Curtis Morrison

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Attorney for the family replying publicly on X
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"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.

Challenged the characterization
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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Maryam Tahmasebi, Seyed Eissa Hashemi

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