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Gannett parts way with reporter after offensive photo caption at NJ paper

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A reporter for the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey is no longer working for the Gannett-owned newspaper after publication of an offensive photo caption over the weekend

The caption, posted Sunday under a photo of a nurse preparing to vaccinate someone, described her as a "f—ing hot nurse" and used the acronym for the slur Jewish American Princess. It was taken down shortly after publication.

"This was an inexcusable act. The objectification of women and religious insults are intentional actions," Paul D'Ambrosio, the paper's executive editor, wrote in a message Tuesday on the Asbury Park Press website. "The reporter in question is no longer with the company."

D'Ambrosio did not mention the name of the reporter, but the New Jersey Globe, which first broke the story, identified the reporter as Gustavo Martinez Contreras.

D'Ambrosia did not immediately respond to The Hill's request for comment. Contreras could not be reached.

The newspaper is also changing its photo approval process in the wake of the scandal, according to D'Ambrosio's public post and internal documents seen by The Hill.

"Our credibility in the community is paramount to our success," D'Ambrosia said in an email to the paper's staff. "Whatever delays the above SOP cause are irrelevant compared to the damage [of the] offensive sentence."

He also asked staffers to "avoid commenting on this matter on social media or any media people who may reach out to you."

D'Ambrosio said in his public statement that the caption made it online because of a "system [that] does allow staffers to publish directly to our website and mobile app. We trust the professionalism of our employees and know speed can be important when covering breaking news. This system has been in use for nearly a decade, and across our suite of 250-plus publications, we have not had a similar incident to this one."

D'Ambrosio told staffers in his memo that going forward, "all photo captions and photo galleries must be reviewed by two sets of eyes" and those reviewers have to put their initials beside their approvals.

"As the content creator, it is your responsibility to ask the coach or producer or even another staffer to review the package in a timely fashion to ensure the above is never repeated," D'Ambrosia added.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/544522-feinstein-calls-for-a-ban-on-assault-weapons-in-wake-of-boulder-shooting

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Tuesday called for Congress to once again pass the Federal Assault Weapons Ban in the wake of the deadly mass shooting in Boulder, Colo., Monday evening after reports that the suspected shooter had an assault rifle.

Feinstein said at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence, which was scheduled before the Colorado shooting and last week’s deadly attacks on massage parlors in Atlanta, that she has 35 co-sponsors behind the bill. She first authored the bill in 1993 before it was officially signed into law the year after.

However, the ban expired in 2004, and Feinstein on Tuesday said she has since watched as “assault weapons have become the weapon of choice in mass shootings.”

“Yesterday, our country was forced to endure yet another mass shooting, 10 people dead, including a police officer. All our hearts go out to all the families who lost a loved one yesterday, and the law enforcement who risk their lives in the line of duty,” she said.

“But, that doesn’t cure the problem,” added Feinstein.

Feinstein on Tuesday said that from 1994 until the ban expired in 2004, violent gun massacres experienced a 37 percent decrease, and deaths from shootings fell by 43 percent.

The Democratic senator added that in the 10 years after the ban expired, “there was a 183 percent increase in massacres, and a 239 percent increase in massacre deaths.”

Feinstein also noted that 10 days before Monday’s shooting, a court blocked a Boulder assault weapons ban that had been in place since 2018.

According to The Associated Press, authorities said the suspected shooter purchased the rifle used in Monday’s shooting six days prior to the attack.

Feinstein explained that the threat of gun violence continues to increase during the pandemic, citing a New York Times report that found 2 million guns were purchased in March 2020 as fears on COVID-19 spread, marking the second highest month on record for gun sales in the U.S.

“I am so concerned about the rise in gun sales and the increased pressure being put on the background check system,” Feinstein said. “I’m also concerned about the number of people who have guns, but would not have passed a complete FBI investigation.”

These things are not going to stop, members, they’re just not,” she continued. “I’ve sat here for a quarter of a century listening. They don’t stop. And if you give people the ability to easily purchase a weapon that can be devastating to large numbers of people, some of them will use that, under stress or for whatever reason.”

President Biden throughout his campaign threw support behind legislation banning the manufacturing and sale of assault weapons, and on Tuesday renewed these calls by specifically urging Congress to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, as well as close loopholes in the background check system.

“I don’t need to wait another minute let alone an hour to take common sense steps that will save lives in the future and to urge my colleagues in the House and Senate to act,” Biden said in remarks from the White House.

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>Gustavo Martinez Contreras.

https://matzav.com/app-reporter-arrested-at-asbury-park-george-floyd-protest/

An Asbury Park Press reporter was arrested covering a protest in the city tonight denouncing police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s death, the Asbury Park Press reports.

Gustavo Martínez Contreras, who was covering the rally for the Press, was streaming the protest live on Twitter, when police clearing a street screamed at the crowd to go home. The video ends with an officer yelling “you’re under arrest” and “get your…hands behind your back.”

A news photographer later captured an image of Martínez Contreras being loaded into a police van. Read more.

https://www.app.com/story/news/local/courts/2021/03/08/black-lives-matter-asbury-park-press-gustavo-martinez-arrest-lawsuit/4631321001/

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gannet owned

Gustavo Martinez Contreras.

arrested at george floyd protest and cival rights lawsuit, fired for fucking hot caption and anti semetic caption

not making sense

fb 2019 post then 2018 post

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