By GottaLaff
This cannot be tolerated. David Schultz, 26, works as a reporter for WAMU-FM, a local NPR station. He was stopped dead in his tracks, physically prevented from reporting a story about the shoddy treatment of a terminally ill patient, a veteran.
This is a story that is bound to get bigger, backfiring all over the VA. Somebody owes us, and Schultz, an explanation about what they're trying to hide, and why:
Schultz was working on a story about a veteran alleging bad treatment at the hands of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Tommie Canady, a 56-year-old veteran with a terminal pancreatic disease, says he gets horrible care.
Gloria Hairston, a VA communications specialist, along with two other employees and four armed security guards, stopped Schultz and wouldn’t let him leave until he handed over his equipment. After a confrontation, when Hairston warned Schultz it would get "ugly," he says, the young reporter gave her the memory card from his tape recorder.
Schultz told WTOP-AM radio:
["T]he story is not about me versus the hospital. It's about why is the hospital taking these measures to prevent Mr. Canady from speaking. What are they trying to hide?"
.jpg)