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Invisible Choir

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🗓️ 28 November 2021

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In 2011 the Capital Gazette daily newspaper out of Annapolis, Maryland published a revealing exposé on the dangers of social media entitled, “Jarrod Wants to Be Your Friend.” The piece recounted one man’s relentless cyber harassment of a former high school acquaintance through Facebook. Though the article was originally intended to warn readers of the false sense of intimacy social media provides people we may not actually know - it quickly snowballed into something much worse. After 7 years of detailed threats of violence and a defamation lawsuit against the Capital Gazette, Jarrod W. Ramos finally took his war of words beyond the computer screen and into the newspaper offices at 888 Bestgate Road on June 28th, 2018 - in one of the state’s most horrific mass killings. Written by Michael Dunphy Jr., Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. Special Thanks to Cindi Rittenour. Visit Invisible Choir on the web: Patreon - Invisible Choir Premium: https://www.patreon.com/InvisibleChoir Website: https://www.invisiblechoir.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InvisibleChoirPodcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/invisiblechoir/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/InvisibleChoir Written/Audio Sources: Capital Gazette shooting Jarrod Wants To Be Your Friend | PDF | Facebook | Misconduct Capital Gazette homicide suspect Jarrod Ramos was an 'outcast of the outcasts,' classmate says Jarrod W. Ramos (@EricHartleyFrnd) - Twitter | PDF | Separation Of Powers | Justice Jarrod Ramos sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole for Capital Gazette shootings Jarrod Ramos pleads guilty in Capital Gazette newsroom shooting Attorneys argue over Ramos' state of mind in Capital Gazette case Capital Gazette Shooter Found Criminally Responsible for Murders, Will Be Sentenced to Prison – Maryland Matters Brand of Sacrifice | Berserk Wiki | Fandom Berserk (Manga) | Berserk Wiki | Fandom Manga - Wikipedia Is there a law that could have saved the Capital Gazette? MD HB240 | 2021 | Regular Session DNA Databases To Solve Crimes In MD Could Be Limited By Bill Maryland Has Red Flag Law That Allows Police To Take Guns From People Who Pose Threats, Mentally Ill Endometriosis - Symptoms and causes A Timeline Of The Capital Gazette Shooting And Trial Multiple Killed In Capital Gazette Office Shooting In Annapolis, Maryland | NBC News Who is Jarrod Ramos? What we know about the Capital Gazette shooter Woman harassed by Capital Gazette shooting suspect says he 'tormented' her (OBS) Video shown to jurors in insanity phase of Capital Gazette case Annapolis Shooting Suspect Had Prior Conflicts With Capital Gazette, Court Documents Show Witness describes deadly Maryland newspaper shooting Annapolis Authorities Give Update On Capital Gazette Shooting | NBC News Annapolis shooting suspect Jarrod Ramos accused of killing 5 at The Capital Gazette Police: Annapolis shooting suspect used pump-action shotgun Hundreds honor life of Wendi Winters Judge finds Jarrod Ramos guilty of all 23 charges in Capital Gazette shooting Jarrod Ramos charged with 5 counts of murder in Maryland newspaper shooting Capital Gazette Shooter Jarrod Ramos' Insanity Trial Continues Tuesday Reaction to jury's verdict in insanity phase of Jarrod Ramos trial -- wbaltv.com Capital Gazette Shooting Survivor Speaks Out: ‘I Thought I Was Going To Die’ | TODAY Music & Sound Effect Sources Opening Track: Black Days - Taylor Crane Closing Track: Slow Shift - Jay Varton Music & Sound Effect Sources All music and sound effects used with express permission under unlimited blanket license authority from Epidemic Sound ® and SoundStripe ®. Individual sources are available via request at info@invisiblechoir.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The views expressed in the following episode are those of the subject's interview or individual presenters from the case.
0:06.0	They do not necessarily reflect the views of ReachReaks LLC, Cast Media or the Invisible Choir Podcast.
0:20.0	Invisible Choir explores detailed depictions of violence and murder and is not appropriate for all audiences.
0:27.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:33.0	He is very cold, he is very calculated, he is very intelligent.
0:43.0	The news media is an entity that is often criticized.
0:47.0	It's also one that most of us are consumed by on a near daily basis.
0:52.0	At times, resembling a train wreck that we simply cannot take our eyes off of,
0:56.0	one that we keep coming back to as if we're curious to see what the aftermath of the crash looks like.
1:02.0	Whether politics, current events, or of course, crime.
1:06.0	These are the topics most of us are inadvertently glued to, especially with the advent of social media.
1:13.0	Terms like fake news become hashtags and travel at the speed of light.
1:18.0	Whichever ideological side or biased outlet you turn to, almost all of us have had something negative to say about the way these matters are portrayed at one time or another.
1:28.0	Now, a big part of what we do here is cleaning up the massive conclusions that reporters have hastily jumped to before gaining all of the facts in an effort to break a new story first.
1:39.0	What we as the public tend to overlook and perhaps underappreciate, however, is that sometimes,
1:45.0	the media does get things right, keyword being sometimes.
1:51.0	Back in 2011, a story released by the Capitol Gazette, an enapolis Maryland would be an example of this.
1:58.0	When a crime committed by a local man was publicized by the paper and online.
2:03.0	An unbiased, factual and forthright article completely within the respective legal bounds of journalism.
2:10.0	A story which ordinarily would have blended in with several others on just any other ordinary news day.
2:17.0	Criminal records are almost always synonymous with the public record.
2:21.0	Sometimes the truth hurts and not all press is good press, especially in the eyes of a criminal.
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