Ohio University: where journalism went to die in a hate crime hoax

Journalism is dead. It died on the mainstream media and now it has died at Ohio University where Anna Ayers, a journalism student and a member of the Student Senate, claimed she had received death threats. After her claim was investigated, police discovered she sent the "death threats" to herself.

Ayers claimed she found two of the threatening letters in her desk drawer at her Student Senate Office. One note contained a death threat. She also claimed that she also found a "hateful, harassing" message at her residence that used a derogatory term regarding her being a member of the LGBT community, the school newspaper, the Post, reported.

Ayers was also on the Post's publishing board and was a former columnist [with a Jim Acosta slant].

The Student Senate discussed the notes at length where an emotional Ayers claimed to be "angry, frustrated and disappointed" after the first threat. She called her parents to lie to them about it.

The threats were initially thought to have been from another member of the organization because they were found in her desk.

"Senate will never be the same for me," the LGBT liar said in front of her Student Senate peers. "The friendships will continue to grow, and our successes will always evoke pride, but the memory of my time in senate and OU will be marred by this experience. We will all have a memory of a time when this body failed one of its own."

Ayers then yammered on calling the threat cowardly, weak, and worthless, according to the Post.

"You may find me revolting and worthy of a threat on my life, but in reality, it is your beliefs that are repulsive," she said in one of her senate speeches. "You need to get this through your head, you f**king a**hole: I am proud to be who I am, and nothing you could say or do will ever change that."

But on Monday, Ayers was arrested by OU police for sending the threats to herself. She was charged with making 3 false reports to police, which is considered a first-degree misdemeanor. She faces 6 months in jail and $1,000 fine for each charge but there's a better chance getting hit three times in a week by lightning at noon in Times Square in January for her to actually get any serious penalty for these crimes.

Student Senate President Maddie Sloat said in a statement: "We're complying with the investigation and OUPD. We hope Anna receives the help that she needs."


Click the "Follow Posts" button in the margin and be sure to get the latest Brain Flushings at a computer near you. Also, please visit the ads on this page because it helps the economy and me.



Tweet