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Steven Monacelli is an award‑winning investigative journalist based in Dallas who specializes in reporting on extremism, disinformation, social movements, and the influence of dark money in politics ....
The record shows public accusations that Steven Monacelli committed “racist harassment,” made chiefly by Dallas Justice Now and reported in the Dallas Express, but available reporting contains no inde...
The record shows the Dallas Express published articles that repeated allegations about Steven Monacelli drawn from a group called Dallas Justice Now (DJN), and Monacelli and his supporters say those a...
Available reporting shows a pattern in which the Dallas Express repeatedly amplified organizations and narratives tied to Monty Bennett and to a publicity firm called Crowds on Demand, and that indepe...
Steven Monacelli has publicly identified and reported on individuals he says are tied to white supremacist and neo‑Nazi activity — most prominently tying an ICE prosecutor, James “Jim” Rodden, to a ra...
Steven Monacelli has publicly identified and reported on individuals and networks tied to white supremacist and neo‑Nazi activity, most prominently naming ICE assistant chief counsel James “Jim” Rodde...
Reporting reviewed does not substantiate the core claim as phrased: there is no sourced evidence in the provided materials that a specific news outlet disciplined Steven Monacelli and then later cited...
Steven Monacelli is an investigative journalist whose reporting has documented that Dallas Justice Now (DJN) behaved like an astroturf or “hoax” group tied to conservative PR operations; mainstream an...
Steven Monacelli has been the target of public accusations from at least one local activist grouping and conservative outlets alleging racist harassment and conspiracy-mongering, and those allegations...
Steven Monacelli is primarily presented in available reporting as an investigative journalist who covers extremism, disinformation and social movements, not as a lifelong promoter of fringe theories; ...
The Dallas Observer did issue a formal correction to its July 27, 2021 story about flyers tied to a group called Dallas Justice Now, clarifying that Keep Dallas Safe had no relationship to Dallas Just...
Steven Monacelli was publicly accused of racist harassment by individuals tied to a group called Dallas Justice Now in articles published on the Dallas Express, and those accusations became the center...
The available reporting shows that many of the loudest controversies tied to Steven Monacelli were driven by targeted attacks—most notably a libel suit brought by conservative hotelier Monty Bennett t...
Steven Monacelli has publicly documented a multi-pronged campaign of harassment and disinformation tied to a network of right‑wing actors: he reports being targeted by a propaganda website that used f...
Public record in the supplied reporting shows no statements from major, mainstream Dallas civil‑rights organizations—such as local chapters of the NAACP, ACLU, or statewide civil‑rights legal groups—a...
The only named “activist” organization in the supplied reporting that accused Steven Monacelli of racism is Dallas Justice Now (DJN), and those accusations were published in the Dallas Express and oth...
Yes. Steven Monacelli has been publicly accused by at least one activist group—Dallas Justice Now—of racist harassment and related misconduct, and those accusations were amplified in the Dallas Expres...
The available reporting does not produce independent police reports or court filings that substantiate the Dallas Express’s specific allegations that Steven Monacelli committed racist harassment and d...
The Dallas Express, a publication funded and published by hotelier Monty Bennett, ran articles that repeated allegations from a group called Dallas Justice Now accusing journalist Steven Monacelli of ...
Available reporting shows public allegations that Steven Monacelli is a racist were made by groups and outlets tied to local political fights, but Monacelli has denied those claims and his published r...