Fired for telling the truth about BLM
Thompson Reuters fired data scientists Zac Kriegman who discovered some uncomfortable truths about Black Lives Matter
Zac Kriegman is a former data scientist for Thomson Reuters, and a really smart guy.
However, when he began digging into the numbers surrounding the BLM movement, he found that the claim that police are more likely to shoot black people just isn't true. More than that, the political response to the George Floyd killing has, — through defunding, demoralized police, and "reforms" — has ended up in the deaths of thousands of young black men.
He shared that data with his colleagues, was attacked by activists there, then was fired for talking about it.
I interviewed Zac on my podcast this week. We discussed how Thompson Reuters, read daily by a billion people, places politics above presenting fair news.
Zac tells an interesting, and all too common, story about the inside of a major news organization that has placed politics over journalism.
If you have an interest in watching or listening to it, you can find the video here, and audio at Apple, and everywhere you can download podcasts.
I'd love to know what you think!