{"id":12294,"date":"2019-10-29T23:33:02","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T23:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=12294"},"modified":"2019-10-29T23:33:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T23:33:03","slug":"the-divorce-gets-uglier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=12294","title":{"rendered":"The Divorce Gets Uglier"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5471,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.scribd.com\\\/document\\\/432162034\\\/Ackerman-McQueen-Texas-Counterclaim&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20191121140219\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.scribd.com\\\/document\\\/432162034\\\/Ackerman-McQueen-Texas-Counterclaim&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 08:06:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 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Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics -->\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=UA-147431441-1\"><\/script>\n<script>\n  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];\n  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}\n  gtag('js', new Date());\n\n  gtag('config', 'UA-147431441-1');\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>The divorce between the NRA and Ackerman McQueen is ugly and is getting uglier. The NRA&#8217;s reply to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/432162034\/Ackerman-McQueen-Texas-Counterclaim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ackerman McQueen&#8217;s reply and counter-claim<\/a> was filed with the US District Court on Friday. There were a number of <a href=\"https:\/\/boingboing.net\/2019\/10\/28\/nra-tv-was-so-racist-even-the.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/nra-leaders-found-nratv-to-be-distasteful-and-racist-2019-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stories <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/online\/nra-in-lawsuit-nratv-was-racist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">yesterday <\/a>that excerpted parts of the reply with regard to NRATV and its characterization by the NRA as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2019\/10\/28\/20936511\/nra-nratv-ackerman-mcqueen-lawsuit-complaint\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">distasteful<\/a>&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/nra-officials-found-nratv-messaging-to-be-distasteful-and-racist-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">racist<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reply brought attention to an episode of NRATV featuring Dana Loesch in which she portrayed Thomas the Tank Engine in a KKK hooded robe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screen-Shot-2019-10-28-at-2.48.19-PM-1200x762-1024x650.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screen-Shot-2019-10-28-at-2.48.19-PM-1200x762-1024x650.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screen-Shot-2019-10-28-at-2.48.19-PM-1200x762-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screen-Shot-2019-10-28-at-2.48.19-PM-1200x762-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screen-Shot-2019-10-28-at-2.48.19-PM-1200x762-940x597.jpg 940w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screen-Shot-2019-10-28-at-2.48.19-PM-1200x762.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/432146180\/NRA-Suit-Against-Ackerman-McQueen-in-Texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From page 3 of the reply<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>As AMc\u2019s bills grew ever larger, NRATV\u2019s messaging <strong>strayed from the Second Amendment to themes which some NRA leaders found distasteful and racist. One particularly damaging segment featured children\u2019s cartoon characters adorned in Ku Klux Klan hoods.<\/strong> Unfortunately, attempts by the NRA to \u201crein in\u201d AMc and its messaging were met with responses from AMc that ranged from evasive to hostile. At the same time, when NRA executives sought performance metrics for NRATV, AMc contrived a pretext to demand that each interlocutor be sidelined or fired. Simultaneously, in closed-door meetings with Mr. LaPierre (which AMc insisted remain \u201cconfidential\u201d), the agency presented fabricated and inflated sponsorship and viewership claims. The simple request for the number of \u201cunique visitors\u201d to the site was not answered, despite multiple attempts by Mr. LaPierre and other NRA executives. In fact, AMc\u2019s representations to the NRA leadership regarding the viewership for the digital platform it created, presented, and administered were, by 2017, intentionally (and wildly) misleading. Tellingly, when NRATV finally shut down in June 2019, no one missed it: not a single sponsor or viewer even called, confirming what at least some NRA executives suspected\u2014the site had limited visibility and was failing the accomplish any of its goals.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cjane87\/status\/1189247474139127808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ackerman McQueen fired back today<\/a> on the &#8220;distasteful&#8221; and &#8220;racist&#8221; claims in the NRA&#8217;s court filing. Like yesterday&#8217;s press release, the gloves are off and AckMac is taking no prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Ackerman McQueen recognized and handled the offensive imagery on the show, &#8220;Relentless&#8221;, in a proper fashion, like any media company would. We identified those responsible and put new processes and oversight in place. NRA executives acknowledged the corrective action taken by Ackerman McQueen, were satisfied with the response and a couple months later, renewed NRATV for 2019.<\/p><p>However, if the NRA wants to conduct a public conversation about distasteful and racist, they should consider their systematic behavior. This is the same executive leadership team and Board of Directors that refused to address the Philandro Castile tragedy. This the executive leadership team that put their heads in the sand every time a board member said something the could be perceived as distasteful or racist. This is the same executive team and Board of Directors that ignored, and didn&#8217;t even watch, the impactful programming that the NOIR team produced, telling important stories on minority issues. There are countless more examples, decisions and comments that plague the organization and will be a part of AMc&#8217;s defense.<\/p><p>As AMc said in its latest filing, Wayne LaPierre defrauded Ackerman McQueen. When AMc representatives discovered what he, his executive team as well as the Board of Directors were really doing, and AMc refused to have any part of it, the cabal that is left at the NRA retaliated. Now they want to blame anyone else for the people they actually are.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<p>The October 1st reply and counter-claim by Ackerman McQueen asserts that both Lt. Col. Oliver North and Dana Loesch were AckMac employees at the request of the NRA. They also assert that Wayne LaPierre personally courted Loesch to join NRATV full-time. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dana_Loesch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">She had been with Glenn Beck&#8217;s TheBlaze TV<\/a> from 2014 through 2017. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wayne LaPierre had appointed Loesch as Special Assistant to the Executive Vice President for Public Communication in February 2017. At that time, <a href=\"https:\/\/home.nra.org\/nra-announcement-about-dana-loesch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he said in a release from the NRA:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> \u201cDuring the past year Dana has proven herself to be a powerful voice for the Second Amendment rights of all Americans,\u201d LaPierre said. \u201cIt is clear that Dana has the communication skills, experience, and natural ability to serve our organization well as one its very public faces in the news media.\u201d<\/p><p><br>Loesch was named by the NRA a year ago to serve as Special Advisor on Women\u2019s Policy Issues. She has also continued to serve as an\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nratv.com\/series\/commentators\" target=\"_blank\">NRA Commentator<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nratv.com\/series\/the-dl\" target=\"_blank\">NRATV<\/a>, and has made numerous national media appearances on behalf of the NRA.<\/p><p><br>\u201cI\u2019ve been impressed with Dana\u2019s command of the issues facing the NRA, as well as her ability to communicate our positions and connect with women, and men, on those issues,\u201d LaPierre said.<\/p><p><br>LaPierre further reiterated that <strong>Loesch now has full authority to represent the NRA on a broad range of issues<\/strong>. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>As far as I can tell, Loesch has not responded to the NRA&#8217;s assertions and claims in its October 25th reply.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The divorce between the NRA and Ackerman McQueen is ugly and is getting uglier. 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