Thursday, January 31, 2013

Union's basher takes online beating after punching Fox News contributor | Synopsis

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Union's basher takes online beating after punching Fox News contributor

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"Tony," a Michigan union worker whose mood is quicker than his hands, has a significant online image problem. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 876 member was caught on video clip Tuesday punching Fox News contributor Steven Crowder during a pro-union protest on Tuesday in Michigan's capital on the day the state Legislature approved "right to work" legislation that unions oppose. However posters who swamped the neighborhood 's Facebook page with remarks just weren't precisely hailing the hardhat for striking a blow for solidarity. Instead, they heaped scorn on the man for representing his cause terribly -- and while using a jacket with his first name embroidered on the breast. "No class at all," one post read. "Their families should be embarrassed by the behavior of these animals.". Another post defined "violence and intimidation" as the quality of unions, while others attended to Tony directly.

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Steven Crowder

Overall Sentiment: -0.0363748

Relevance: 0.860698

SentimentQuote
-0.0277085“He was saying he was going to kick my a-- and that him and his buddies wanted to meet me at the bar later,” Crowder told ...
-0.0810612“He was saying he was going to kick my a-- and that him and his buddies wanted to meet me at the bar later,” Crowder told FoxNews.com. “He was repeatedly threatening me.”
0.0815158“He can come forward and confess and we’ll press charges, or we can host a legal, sanctioned mixed martial arts bout with the proceeds going to the union of his choice,” Crowder said. ...
0.0671423“He can come forward and confess and we’ll press charges, or we can host a legal, sanctioned mixed martial arts bout with the proceeds going to the union of his choice,” Crowder said. “That’s his way of avoiding going to jail right now.”
0.665832“I’m not saying that’s unfounded,” he said. ...
-0.0134635“I’m not saying that’s unfounded,” he said. “But I never assaulted anyone … I expected them to be hostile and violent, just as the [Wall Street] occupiers were. They don’t believe in dialogue or discourse. But I did not expect a mob to destroy a tent with a complete lack of empathy.”
0.283036“I don’t know, I’m sure there’s something funny about it,” he said. ...
0.283036“I don’t know, I’m sure there’s something funny about it,” he said. “I’ll see if I can get some material in there.”
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 8
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 1.2583289
  • Mean: 0.1572911125
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Tony

Overall Sentiment: -0.271479

Relevance: 0.372276

Vincent Vernuccio

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.208203

SentimentQuote
0.0693185“On the side of proponents of right to work, they simply believe workers should have the freedom to choose,” Vernuccio told ...
0.0633838“On the side of proponents of right to work, they simply believe workers should have the freedom to choose,” Vernuccio told FoxNews.com. “And when you talk about freedom in this country, emotions do get very high.”
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.1327023
  • Mean: 0.06635115
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Natalia Angulo

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.206842

John Cour

Overall Sentiment: -0.133802

Relevance: 0.206662

SentimentQuote
-0.0461676“Look at the unedited version [of the videotape] and you’ll see what happened,” Cour told ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.0461676
  • Mean: -0.0461676
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Scott Clark

Overall Sentiment: -0.0240585

Relevance: 0.197193

Gov. Rick Snyder

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.193494

Shanon Banner

Overall Sentiment: -0.0145894

Relevance: 0.192197

SentimentQuote
-0.0164327“We can’t take action without [Crowder] coming forward,” Banner said. ...
0.308724“We can’t take action without [Crowder] coming forward,” Banner said. “If he did that, we would be sure to conduct a thorough investigation.”
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.2922913
  • Mean: 0.14614565
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Key:

  • Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

Additional Info:

Organization: Michigan State Police

Overall Sentiment: 0.0757776

Relevance: 0.341616

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