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Sometime reporters get a bit overzealous in pursuit of a story. Case in point, a data breach at a Christian crowdfunding website exposed certain fundraisers to which public officials had donated money. With this information, a Pulitzer Prize winner wanna-be in Utah was able to identify a local paramedic, who had donated a stunning $10 to…<\/p>\n
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Journalist accused of harassing private citizen over legal donation<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n By Brian Flood<\/p>\n A local report in Utah faced heavy backlash over the weekend after tracking down a paramedic who donated to the defense fund of Kyle Rittenhouse and attempting to confront him at home.<\/p>\n The Guardian reported last week Rittenhouse, the Illinois teenager accused of killing two protesters in Wisconsin in August, received thousands of dollars in donations for his legal defense, including from public officials and police officers.<\/p>\n Jason Nguyen, a reporter from ABC\u2019s Salt Lake City affiliate in Utah, discovered a local paramedic donated $10 to Rittenhouse and headed to his home seeking his “side” of the story. The decision to track down a private citizen for donating $10 was lambasted nationally once Nguyen tweeted about it.<\/p>\n “A Utah paramedic donated to the defense fund of Kyle Rittenhouse. It was first reported in the @guardian this morning. Rittenhouse is accused of killing two protesters in Kenosha, WI. I tried to get the paramedics [sic] side of things. See the story tonight at 10p on @abc4utah,” Nguyen wrote to accompany a photo taken as he knocked on the paramedic\u2019s front door.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Sadly for Jason, his quest for the big story caused quite a stir. Read the rest here: Fox News<\/a> and here: The Guardian<\/a>
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