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In reply to the discussion: Melissa Harris-Perry Walks Off Her MSNBC Show After Pre-emptions [View all]LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)Sorry to scream this but we live here in Michigan and it anger us citizen journalists across this state when it is said "Rachel Broke The Flint Water Crisis Story". NO, she did not.
There were stories going on in Michigan from the likes of Michigan Radio, Metro Times, The Motor City Mudracker, Deadline Detroit, Independent Underground News & Talk and Radio LIVE and of Course the Great Work of Journalist Curt Guyette of Michigan's ACLU that REALLY BROKE the story on a national basis.
In fact, Rachel's first in-depth story on the Flint Water Crisis came AFTER the Washington Post piece here 12/15/15:
"In Flint, Mich., theres so much lead in childrens blood that a state of emergency is declared"
So no Rachel did not "brake" crap. She followed up on the work that many had done on-the-ground for upwards of two years. That is a fact.