with her. May as well go over her head to NPR, which ought to have better journalistic standards than this.

Yes, that is very interesting.

I’ve said plenty to the NOT-SMART people. But I fully expect that they are not that talented and capable of listening. I mean, how many people who are creative and have open minds would work in the NOT-SMART office? Surely not that many.

I do wonder how many jobs are there. I wouldn’t think it would be that many, but duh, it is big government after all. We’d probably all be shocked.

The funny thing is that if People Forced to Register (PFRs) all lived like I do, the Registries would be such a massive failure that people couldn’t even comprehend it. Some PFRs surely do live like that. What percentage? 10? 30? 80?

I don’t know, but I’ve made the Registries worthless. But not just worthless, a whole hell of a lot worse. With respect to me, Registries have definitely been a bad idea and complete failure. The NOT-SMART fleecers can approve/decide whatever “regulations” they like, it’s not going to matter. I’m going to continue to ensure that the Registries are worthless and that there are consequences. Perhaps they believe that if only 5% of PFRs are like me, but the other 95% are “controlled/monitored” by the Registries, that the overall effect is worth it? At what percentage would it not be worth it?

At what level of worthlessness and harm will the Registries not be worth the big government jobs and money being grifted by all of the various people and organizations in the incarceration business? Probably no level. They want that $$$$$.