JOURNALISM ORGANIZATION STRUGGLES TO UNDERSTAND SEXUAL HARASSMENT

San Francisc's Hyatt Embarcadero, venue of the Asian American Journalists Association annual convention
San Francisco’s  Hyatt Embarcadero, venue of the Asian American Journalists Association annual convention

SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – It looks like a clear case of sexual harassment, and it happened in a most unlikely venue — the annual national convention of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA).

The convention is happening at the Hyatt Regency Hotel Embarcadero in San Francisco.

A female convention attendee went on the organization’s Facebook page to complain about a male attendee who allegedly sexually harassed her at the convention hotel. According to the post, the male attendee told her that he had a big c*ck and followed her all the way to her hotel room door, despite her protestation.

Reacting to the post, AAJA national president Paul Cheung responded by saying that AAJA’s leadership is “working with both parties to gain a better understanding of the incident.”

In reality, the leadership is trying to gain a better understand of sexual harassment.

The AAJA board is scheduled to meet tomorrow, Sunday, and has invited an expert from the San Francisco Human Rights Commission to conduct an in-service training for the board members so that they can better deal with the alleged incident.

“This has never happened before,” a board member said, “so we ask our membership to be patient and understanding while we determine what steps we need to take.”

 

 

BREAKING: HILLARY CLINTON CONCEDES TO BERNIE SANDERS!

imageDES MOINES, Iowa (The Adobo Chronicles® ) –  After weeks of campaigning and not getting anywhere close to the large crowds that have marked rival Bernie Sanders’ political stomps, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is finally conceding.

Sanders has been attracting crowds of up to 20,000 in his campaign appearances while Clinton has mostly focused on  small, intimate conversations with big political contributors.

Apparently, Clinton’s campaign strategy has not been working. As a matter of fact, Sanders now leads the former First Lady and Secretary of State in a recent poll in New Hampshire.

This morning, as she made the rounds at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Clinton told reporters that she was conceding to Sanders.

She is conceding her campaign strategy and will start organizing big, grassroots-style gatherings throughout the country in order to better compete with the senator from Vermont.

FILIPINO MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING LIVE-IN PARTNER, BABY, ACQUITTED, THANKS TO NEWS HEADLINE

imageBACOLOD CITY,  Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – A Filipino man accused of killing his live-in partner and baby was acquitted today of murder charges, thanks to a news headline.

The 21-year-old man was accused of stabbing his live-in partner and nine-month-old baby last month in Silay City, Negros Occidental. He was believed to be high on drugs when he allegedly commited the murder.

The man didn’t have any lawyer. Rather, he defended himself in court before the judge.

In his defense, the man presented “Exhibit A” consisting of a hard copy of  a news headline that appeared on the news site, Inquirer.net.

The headline read, “Man, ‘high on drugs,’ stabs dead partner, baby in Negros Occidental.”

In arguing for himself, the accused told the judge, “How can I be charged with murder when the people I stabbed were already dead?”

Neither the judge nor the prosecution attorney could challenge his defense argument.

The judge then immediately issued an acquittal order and the man was released from custody.

He could still face new charges of attempted murder.