{"id":559,"date":"2015-11-29T21:06:30","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T01:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/?p=559"},"modified":"2015-11-30T08:58:42","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T12:58:42","slug":"utah-media-blocks-polygamy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/utah-media-blocks-polygamy\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Media Blocks\/Censors National Polygamy Info"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TribunePolygamy-blocked-National-Polygamy-Advocate-700x400.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TribunePolygamy-blocked-National-Polygamy-Advocate-700x400-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"TribunePolygamy blocked National Polygamy Advocate 700x400\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-560\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TribunePolygamy-blocked-National-Polygamy-Advocate-700x400-300x171.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TribunePolygamy-blocked-National-Polygamy-Advocate-700x400-150x86.jpg 150w, http:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TribunePolygamy-blocked-National-Polygamy-Advocate-700x400.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the area of Utah and its surrounding vicinity, the <em>Salt Lake Tribune<\/em> operates a blog about the crimes of Mormon-based polygamists.  On Twitter, they identify themselves as <strong>@TribunePolygamy<\/strong>.  They are pretty much just a Mormon-based outlet, limited mostly to their local section of the country.<\/p>\n<p>That local media-blog has been well aware of me on the larger national level over this last decade, knowing that I was &#8211; and am &#8211; the leading voice for the <a href=\"http:\/\/nationalpolygamy.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>National Polygamy<\/em><\/a> Rights Movement for UCAP (unrelated consenting adult polygamy).<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, throughout the ordeal a decade ago with the FLDS and its leader Warren Jeffs, the National Polygamy Rights Movement for Consenting Adults has adamantly opposed those criminals and explained that that group was never part of the national movement.  No doubt, I have directly been involved in educating the media.  Here are several examples of reports distributed to the media.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-polygamy.com\/articles.php?news=0046\" target=\"_blank\">Pro-Polygamists Glad that Fugitive Warren Jeffs was Caught<\/a> (8\/29\/2006)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-polygamy.com\/articles.php?news=0050\" target=\"_blank\">Anti-Polygamy Bias in Media is Exposed by Three Tactics<\/a> (3\/30\/2007)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/2007\/9\/prweb552208.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>PR Web:<\/em><\/strong> Polygamy Movement Opposes Warren Jeffs, Says National Polygamy Rights Leader<\/a> (9\/8\/2007)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-polygamy.com\/articles.php?news=0056\" target=\"_blank\">Warren Jeffs was Always Opposed by National Polygamy Movement<\/a> (9\/27\/2007)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-polygamy.com\/articles.php?news=0058\" target=\"_blank\">FLDS was Always Opposed by National Polygamy Movement &#8211; Quotes<\/a> (4\/8\/2008)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-polygamy.com\/articles.php?news=0059\" target=\"_blank\">FLDS is far more &#8220;Mormon sect&#8221; than &#8220;Polygamist sect&#8221;<\/a> (4\/8\/2007)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The fact has long been made clear.  Labeling the FLDS as a &#8220;polygamist sect&#8221; is considered as libellous against normal UCAPs &#8211; especially for the vast majority of us around the country who have no beliefs in anything connected to Mormonism or to its religious texts or doctrines.  While we are aware that the LDS  want to distance themselves from the FLDS, the fact remains that the &#8220;mainstream&#8221; Latter Day Saints (LDS) share vastly more in common with the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints (FLDS) than UCAPs.  We have made this known ever since the FLDS first made news over the previous decade.  Moreover, any media trying to act like I don&#8217;t exist or that these clarifications have not been made, are simply deploying a tactic that self-identifies a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-polygamy.com\/articles.php?news=0050\" target=\"_blank\">media outlet&#8217;s anti-polygamy bias<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, only a few months ago, I finally started my twitter account, <strong>@MHenkelPolygamy<\/strong>. (I had previously viewed Twitter as a &#8220;noisy&#8221; fad with a character limitation.)  My new twitter account has since  become a resource for people who want to know the actual facts about UCAP (unrelated consenting adult polygamy) and overall freedom.  <\/p>\n<p>Among those twitter-followers, the localized-Utah, Mormon-based media, <strong>@TribunePolygamy<\/strong>, was following my twitter account.  I was glad to follow their twitter account too.<\/p>\n<p>Today, that all changed, it seems.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after noon (ET) today, the twitter-poster at <strong>@TribunePolygamy<\/strong> posted a news link from their blog.  Alas, doing so, they made the &#8220;mistake&#8221; yet again of identifying the FLDS as a &#8220;polygamist sect.&#8221;  Here is the tweet that was posted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trial to explore how Warren Jeffs runs polygamous sect from Texas prison <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YfLpZhhnSc\">https:\/\/t.co\/YfLpZhhnSc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Katy_Vine\">@Katy_Vine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FLDS?src=hash\">#FLDS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nwnpUb2Bhx\">pic.twitter.com\/nwnpUb2Bhx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tribune Polygamy (@TribunePolygamy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TribunePolygamy\/status\/671015000799125505\">November 29, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>To provide them with the more correct information, I educationally tweeted the following replies.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TribunePolygamy\">@TribunePolygamy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Katy_Vine\">@Katy_Vine<\/a> Correction: &quot;runs MORMON-based sect&quot; NOT polygamist sect. FLDS is NOT part of National <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UCAP?src=hash\">#UCAP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/polygamy?src=hash\">#polygamy<\/a> movement.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; National Polygamy (@MHenkelPolygamy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MHenkelPolygamy\/status\/671027983864451072\">November 29, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>That was followed by this:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TribunePolygamy\">@TribunePolygamy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Katy_Vine\">@Katy_Vine<\/a> FACT: Warren Jeffs has 99% more in common with LDS than normal unrelated consenting adult polygamists around US.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; National Polygamy (@MHenkelPolygamy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MHenkelPolygamy\/status\/671028579073966080\">November 29, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I then followed that with this tweet:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TribunePolygamy\">@TribunePolygamy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Katy_Vine\">@Katy_Vine<\/a> If you&#39;re uncomfortable calling FLDS a MORMON-based sect, then you purposely libel calling it a POLYGAMIST sect.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; National Polygamy (@MHenkelPolygamy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MHenkelPolygamy\/status\/671030042202370049\">November 29, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>That was then followed up with this:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TribunePolygamy\">@TribunePolygamy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Katy_Vine\">@Katy_Vine<\/a> Even many who are MORMON-based polygamists oppose the FLDS, so the FLDS is not a &quot;sect&quot; of overall polygamy.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; National Polygamy (@MHenkelPolygamy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MHenkelPolygamy\/status\/671030849098424320\">November 29, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>To finish up the clarity, this was my last tweet:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TribunePolygamy\">@TribunePolygamy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Katy_Vine\">@Katy_Vine<\/a> And all other <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UCAP?src=hash\">#UCAP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/polygamists?src=hash\">#polygamists<\/a> (who have nothing to do with MORMONISM) have never had any commonality w\/ FLDS!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; National Polygamy (@MHenkelPolygamy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MHenkelPolygamy\/status\/671031373361233920\">November 29, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In less than 3 hours, I discovered that <strong>@TribunePolygamy<\/strong> had <em>blocked<\/em> me. <\/p>\n<p>They did not seek more information for clarity and accuracy.  They did not ask me how I could help them be better at reporting the facts.  They did not even engage a conversation with me at all, with neither public nor private message. <\/p>\n<p>Alas, it appears that they (or their authorized twitter-poster) have neither any willingness to be objective nor willingness to learn information for better accuracy in their reporting.  Instead, <strong>@TribunePolygamy<\/strong> purposely chose to silence and hide the education of facts and to keep their misrepresentation uncorrected.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than seek more information, they just censored it and sought to <em>block<\/em> me.<\/p>\n<p>As revealed in this article back in 2007, as &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-polygamy.com\/articles.php?news=0050\" target=\"_blank\">Anti-Polygamy Bias in Media is Exposed by Three Tactics<\/a>,&#8221; the <strong>@TribunePolygamy<\/strong>&#8216;s censorship speaks louder than anything else they might ever say.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TribunePolygamy-blocked-National-Polygamy-Advocate-700x400.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TribunePolygamy-blocked-National-Polygamy-Advocate-700x400-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"TribunePolygamy blocked National Polygamy Advocate 700x400\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-560\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TribunePolygamy-blocked-National-Polygamy-Advocate-700x400-300x171.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TribunePolygamy-blocked-National-Polygamy-Advocate-700x400-150x86.jpg 150w, http:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TribunePolygamy-blocked-National-Polygamy-Advocate-700x400.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the area of Utah and its surrounding vicinity, the Salt Lake Tribune operates a blog about the crimes of<\/p>\n<div id=\"more-button\"><a class=\"btn btn-more excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/utah-media-blocks-polygamy\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"twitterCardType":"","cardImageID":0,"cardImage":"","cardTitle":"","cardDesc":"","cardImageAlt":"","cardPlayer":"","cardPlayerWidth":0,"cardPlayerHeight":0,"cardPlayerStream":"","cardPlayerCodec":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[51,53,54,55,50,52],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"http:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":594,"href":"http:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions\/594"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}