What did Miami Herald staff writer Carol Rosenberg report from Miami that heeded a complaint?
A U.S. Navy commander accuses a Miami Herald reporter of sexual harassment in a complaint letter to the newspaper’s editor that was posted online by a Washington political blog. FishbowlDC, a blog on the media news site mediabistro.com, posted a copy of a three-page letter dated July 22 that is addressed to Herald Executive Editor Anders Gyllenhaal and signed by Navy Cmdr. Jeffrey D. Gordon. The letter — the online copy isn’t written on official letterhead — alleges that on “multiple” occasions in the last year, reporter Carol Rosenberg “made abusive and degrading comments of an explicitly sexual nature” against Gordon and others at Guantanamo Bay and Andrews Air Force Base. “Her behavior has been so atrocious over the years,” Gordon said in an interview with The Washington Post. “I’ve been abused worse than the detainees have been abused.” Gyllenhaal said the Herald is attempting to resolve the matter, but he wouldn’t comment on the
The Washington Post has released an interesting new story on Guantanamo Bay. It appears a reporter for the Miami Herald, Carol Rosenberg, has become the center of a breaking story involving the military and the press. Evidently Rosenberg is one of the leading reporters on the Guantanamo Bay story. She continually presses military officials for more access and more information on the facility. In her writing she has questioned the treatment of detainees in the prison. However, a reporter questioning the treatment to detainees is nothing new. What is new is a complaint by a military commander against the reporter alleging verbal sexual abuse. The details of the complaint are shocking and sure to draw some media attention. The allegations made Navy Commander Jeffrey Commander against Rosenberg include claims that the female reporter implied he was gay multiple times. In addition, the complaint is littered with many other sexual references Rosenberg allegedly made in insulting Gordon and h
