kane
EOG master
You are reading fake news articles.
Listen to her being interviewed, she's telling the truth
You are reading fake news articles.
she is a low-level database manager who had a grossly inflated opinion of herself and insubordinately refused to comply with her bosses' reasonable requests on numerous occasions.
https://tallahasseereports.com/2020...ickbait-the-media-dreams-of-but-its-all-fake/Rebekah Jones’ firing is the COVID clickbait the media dreams of – but it’s all fake
Claim #1: Rebekah Jones was the “architect” of the Florida’s COVID-19 dashboard.
The truth: Jones was more like the drywall hanger of the dashboard rather than the “architect.” The dashboard was built on the same visual mapping tool that Johns Hopkins University made famous at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis. In fact, Florida’s tool looks extremely similar. That’s because Johns Hopkins University is not the “architect” of the dashboard, either. The tool is actually built not on any of Florida’s many data servers, but using ready-made modules from a subscription service called ArcGIS. Jones’ job was to load data into those modules and decide how it appeared to visitors.
Claim #2: Rebekah Jones was a coronavirus “scientist”
- Media outlets who published the false “architect” claim: Florida Today, The Daily Beast, New York Post, The Guardian, CBS 12 News, The Hill, Miami Herald, ClickOrlando, WEAR-TV
- Who got it right? The Tampa Bay Times described her as a “top Florida Department of Health data manager” and never ran with the “architect” claim. They even correctly pointed out that it was Jones herself who claimed to have built the site “from scratch.”
The truth: Jones has a doctorate degree in geography. Her skill set, as applicable to COVID-19, was in mapping data, as we explained above. That’s it. No special skills in epidemiology, biology, or even public health. Depending on the narrative a media outlet wants to convey, using the term “scientist” in headlines about coronavirus carries with it a very specific connotation, leading readers to believe Jones was involved in the front lines of coronavirus research. If media outlets insist on describing her as a “scientist,” they owe their readers a fuller explanation of her role, and should, at most, describe her as a “data scientist,” though even that could be misleading and would still be misconstrued for political gain.
Claim #3: Rebekah Jones was asked to manipulate data to support the governor’s plan to reopen Florida
- Media outlets who ran with the “scientist” narrative: National Public Radio, The Guardian,MSNBC, and many others.
The truth: Jones was asked to temporarily disable the ability to export data from the dashboard so that it could be verified that the data matched other sources.
We previously gave credit to the Tampa Bay Times for accurately describing Jones’ role in managing the COVID-19 dashboard. They also accurately describe events leading to Jones termination. Don’t misunderstand – the Times is still guilty of trying to make Jones a martyr. Take a look at how they describe what happened:
On June 13, 26-year-old University staff member Rebekah Jones was booked on one count of battery on a police officer, one count of remaining after forbidden and two counts of resisting arrest, Scott said. Scott said officers arrived at the Sea Grant building when Jones refused to leave at the request of LSU Human Resources. Scott said Jones initiated physical contact against two LSUPD officers while resisting arrest and officers were forced to subdue her.
https://tallahasseereports.com/2020...ickbait-the-media-dreams-of-but-its-all-fake/
Read the articles. She didn't create anything. It's all fake news.If the stalking stuff was true, so what, it has nothing to do with her ability as a scientist.
This is more plausible.
"Jones, is credited with building, designing, and managing Florida's Covid 19 data and surveillance dashboard, which was praised by researchers, including a White House scientist as a shining exapmle of transparency
Claim #1: Rebekah Jones was the “architect” of the Florida’s COVID-19 dashboard.
The truth: Jones was more like the drywall hanger of the dashboard rather than the “architect.” The dashboard was built on the same visual mapping tool that Johns Hopkins University made famous at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis. In fact, Florida’s tool looks extremely similar. That’s because Johns Hopkins University is not the “architect” of the dashboard, either. The tool is actually built not on any of Florida’s many data servers, but using ready-made modules from a subscription service called ArcGIS. Jones’ job was to load data into those modules and decide how it appeared to visitors.
Claim #2: Rebekah Jones was a coronavirus “scientist”
The truth: Jones has a doctorate degree in geography. Her skill set, as applicable to COVID-19, was in mapping data, as we explained above
She's not a scientist.
No special skills in epidemiology, biology, or even public health. Depending on the narrative a media outlet wants to convey, using the term “scientist” in headlines about coronavirus carries with it a very specific connotation, leading readers to believe Jones was involved in the front lines of coronavirus research. If media outlets insist on describing her as a “scientist,” they owe their readers a fuller explanation of her role, and should, at most, describe her as a “data scientist,” though even that could be misleading and would still be misconstrued for political gain.
https://tallahasseereports.com/2020...ickbait-the-media-dreams-of-but-its-all-fake/Where are you getting this info, nice copy and pste job, but where is it coming from, show me that, give me a link
- Media outlets who ran with the “scientist” narrative: National Public Radio, The Guardian,MSNBC, and many others.
This is critical. The Tampa Bay Times had the full explanation for why the data was temporarily unavailable, but they and other media outlets decided to run with “coronavirus conspiracy” instead. In fact, the Times headline claims Jones was asked to “delete” data. No where in the story itself does the word “delete” appear. It’s another clickbait headline.
Most of the charges filed against her came after she was hired by the Department of Health, so they would not have turned up in any background check.
The bottom line: Rebekah Jones was fired for performance issues, not for “refusing to manipulate data.” And her extensive criminal history, which predates her employment in Florida, lends credence to the DeSantis administration that she was just a troublesome employee who is now disgruntled and trying to get media attention about her firing. The easiest way to get media attention right now is to claim a Republican elected official is involved in a conspiracy to cover up COVID-19 data detrimental to reopening the state economy.
The media outlets listed above will not issue retractions. They will double down on the idea that DeSantis’s administration is withholding / manipulating / deleting / altering data. That, too is totally false. But mark these words, the embarrassment of touting Rebekah Jones as their coronavirus martyr will quickly fade into the mainstream media memory hole.
kane- You're posting fake news again.The author of the article is a right winger named Brian Burgess and the article itself is taken from a right wing site called The Capitolist". Sorry Raiders, I don't believe anything taken from right wing sites. I get my info from legitimate news outlests, and you get your from right wing sites, where anyone with a blog can be quoted
kane- You're posting fake news again.
https://www.firstcoastnews.com/arti...chief/77-c7b8bfd7-6b8c-4189-b08f-a5367e39c968She was putting data on our portal that the scientists didn’t believe was valid data ... she didn’t listen to her supervisors," DeSantis said Thursday during a news conference. "Come to find out, she's also under active criminal charges in the state of Florida. She's being charged with cyberstalking and cyber sexual harassment."
She was a dashboard operator and kane makes it look like she's a coronavirus scientist.
Fake news kane takes the EOG fake news lead.
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https://thecapitolist.com/rebekah-j...ed-in-conspiracy-to-manipulate-covid-19-data/But in a nationally televised appearance late Friday on CNN, she failed to produce any evidence to support the sensational allegations.
“I never stated nor implied that the Governor was involved with asking me to manipulate, delete and hide data,” Jones wrote on a personal blog. “I never suggested any conspiracy directly involving the Governor.”
The admission undercuts one of the central underpinnings of the media narrative that has become a national news story: that Florida’s governor, eager to reopen Florida’s economy, directed Jones to delete or alter COVID-19 data to support his reopening plan. It’s a narrative that Democrats like Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried pounced on immediately, without ever seeing evidence:
No one cares about her crimes. It's all the false allegations by you and others reporting fake news.Let me know when, or if, she ever gets convicted on that stalking charge, I think she should get the chair myself, LOL