[nfb-talk] Washington Post: Trump ordered Braille removed from elevators in Trump Tower according to execs

Jack Heim john at johnheim.com
Thu Sep 13 20:39:32 UTC 2018


Judy, the Washington Post does not have a bad reputation. Quite 
thecontrary. The Washington Post's reputation is unassailable. The 
Washington Post is one of the greatest newspapers in the history of the 
world. That is a fact.


On 09/13/2018 03:00 PM, Judy Jones via nfb-talk wrote:
> You got that right, and even if they do, given the recent bad rep, it is
> questionable if the resources are valid.
> 
> If you have a news source that is not coming under fire for misreporting or
> allogations of misreporting been proven, then is a good bet there is more
> truth than not.  In these times, everyone is going to accuse everyone else,
> so I wouldn't even be spreading this.
> 
> Judy
> 
> 
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> Prater via nfb-talk
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> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Washington Post: Trump ordered Braille removed from
> elevators in Trump Tower according to execs
> 
> If any news source doesn't name their sources, it is always suspect.
> 
> Devin Prater
> Assistive Technology Instructor certified by World Services for the Blind
> JAWS certified
> 
>> On Sep 13, 2018, at 1:59 PM, Jack Heim via nfb-talk <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> Judy, first of all, the Washington Post is one of the most reliable
> sources for news in the entire history of the world. Secondly, they are
> simply quoting someone who used to work for Donald Trump. What difference
> does it make where that person's comments are published?
>>
>> You can choose  not to believe this person just because you don't like
> what she says but that would be your bias showing. Just because an eye
> witness says something doesn't make it a proven fact. But it doesn't make it
> a lie either.
>>
>>> On 09/13/2018 01:18 PM, Judy Jones via nfb-talk wrote:
>>> Hey, don't believe this, especially from mainstream newspapers here.
> They
>>> have a left agenda and are biased, not fair and balanced, so please don't
>>> spread this anymore.  The thing to do is to find out from locals if this
>>> is,in fact the case.
>>> What really is sad is that you can't trust the reporting from some of the
>>> newspapers, who, in the past, had great reputations and scruples.
>>> Many have been bought off and lost their ability to reason.
>>> Judy
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of adrijana
>>> prokopenko via nfb-talk
>>> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2018 10:45 AM
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>>> Cc: adrijana prokopenko
>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Washington Post: Trump ordered Braille removed
> from
>>> elevators in Trump Tower according to execs
>>> presidents represent whole nations and this is very sad indeed.
>>>> On 9/13/18, Jack Heim via nfb-talk <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> Judy, your response was blank.
>>>>
>>>> To me, what this article says is that while some people think
>>>> accessibility is cool, some do not. I mean, a person's reaction to
>>>> braille in elevators could be, "Wow, I never thought of that. How would
>>>> a blind person use an elevator? How cool that we've figured out a way
>>>> for them to do that."
>>>>
>>>> Not everybody reacts that way though.
>>>>> On 09/13/2018 10:13 AM, Judy Jones via nfb-talk wrote:
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