Curtis Morrison
- Role
- Attorney for the family replying publicly on X
- Statement date
"journalists giving these nutty netizens a platform was a factor."
Source and context
Original post
Curtis Morrison attributes a role in the arrests to media amplification (opens in a new tab)Original reply to Maria Kari linking a Fox News report
About this source
Original attorney reply. Morrison asserts that media amplification was a factor in the detention. The linked article’s chronology and any causal role are not independently established by this reply.
Before the quotation
Morrison replied to Kari and linked a Fox News report about Hashemi.
After the quotation
The wording is his criticism and causal allegation. The linked article’s chronology and causal role were not independently established by the reply.
How this statement is classified
The statement disputes the claimed justification, characterization or causal account without converting the speaker’s assertion into a finding.
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- Published here
- People and groups discussed
- Maryam Tahmasebi, Seyed Eissa Hashemi
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