If one didn’t know any better one might assume the same left-wing activists who protested CoreCivic last week are chummy with the writers and editors of The Tennessean, given how the paper covered the event. So much so they collude with one another. So much so the writers at The Tennessean might allow their personal biases to overrule the truth. “They are protesting CoreCivic, and The Tennessean is giving them all the propaganda they can because CoreCivic does some of the detention facilities for illegal aliens,” said Tennessee Star Political Editor Steve Gill. Reporters at The Tennessean, Gill went on to say, are not telling the real story of what CoreCivic does. Tennessean reporter Natalie Allison did not return repeated requests for comment Monday, and neither did her supervisor Duane Gang. On the day of the protest, Allison signaled likely coordination with the protestors. Her first tweet covering the event occurred at 6:32 a.m. that day. She used the protest group’s hashtag, #ResistICENashville, in later tweets. The story she eventually produced did not question the protestors, their motivations, or even their funding. She even ignored Nashville Police Chief Steve Anderson, who said the following about the protest: We understand the…
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