There it is. This is the state of journalism in 2017 under the boot of leftist authoritarians. Report a true story that exposes the hate and hypocrisy of the left, and you lose your job.
Gretchen Rachel Hammond was the reporter who broke the story of the Jew ban at the Dyke march in Chicago.
One of the women who was asked to leave the Dyke March, Eleanor Shoshany Anderson, couldn’t understand why she was kicked out of an event that billed itself as intersectional. “The Dyke March is supposed to be intersectional,” she said. “I don’t know why my identity is excluded from that. I felt that, as a Jew, I am not welcome here.” (read it all)
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Hammond has been demoted.
Award-Winning Journalist Who Broke Story of Jewish Women Barred From Chicago ‘Dyke March’ Removed From Reporting Duties
An award-winning journalist who broke the story of the group of Jewish women ejected from an LGBTQ march in Chicago last month has been reassigned to non-journalistic duties at the paper which ran the original report, the Windy City Times.
Chicago reporter Gretchen Rachel Hammond (left) pictured after donating her kidney to reader Elvie Jordan (right). Photo: Gretchen Rachel Hammond.
Gretchen Rachel Hammond — whose June 24 story caused a national storm after she detailed how three women flying Jewish Pride flags embossed with the Star of David were instructed to leave the gathering by organizers from the Dyke March Collective — confirmed to The Algemeiner on Monday that while she was still employed by the paper, she was not presently engaged in its reporting and writing operations.
“At this time, I have not been fired from Windy City Times, but I have been transferred to working full time for the sales department,” Hammond explained in an emailed statement. “The reasoning is an internal matter and I have been instructed not to comment about it even to close friends. Given my present situation, I must comply with this instruction.”
Three major pro-Israel groups have claimed that University of California-Irvine (UCI) students committed criminal acts at a protest of a Zionist event…
The Windy City Times — whose masthead featured Hammond as a senior writer until a week ago — now describes her as “senior account executive.”
The Algemeiner approached Hammond after a reader pointed out that her role at the Windy City Times had been abruptly switched. The reader said in an email that Hammond’s reporting had been blamed by the march organizers for the ensuing controversy, and went on to express “disgust” and “outrage” that Hammond had “been bullied and attacked” by individuals associated with the march, sometimes in an “antisemitic” manner.
Tracy Baim — the publisher and executive editor of the Windy City Times — told The Algemeiner she could not discuss the specific charges around Hammond.
“I cannot comment on our people, but know that we stand by our reporting on our stories,” Baim said by telephone from Chicago.
Pressed on whether she stood by Hammond’s reporting of the Dyke March controversy specifically, Baim answered affirmatively. “I was the one who edited the story,” she added. Asked why Hammond had not filed a byline for the paper since June 28, Baim had no comment.
Hammond joined the Windy City Times as a reporter in 2013 and won the 2016 National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Award for Excellence in News Writing. This year, Hammond was a finalist for the second time for the Lisagor Award, which honors journalists in Chicago.
Hammond came to national attention in 2016 when she saved the life of one of her readers by donating a kidney. “This current and particularly ugly electoral cycle has been fueled by the politics of conceit,” Hammond later reflected in a column for the paper. “So it is easy to forget that, even if you don’t have the resources of a wealthy philanthropist, it is more important than ever to help someone in need and, in so doing, change their world and, as a consequence of that action, the world as a whole for the better.”
In her initial report on the march, Hammond quoted a member of the Dyke March Collective explaining that the Jewish women had been removed because their flags “made people feel unsafe” and that the event was “anti-Zionist” and “pro-Palestinian.” On June 28 — in her last article for the paper — Hammond conducted an extensive interview with Dyke March Collective activist Alexis Martinez, who was given ample space to present her argument that the march was “anti-Zionist,” and not “antisemitic.”
During the interview, Martinez accused the Windy City Times of having “failed in its journalistic mission” for allegedly not contacting her before the paper revealed the removal of the Jewish women marchers.
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hf
6 years ago
And yet, american jews will continue voting democrat.
If jews themselves want jewish downfall, no one can prevent it.
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Suresh
6 years ago
No sympathies for these stupid Let/liberal pro-jihadi Jews . They get what they deserve just like the dumb George cloony.
Left/Liberal George Cloony the Loony, Fled Italy to UK due to Islamic “refugees” he wanted Europeans to take in settling around his estate !
And now the coward is not feeling safe in Britainistan, so flees to …? Guess where ? To the “Racist” Trump’s America ! What should be done to such scumbags ?
Many Leftist Jews are the shame of Israel. In ancient Israel, if someone has not been compliant to the Torah he was banned from the Israel community. Leftist anti–Zionist Jews should be treated as non Jews.
Most of us regard them as JINOs – Jews In Name Only. Others regard them as quislings and kapos and I can’t disagree with that. There is little or nothing in their lifestyle that is remotely Jewish. However they do like to pretend they are Jewish but at least they’re honest about it. They call themselves Conservative Jews or Reform Jews or Liberal Jews or somesuch – but I’ll settle for JINOs.
And in case anyone is interested, I’m a less than fully observant Orthodox Jew who supports the right of Israelis to elect the government that they believe to be best at representing their national interests at any one point in time.
Agreed. An obvious story fit for CNN, “fake Jews”.
lostlegends
6 years ago
No surprise here. The silencing of the dissident.
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago
The lame stream media is rendering self more irrelevant with every ignorant stunt like this it performs. There is no reason to buy the yellow pulp narratives that are now being presented as news. Newspapers are disappearing, they hasten their demise with their blatant ignorant liberal democrat anti decency positions. The only use for the printed media is coupons allowing discounts on soap. News, who are they trying to fool?
Peter Joffe
6 years ago
Islam is invading all aspects of decency and turning our country into a land of hate and disinformation. What is the matter with Jews? Thay have suffered for more than 3,000 years under the threat of hatred and murder and yet, here they go in the misguided belief that is they do not say ‘enough is more than enough’ they will be spared the death that Islam and antisemitism dishes out.
Sunshine Kid
6 years ago
The problem with covering leftists is that you might be hated for the coverage, especially if it uncovers their hatred at any level.
Alleged Comment
6 years ago
Haha…. so the truth comes out. Antisemitism is what it is all about and “get whitey”.
Drew the Infidel
6 years ago
Today’s newspapers offer more editorial content disguised as news stories than anything else. Usually by the end of the first paragraph, the writer’s personal politics and prejudices begin to become obvious. The only reasons I buy a paper nowadays is for the crossword puzzle and the obituaries and am beginning to question why they see fit to drag the dead into it.
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AlgorithmicAnalyst
6 years ago
Not sure donating a kidney is such a good idea, the older you get, the more you need them 🙂
Excellent assemblage. Missing some here—like BBC, The Guardian, Aftonblade, Peace Now, Jewish Voices for Peace, B’Tselem, J Street, Breaking the Silence, and a bunch more—but this is an excellent start!
charlie baker
6 years ago
This brave lady should first secretly secure employment with an outfit who is more in tune with her sensibilities then out The Windy City Times for what they are..A Leftist, Jew-hating Rag. Jew hating, it seems, is part and parcel of Leftist thinking and is their dirty little secret, hence the WCT insistence Hammond not discuss what happened there.
IzlamIsTyranny
6 years ago
I’ll bet her new job title resulted in a pay increase as well.
Kuffar
6 years ago
They are “intersectional” but they still hate Jews and love the torturers that hang gays from cranes. I guess that’s what they mean by “intersectional”. If that is even a word?
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