{"id":2488,"date":"2023-11-08T13:57:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T13:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=2488"},"modified":"2023-11-08T13:57:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T13:57:13","slug":"update-editor-of-michael-bloombergs-the-trace-denies-bait-and-switch-in-less-lethal-gun-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=2488","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Editor of Michael Bloomberg&#8217;s The Trace Denies Bait-and-Switch in Less Lethal Gun Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tali-Woodward.jpg\" data-caption=\"The Trace's editor-in-chief Tali Woodward (photo: LinkedIn)\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tali-Woodward-696x464.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tali-Woodward-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tali-Woodward-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tali-Woodward-700x466.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tali-Woodward-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tali-Woodward-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tali-Woodward-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tali-Woodward-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tali-Woodward.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"Tali Woodward\" title=\"Tali Woodward\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Trace&#8217;s editor-in-chief Tali Woodward (photo: LinkedIn)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/40100ae8-4660-4277-8a48-8a030e982922?j=eyJ1IjoiY2VhcDQifQ.IEv6Jj5IHLZD0RhW-xOjfVbKkJDlkaAyCGjn_OOqGOg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/40100ae8-4660-4277-8a48-8a030e982922?j%3DeyJ1IjoiY2VhcDQifQ.IEv6Jj5IHLZD0RhW-xOjfVbKkJDlkaAyCGjn_OOqGOg&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1699459305284000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0-NyTeayVrH2OtCDz90ULF\">Lee Williams<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tali Woodward, Bob Woodward\u2019s daughter and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tali-woodward-3b189a164\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">editor-in-chief<\/a> of Michael Bloomberg\u2019s anti-gun agitprop factory The Trace, says there\u2019s a simple reason why her freelance reporter Ted Alcorn told a gun maker he was writing a story for <em>Wired<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/journalistic-ethics-writer-runs-interview-with-less-lethal-gun-maker-at-the-trace-after-telling-him-it-was-for-wired-magazine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">which was later published by The Trace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs frequently happens in journalism, Alcorn reported the story on a freelance assignment from one publication (<em>Wired<\/em>) and wound up publishing it another (The Trace),\u201d Tali Woodward said in an email Monday. \u201cWe were very happy to take over the editing, fact-checking, and publication of the story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Trace story, published last week, which was titled <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/ec65aeb7-fede-48a9-91d1-480bffd6d820?j=eyJ1IjoiY2VhcDQifQ.IEv6Jj5IHLZD0RhW-xOjfVbKkJDlkaAyCGjn_OOqGOg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/ec65aeb7-fede-48a9-91d1-480bffd6d820?j%3DeyJ1IjoiY2VhcDQifQ.IEv6Jj5IHLZD0RhW-xOjfVbKkJDlkaAyCGjn_OOqGOg&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1699459305284000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1e-LY3nGYJYWEzyjtBNDgh\">\u201cShoot, Don\u2019t Kill\u201d<\/a> and examined less-than-lethal weapons from companies like <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/b6e7f040-0c0c-492e-8fa1-1652c94a90d0?j=eyJ1IjoiY2VhcDQifQ.IEv6Jj5IHLZD0RhW-xOjfVbKkJDlkaAyCGjn_OOqGOg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/b6e7f040-0c0c-492e-8fa1-1652c94a90d0?j%3DeyJ1IjoiY2VhcDQifQ.IEv6Jj5IHLZD0RhW-xOjfVbKkJDlkaAyCGjn_OOqGOg&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1699459305284000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2PXpE-3Ir3BCC4AcM4GhQv\">Byrna Technologies, Inc<\/a>., which use a CO2 cartridge to launch .68 caliber kinetic and tear gas projectiles.<\/p>\n<p>The story quoted Byrna\u2019s founder, president and chief executive officer, Bryan Ganz. However, Ganz told the Second Amendment Foundation\u2019s Investigative Journalism Project that he had never even heard of the Trace until the story appeared Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOriginally, he (Alcorn) said it was supposed to be published in\u00a0<em>Wired<\/em>\u00a0magazine. But once we gave him the quotes, we had no control over where the article was published,\u201d Ganz told SAF\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/journalistic-ethics-writer-runs-interview-with-less-lethal-gun-maker-at-the-trace-after-telling-him-it-was-for-wired-magazine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/74168be8-0787-4110-9b31-ed58a485b542?j%3DeyJ1IjoiY2VhcDQifQ.IEv6Jj5IHLZD0RhW-xOjfVbKkJDlkaAyCGjn_OOqGOg&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1699459305284000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2nhgEvtK9v_Q20h7OZKDxY\">for a story published Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_542862\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-542862\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-542862 size-full\" alt=\"Ted Alcorn\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ted-alcorn.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ted-alcorn-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ted-alcorn-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ted-alcorn-420x420.jpg 420w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ted-alcorn.jpg\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-542862 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ted-alcorn.jpg\" alt=\"Ted Alcorn\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ted-alcorn.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ted-alcorn-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ted-alcorn-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ted-alcorn-420x420.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-542862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ted Alcorn (photo: LinkedIn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Woodward disputes this, saying, \u201cGanz was absolutely notified that the story would be published instead by The Trace and in fact provided access for our photographer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Ganz confirmed Tuesday that he believed his comments would appear in\u00a0<em>Wired<\/em>, not the Trace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll along it was supposed to be published in\u00a0<em>Wired<\/em>. But later, he (Alcorn) couldn\u2019t get it in\u00a0<em>Wired<\/em>, and said he was going to look for somewhere else to publish, something called the Trace,\u201d Ganz said. \u201cI didn\u2019t know what the Trace even was until it was published, and then I got a lot of people calling me asking how I could go to one of Bloomberg\u2019s things. When I gave the interview, I did it thinking it would appear in\u00a0<em>Wired<\/em>. I don\u2019t know if it was a bait-and-switch. That may have been his intention. I have no idea. Ted (Alcorn) seems to be a reasonable guy, but there are some things in his background.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to his bio, Alcorn has worked for Everytown for Gun Safety and the New York City mayor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Takeaways<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>It makes much more sense that an anti-gun writer would tell a gun maker \u2014 even a maker of less-than-lethal guns \u2014 that the story would appear in a tech magazine like <em>Wired<\/em>, rather than on a website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/the-traces-not-an-advocate-just-a-journalist-jennifer-mascia-on-the-need-for-more-gun-control-in-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dedicated to total civilian disarmament<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_542824\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-542824\" style=\"width: 1722px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-542824 size-full\" alt=\"Byrna CO2 less lethal gun\" width=\"1722\" height=\"1131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/byrna-1.jpg 1722w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/byrna-1-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/byrna-1-700x460.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/byrna-1-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/byrna-1-1536x1009.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/byrna-1-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/byrna-1-696x457.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/byrna-1-1068x701.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/byrna-1-639x420.jpg 639w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/byrna-1-741x486.jpg 741w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/byrna-1-560x368.jpg 560w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1722px) 100vw, 1722px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/byrna-1.jpg\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-542824 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/byrna-1.jpg\" alt=\"Byrna CO2 less lethal gun\" width=\"1722\" height=\"1131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/byrna-1.jpg 1722w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/byrna-1-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/byrna-1-700x460.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/byrna-1-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/byrna-1-1536x1009.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/byrna-1-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/byrna-1-696x457.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/byrna-1-1068x701.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/byrna-1-639x420.jpg 639w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/byrna-1-741x486.jpg 741w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/byrna-1-560x368.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1722px) 100vw, 1722px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-542824\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Byrna Technologies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ganz\u2019s bait-and-switch theory is much more believable, especially when you consider The Trace\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/bloombergs-agitprop-production-arm-the-trace-working-to-silence-gun-influencers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pedigree<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Trace wants the public to believe it\u2019s an actual newsroom. Its staff call themselves journalists rather than anti-gun activists who are paid by Michael Bloomberg to generate anti-gun propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>While they frequently cite their independence from Bloomberg\u2019s other anti-gun organizations, such as the Demanding Moms, Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Everytown for Gun Safety, The Trace and Everytown actually share the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/the-trace-is-revealed-yet-again-as-the-bloomberg-owned-anti-gun-agitprop-outlet-we-know-it-to-be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">same president<\/a>, John Feinblatt.<\/p>\n<p>In her email, Woodward also complained that she wasn\u2019t notified prior to publication of SAF\u2019s story. However, there\u2019s not a single phone number listed anywhere on her website.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Second Amendment Foundation\u2019s Investigative Journalism Project wouldn\u2019t be possible without you. Click here to make a\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.anedot.com\/saf\/ijp\"><strong>tax deductible donation<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0to support pro-<a title=\"This is an affiliate ad link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.avantlink.com\/click.php?tt=ale&amp;ti=11297&amp;pri=9659&amp;pw=275597&amp;mi=16365&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwethepeopleholsters.com%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener ugc,nofollow\">gun<\/a>\u00a0stories like this.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This story is part of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.saf.org\/category\/ijp\/\">Second Amendment Foundation\u2019s Investigative Journalism Project<\/a>\u00a0and is published here with their permission.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/update-editor-of-michael-bloombergs-the-trace-denies-bait-and-switch-in-less-lethal-gun-story\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trace&#8217;s editor-in-chief Tali Woodward (photo: LinkedIn) By Lee Williams Tali Woodward, Bob Woodward\u2019s daughter and editor-in-chief of Michael Bloomberg\u2019s anti-gun agitprop factory The Trace, says there\u2019s a simple reason why her freelance reporter Ted Alcorn told a gun maker he was writing a story for Wired, which was later published by The Trace. \u201cAs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2488","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reviews"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}