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Breaking News
Portland Paper Denies Protecting Gore: Police Re-Open Case
Tribune Editor defends refusal to publish police report, as story explodes.
Mark Garber is not pleased.
In an e-mail to me, the Executive Editor of the Portland Tribune and Community Newspapers, the Oregon paper in the headlines for uncovering — and then sitting on — the story of the Al Gore sex case, believes I was unfair to the paper in a column earlier this week. The column, “Al Gore and The Media Protection Racket,” can be found here.
Here’s Mr. Garber’s e-mail:
Mr. Lord:
Saw your Spectator article regarding the Portland Tribune’s coverage of Al Gore.
Thought you might like to see the police report (attached) that you, with such certainty, believe should have been the basis of a news story.
As you will see, the report was filed by a lawyer and contains little to no factual information. As the report clearly states, the alleged victim (the lawyer’s client) canceled three scheduled appointments with police and declined to press charges.
As we have reported, we obtained this report through a public records request several months after the alleged incident occurred.
Do you really believe it would be responsible journalistically to publish a story based on a police report that was filed months earlier by a lawyer whose client refused to talk to police or press charges? Or, was it more responsible to actually investigate whether there was any basis for the story? After all, people make wacky accusations about public figures every day. How would we know, based on this police report that you value so greatly, whether this was or wasn’t a complete hoax?
I know you have no way of verifying this, but your assumption that we held back because we are part of the “establishment” is unfounded. We would have published a story if the massage therapist would have provided information without placing conditions on what we could or could not include in the article. Because we follow an ethical code, we could not — and would not — publish off-the-record information without her permission … and that’s where we hit an impasse.
Perhaps when you choose to write about the actions of others, you might ask for their side of the story first.
Thank you for reading this.
- Mark Garber
Executive editor
Portland Tribune and Community Newspapers
First, we appreciate Mr. Garber’s response.
I have read his e-mail and I think American Spectator readers should be able to read it as well. This is a serious issue. While it is hard in the silence of print as opposed to personal conversations or video to communicate tone, Mr. Garber can rest assured that what follows is not intended as some sort of snarky reply. It is written on the eve of this Fourth of July weekend, a holiday that celebrates both American independence and the freedoms that flow from that independence. Freedom of the press is one of those freedoms, and this incident is in its own way a reminder of just why this particular freedom is so vital. The Tribune’s freedom to publish — or not publish — is their call to make, as it should be always.
The last sentence of Mr. Garber’s e-mail suggesting that “perhaps when you choose to write about the actions of others, you might ask for their side of the story first” — puzzles.
About the Author
Jeffrey Lord is a former Reagan White House political director and author. He writes from Pennsylvania at jlpa1@aol.com.
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Dave | 7.2.10 @ 6:53AM
Well of course there was a media cover-up. You know it, I know it and so does the CBS chipmunk and the rest of the fanny kissin' libs in the naational media. So spare me even having to consider the question ... "was there a cover-up?"
Duh!
Fact is, kids, and once again we all know it ... had this "allegation" been about Dick Cheney ... the assorted Times, Picayunes and the bulk of the investigative staff at 60 Liberal Minutes would have assigned Morley 3 Chins and "A Few Blithering Minutes With Andy Loony" to producing a series of full hour hit pieces on Cheney over the past two years.
So you ask, "was there a cover-up?"
PAHHH-LEEZ!
Now if you'd excuse me, I gotta' go re-string my fly swatter.
Teflon93| 7.2.10 @ 8:19AM
Had it been Dick Cheney, Left Wing Media graphic designers would have been working overtime for a visual metaphor for rape and holding competitions to see who could come up with the next "America Held Hostage" tagline.
Eric Cartman| 7.2.10 @ 9:46AM
Any Republican, really. Remember when Bush the Elder was holding some press Q&A with his wife standing near him and some scumbag (Sam Donaldson?) asked about the rumor of an affair with a friend? Absa-frickren-lutely no proof or facts there! What happened there, Garber? Putz.
Emma| 7.2.10 @ 1:13PM
What if it had been Todd Palin????
The smoke would still be building the sky over the northwest as all the printing presses were redlining.
Clinton nee Publius | 7.2.10 @ 2:04PM
I'm nervous as the woman is now suing for a zillion bucks. On the other hand, this is why we have a legal system. Let it play out in court. Either way, Algore is toast and that is good enough for me.
What goes around comes around - even inconvenient truths for people like Algore.
megapotamus| 7.5.10 @ 8:43AM
Rest assured that even the civil courts have much higher burdens of proof than media and a highly developed process of appeal. In any case, does her seeking cash damages mean that she is making the whole thing up? The "fact" that she was engaged to massage Gore is not really in dispute so at worst, she is exaggerrating. Any presumption that a civil action holds no danger for the plaintiff is just not so. If she presents a false case, that is a crime. If she is unable to present serious evidence she can be countersued. And as the details of her experiences reveal, in any event her social circle is all for defending Gore from any repurcussions strictly on political grounds so, like Juanita Broaderick, she makes a damaging declaration against her own interests if she is merely a fabulist. And all this is before we delve into the record of probity and honesty adhering to Al Gore. That record ain't good.
Ron| 7.2.10 @ 2:11PM
My granddaughter said it is no longer "Duh"
it is "Der"
ds80| 7.2.10 @ 5:47PM
Dave... can your faux outrage: no-one asked you to "consider the question 'was there a cover-up'?"
And as a response to your paragraph #2, let me quote you: "DUH!"
Lord's is a great article. You added nothing.
Banjo| 7.5.10 @ 1:46PM
It's funny how often ethics keep the oddly-named MSM from publishing articles damaging to figures on the left.
SC Mike| 7.2.10 @ 6:58AM
Don’t these folks want to sell newspapers? Would not Mr. Garber’s rag have sold an extra copy or two by publishing excerpts of the police report?
Or, given the neighborhood, would he have lost subscribers and advertisers?
What was it, principles or takin’ care of his bidness?
We await the coroner’s report.
Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 7.2.10 @ 6:59AM
That editorial in the Portland Tribune was pure baloney.
First, all allegations are third party. It was at least worth printing what they had since it bears on Gore's credibility. Was he at the hotel? Was she there at the same time? A cub reporter could have found that out.
The editorial then criticizes the accuser for doing just what the paper wouldn't. To wit, "After initially declining to speak, she then refused to discuss the specifics of her allegations until after many weeks of frequent discussion and negotiation."
The editorial criticizes the alleged victim for her silence, which isn't unusual in sex assault cases, and uses that silence as justification for their silence. Not only is that not honest, it isn't an honorable statement.
This is the same mentality that protected Senator Edwards during the entire campaign until he withdrew. It's a disservice to the public.
The funniest part of the editorial states, "But at the Tribune, we remain comfortable with the decisions we have made and recognize that our standards for accusing someone of a serious offense are different from those of a national tabloid."
Really? Their silence was a tacit accusation that the woman who made the claims was nuts or a liar.
It's ironic but they also slam the National Enquirer who exposed both Edwards and Gore. The Portland Tribune only wishes they were that good.
alice moore| 7.2.10 @ 7:04AM
Would this editor have made the same call if the accused had been Rush Limbaugh, Newt Gingrich, or any other prominent Republican/Conservative?
A few weeks ago, a Congressman struck a constituent because of an inquiry. The party affiliation was buried deep in the article. If Congressman Ethridge had been a Republican or a prominent Conservative; his party affiliation would be the first word in the first sentence.
Mr. Garber, the editor, must be given credit for not responding with a shrill ad hominem attack. If this restraint has been shown on a consistent basis in the, then give the paper a pass.
Margie| 7.2.10 @ 11:12AM
Not only that but if Congressman Ethridge was a republican, he would've "stepped down."
Kenny| 7.2.10 @ 7:12AM
The lefties in the media will do anything to advance their agenda and that includes making sure Democrats get elected and hold power.
LaneyB| 7.2.10 @ 7:23AM
What to me is most baffling is that the rats in the old media cling to the ship as it is sinking, so entrenched in their world view and so untethered to the reality of the world's ability to receive facts as they happen via the immediacy of the internet, intimacy of talk radio and veracity of Fox News that they blindly behave as though the exposure of their perfidy is impossible or will go unchallenged.
Otis my man!| 7.2.10 @ 5:00PM
Never underestimate the human capacity for self-delusion.
Melvin| 7.2.10 @ 7:32AM
People, I was born and raised in Portland Metro area.
Since Microsoft, Nike, and Intel set up shop in the Pacific Nortwest, the place went Liberal fast and furious.
Portland makes San Fransisco look like the Tea Party Capitol. Every shade of deviant that a person can think of has found a home in Portland. Shoot The burbs of Seattle has animal farms where deficients can go and have sex acts with farm animals.
The Liberals up there think it's OK for this kind of lifestyle. So covering Al and his little dalliance isn't really all that surprising.
Frankly, I'm surprised that the local Portland media didn't destroy the story and swear themselves to secrecy under penalty of being locked in the same room with Sarah Palin.
The enviros are so rabid up there that one idiot suggested to put diapers with charcoal liners to cut Co2 emissions on forest animals.
It was the natives up there that developed these circus acts it was all the Californians that moved up into the Pacific Northeast during the Dotcom years. Then the rest of the fruits and berries that reside there more or less just kind of wandered in because their odd lifestyles made them get driven out of their states.
Bottom line Portland Oregon is Perv. central and Al Gore thought he would fit right in. But, Al didn't figure he would meet up with the one person that wasn't inclined to such liberated thinking such as his.
Margie| 7.2.10 @ 11:15AM
Wow Melvin. Thanks for that brief summation on Portland. Now I think I understand the Portland Tribune.
Louis Jenkins| 7.2.10 @ 11:59AM
Melvin:
As far as Portland goes, and the rest of that area, you are dead right. And yes, the Dotcom idiots move up there. It's like a circus up there.
David Williams| 7.2.10 @ 12:10PM
"The burbs of Seattle has animal farms where deficients can go and have sex acts with farm animals."
Farms? Plural? No wonder the Washington Congressional Delegation is overwhelmingly Democrat.
Charles Martel| 7.5.10 @ 4:25PM
When (not if) our country divides, what you will see happening in states like Oregon and Washington as the relatively sane east tries to separate itself from the rabidly Leftist west will make 21st Century observers fully understand what "Bleeding Kansas" was like in the 1850's.
+++
Brian Mc| 7.2.10 @ 7:41AM
What irks me is that the MSM shouts the lies while witholding the truth. It is all too reminiscent of Joseph Goebbels and others like him; Pravda comes to mind.
The fact is, we will get our facts somewhere else, thanks so much. A good example of why, for me, happened several years back. Our local 'Times' printed a half-page picture of two men wrapped in the same American Flag during a gay rights parade. The article was sympathetic to their 'plight'. It was Sunday morning...and the final straw. I canceled my delivery the following day and have never looked back.
To close: I watched the feeding frenzy a while back that was going on in Palin's home-town and smirked; the MSM doesn't get it, yet. And that's fine with me. They are dying a slow death and it's fun to watch due to all the pain and suffering that they have promulgated over the years; reporting that has created a mindset amongst the ignorant that is literally bringing this country to its knees. My only wish is that the harm they cause this republic would stop while the slow-death accelerates.
Chuck| 7.2.10 @ 7:52AM
So what, Mr Garber, if the allegations were false and suspicious. Newspaper reports of allegations made to the police are made every day, false or not -- and I'm sure in your paper too, if anyone should care to look. Why not this one?
SC Mike| 7.2.10 @ 8:11AM
Melvin writes that “The burbs of Seattle has animal farms where deficients can go and have sex acts with farm animals.”
Is that a clue for the way for our former VP to satisfy his intellectual, spiritual, and sexual needs?
Consider albedo, the ability to reflect sunlight. Increasing the number of grazing sheep would decrease the absorption of solar radiation by Mother Earth Gaia, and would thus be a mission for a particular Nobel Laureate because every flock needs a shepherd. We’ll leave to the shepherd to figure out how to use his spare time…
Margie| 7.2.10 @ 11:18AM
No, not the sheep!
Teflon93| 7.2.10 @ 8:21AM
Whatever happened to Juanita Broadrick?
Guess we know why the masseuse didn't want to go forward, don't we?
E Moran| 7.2.10 @ 9:21AM
Thank you Mr. Lord. A phrase well-turned and truthful does the cause of liberty and freedom more good than a host of spinning rhetorical sophists who have sacrificed their journalist talents supposedly dedicated to objective reporting for the enticement of political leverage. In 'screwing your courage to the sticking place' and confronting Mr. Garber pont-on-point, you expose the 'Old Media' liberal press charade for the vacuous expression it has become symbolized by the Tribune's deferring response to the Gore affair.
Ken (Old Texican)| 7.2.10 @ 9:21AM
I'm sorta' surprised.
No one has mentioned to my quick read above...
Once her attorney filed the (criminal?) complaint with the police..... I wonder if he sent a copy to mr. rich guy algore...who promptly moved into $$$ negotiations with the woman's lawyer?
Heck, I do not know the truth of the matter, but someone might wonder.
Dixie Pixie| 7.2.10 @ 9:35AM
Is this the same MSM / Liberal cabal which never released the Obama documents? Are they the one which suppressed the Edwards Affair documents?
There seems to be much more behind this article than one newspapers malfeasance.
What is this MSM Cabal?
Who runs it and who are its members?
How many members does it have?
How does it operate?
What are its procedures?
Which newspapers and Media outlets does it control?
Who or what funds it?
What else has the MSM Cabal been suppressing?
Finally how deep does this rabbet hole go?
H Smith| 7.4.10 @ 9:23PM
If anyone sells Andrew Breitbart the names on Journolist, we may have the answer.
ncatty| 7.2.10 @ 9:40AM
"Because we follow an ethical code..." What? Only professions that have licensing bodies, like law, medicine and accounting, can have enforceable ethics codes. Journalism ain't one of them. For journalism, "ethics codes" are voluntary, aspirational and, because they are unenforceable, a window-dressing joke.
Matt morehouse| 7.2.10 @ 10:15AM
What puzzles me about this is why didn't he just order up a high priced hooker? Or, maybe he did and the hotel screwed up and sent him a legit LMT.
I think that is what happened.
ncatty| 7.2.10 @ 10:48AM
Yes Matt, you have to give Eliot Spitzer his due. He wanted a whore and was willing to pay for it. None of this shilly-shallying about a "massage."
Ken (Old Texican)| 7.2.10 @ 10:23AM
Matt..
Ooooooh...interesting thought.
Paul from SA| 7.2.10 @ 10:50AM
They are democrats, they vote for democrats, they support democrats, they contribute to democrats, their co-workers are democrats, their social circle consists of democrats, AND worst of all, their news reporting helps democrats.
All their reports try to persuade viewers and readers that democrats are brilliant and superior, and conservatives are corrupt and inferior.
Since Bernie Goldberg's book, "Bias,' was published, they have become worse, they are more liberal, more anti-conservative, and more blatant about it.
Paul from SA| 7.2.10 @ 10:54AM
I would bet Al Gore has been doing this for many years. I'd like to know what Tipper knows. There are probably many, many incidents like this. A man at his age doesn't suddenly turn into a molestor. His buddy Bill Clinton is laughing. Bill had women coming to him, while Al has to resort to strangers in hotels.
Where's Monica Lewinski these days? Why are Monica and Hillary the most unpopular women's names in America?
Margie| 7.2.10 @ 11:22AM
Yeah, and all this breaks and Al & Tipper are splitting. Coinkydinks? Betcha Tipper found out.
Pete| 7.2.10 @ 11:04AM
Great article. Some members of the MSM may not be able to sit down this weekend. Hilarious and sad at the same time.
John Navratil| 7.2.10 @ 11:34AM
The only problem with this article is the audience. We have known this for years. Then again, I suppose the other side wouldn't be interested.
Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 7.2.10 @ 11:38AM
Here's an interesting item straight from the Portland Tribune. Seems George W. Bush got a massage while in Portland and they deemed fit to include it in their round up of wacky news while Al Gore's massage and allegations of sexual assault did not even rate an honorable mention.
http://www.portlandtribune.com.....y_id=15693
ODDEST PLACE TO FIND A LIBERAL: Massaging President Bush. That’s where local massage therapist Jefferson Kincaid found himself in August when he was hired to soothe the presidential muscles during a Bush campaign trip to Oregon. (See Phil Stanford’s column.)
Sarbo| 7.2.10 @ 11:41AM
We know Al Gore, aka Mr Stone, is already toast. I wouldn't worry too much if Garber and his likes massage the facts. All I want is that NRO, Fox, Weekly Standard, American Speactator et al continue to publish the facts. The people will decide.
That is why the Democratic Marxists of America want the so-called "net neutrality" bill. It is simply to outlaw non-establishment views. I guarrantee, once the Dems lose, they will jettison this FCC gambit. Why? Becos they will then be the non-establishment.
Ken (Old Texican)| 7.2.10 @ 11:56AM
Sarbo,
...will "net neutrality" be the catalyst?
Sarbo| 7.2.10 @ 12:05PM
Ken ... Old Texican? Omg. Catalyst for what? Please explain. I don't do cryptology.
Louis jenkins| 7.2.10 @ 12:07PM
Ken:
I do not think net neutrality will be the catalyst. We will take that piece of trash much like anything else- as it gives the Democrats what they want. No, I think immigration will be the catalyst. Obama has had his way to begin with, but each piece of legislation gets a little harder to pass. (Notice I said legislation, not court confirmation. Kagan is as good as confirmed.) Of course I could be wrong, but that's a bomb that even the Pretender n Chief doen't want to handle.
Sarbo| 7.2.10 @ 12:08PM
Btw, folks, China already practises net neutrality. Their preferred option if you don't toe the line? Blackout.
Sarbo| 7.2.10 @ 12:33PM
Louis Jenkins ...
There's something I wanted to say about immigration. We didn't like Obama"s speech because it was him making that speech. But, were Bush able to speak the truth, would the mssg have been any different, barring the stupid smarminess of Obama? No.
America has a humongous problem with illegals. There are three kinds of illegals. The spy kind, as the recent bust-up showed. Then, there are the political asylum seekers. Britain is full of them. Lastly, there are the economic illegals, who will do anything, risk anything, for a better life.
What does America do with its 11 million economic illegals. Mass amnesty or mass deportation? Talk about a rock and a hard place.
This is one true problem that Obama has inherited. Like Bush before him. And Clinton. And Reagan. Ever since America became super-rich, it has had this problem. What would YOU do if you were President.
Don't trash Obama for the wrong reasons.
Louis Jenkins| 7.3.10 @ 6:14AM
I haven't rashed Obama for the wrong reasons. Pres. Bush I and II were wrong, Reagan was wrong, and so were a bunch of other people. And yes, we have a humongous problem. Just remember, the American people didn't tolerate it very well last time, and now that the economy is worse, well, you be the judge.
Oldefarte| 7.2.10 @ 2:25PM
Great article, Jeffrey! To most of you young whipersnappers out there, THIS has been going on my entire lifetime. I don't think that the Boiler Room Girls were ever media interviewed after Chappaquidick Teddy did his thing. Why, maybe due to the Kennedy political influence upon the media to hush it up [keep it quiet]. Did the MSM abundantly report upon Jack's and Bobby's coordinated contacts with Marilyn [or their supposedly being seen in the vacinity of her house along with his brother-in-law Peter]? Did they report about Fiddle and Faddle White House comings and goings? Teddy commandeered the US Navy to cover up John-John's airplane nosedive into the ocean, and the MSM sang his praises as a caring uncle for same. The minute some conservative politicians sneezes, the MSM is demanding DNA of the tissue samples from same; but let some liberal moron get caught with his pants down, and it's which media outlet is going to Lewinskify the situation. To repeat myself, any/all of you should simply immediately cancel your subscriptions to your newspspers, since all contain either liberally biased/slanted original scripted news stories or rollovers of wire service reporting of daily events. It's not what's ON THE PAGE that is important, but what is BETWEEN THE LINES of same!!!!!
John Navratil| 7.2.10 @ 3:57PM
The luck of the Kennedy's! The moon landing came the day after Chappaquidick just in time to refocus the national attention.
Northern Rebel| 7.2.10 @ 5:04PM
The alphabet media reminds me of the hollywood stars and starlets that cozy up to communist dictators, and apologize for the arab terrorists.
In their blissfully ignorant act of oral fellatio, their eyes close to the fact that they would be the first ones eliminated, if America became what they think they want it to be.
They are lemmings running full bore to the tall cliff, thinking they are so clever, and hip.
Picture Wile E. Coyote 10 feet removed from the edge, in thin air, with a sign in his hand that says,
UH OH!
jrjr| 7.2.10 @ 5:22PM
It's a 10, Jeffery Lord. But I am biased since I have never liked the blimp-pig-shaped ex-VP. Hopefully you will receive another e-mail from the leftist editor.
FTM| 7.3.10 @ 7:56AM
Not going to happen, not after the corn holing that schmuch just got.
jo gregg| 7.2.10 @ 6:02PM
I can only recall the NYTimes immediately reporting on the totally non-existent affair that political enemies alleged between John McCain and some woman other than his wife. The was no mention of ethics from the Times. It was smear first and check the facts after the smear was accomplished.When Obama took his cutie to the hotel in Washington, no member of the msm reported it. It was a dead issue because it involved Obama, a great favorite of the liberal (i.e. the 91 % who voted for him) media.
These people need to get off their high horse. Actions speak far louder than words. We know where their hearts and their biases lay.
DaveS| 7.2.10 @ 6:26PM
Truth to a liberal is like garlic to a vampire. For Algore, it is particularly and personally inconvenient. Too effing bad. He'd be lucky if this is the only woman to come forward on this stuff.
PCP Smoker| 7.2.10 @ 6:28PM
Well done but you gave Garber the benefit of the doubt.
The reason for sitting on the story was stated by the masseuse's liberal friend who advised to "suck it up or the plant will by destroyed by global warming".
Keep in mind that in 2006, the church of global warming and its high priestesses had not been exposed; heck, even conservatives (Newt & Frum and other envious no names) were busy buying this alchemy.
Imagine being Garber, surely a liberal, and getting a whiff of some tawdry acts by the prophet himself? Fuck publishing. It's easy enough to follow the well worn path of just sitting on it.
W Durante sat on Stalin's famine, Teddy K was given a pass on Mary Jo, Mao's Cultural Revolution and its 50 mill victims is still waiting condemnation. Ignoring Algore's unwanted orgasm? A walk in the park, brother.
Kipling| 7.3.10 @ 8:20AM
The MSM have covered up and distorted all sorts of stories to benefit the Kennedys over the years, and are to this day complicit in the conspiracy to depict the Cuban missile crisis as a victory for JFK. You are right to condemn the craven fashion in which the liberal media assisted in the cover-up of Teddy Kennedy’s mendacity and cowardice (and perhaps drunk driving, too) at Chappaquiddick in 1969, but almost as amazing was the MSM’s silence following revelations of Teddy’s willingness to give information to the K.G.B. to help the Soviets against
the U.S. during both the Reagan and Carter administrations to serve his own political ends. The link describing Teddy’s approach to the K.G.B. during the Reagan administration is
http://www.americanthinker.com.....edy_i.html
The link describing Teddy’s approach to the K.G.B. during the Carter administration is
http://www.americanthinker.com.....arter.html
The MSM and the liberal faithful lionize Teddy, even though he was about as base as a man can be. It is fitting, really, that the ridiculous Democrat health care legislation was done in Teddy’s name.
Mike D| 7.2.10 @ 7:16PM
I will echo (at length and with fervor) whats already been said because it really is such an important aspect of all these stories generally and the Gore situation in particular:
If the subject of the 5-0 report was named Dan Quayle or Dick Cheney or George Walker Bush or George Herbert Walker Bush or Newt Gingrich, Darrel Issa, Todd Palin, Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh, every single major city daily newspaper in the country...the Portland Trib included...would be running the story non-stop.
It is 100% laughable and therefore quite unbelieveable when the Editor of the Portland paper tries to say that their reaction would have been exactly the same if the subject of the complaint was a Republican.
the story if it involved a Republican would also be on every single national network news program and news magazine, non-stop.
It would also be covered non-stop on every single cable network. Editorials and "Special Comments" would be prominently featured all over the place suggesting that the alleged conduct by Republican X was a green light to tar every single Republican in the country with whatever might be alleged in the police report.
After so many decades of brazen dishonesty, theres just no more goodwill or trust left in the well. Sorry.
Try an excercise...take the major daily newspaper in American cities with a major league sports team and therefore a population base big enough to support a nationally-known daily paper.
Now put the editorial worldview of each paper...if you know it firsthand...into a left/right column. Surprised??? Me neither.
I defy anyone to come up with a single example of a major American daily newspaper that isnt a rat's nest of self-important liberal bias, double standards and outright agenda journalism.
Ill even start the process off:
Seattle Post
Portland Trib
Sacramento Bee
SF Chronicle
San Jose Mercury
Los Angeles Times
San Diego Union
Las Vegas Review
Albequerque Sentinel
Arizona Republic
Dallas Morning News
Austin Statesman
Houston Chronicle
Denver Post
Chicago Sun Times
St Louis Post Dispatch
Omaha World Herald
Lincoln Star Journal
Des Moines Register
Atlanta Journal
Miami Herald
Boston Globe
New York Times
Washington Post
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Philly Enquirer
Pittsburgh Post
while we're at it: ABC, NBC, CBS, NPR, PBS, CNN, MSNBC. Theres simply no real honest journalism anywhere at these dino media outlets and there hasnt been for at least the last 25 years.
God knows Fox News isnt perfect and I'd be much happier with them if they were more vocal about what is a news show and what is an
opinion-entertainment show. Anyone with a brain knows it but its worth repeating for those who dont have brains. But still, nothing at Fox comes close to the decades and decades and decades of open outright bias seen in the dino media.
OK, rant over. Thank you for your time, have a great 4th of July weekend and please dont blow your hand off with a firecracker.
H Smith| 7.4.10 @ 9:53PM
I'll take issue with your listing of the LV Review Journal in with the rest of those lib rags. I live in Henderson, having immigrated from Des Moines, and I can tell you there is no comparison. The DM Register is the worst sort of fish wrap while the Review Journal's editorial page tends toward conservative/libertarian.
Laine| 7.2.10 @ 7:53PM
Whatever happened to the video clip the LAT was given and suppressed that purported to show candidate Obama and Michelle at a social function in their earlier life where racist remarks against whites were made? That went down the rabbit hole. It sounds as though it could have single handedly turned the tide.
quirt809| 7.2.10 @ 7:54PM
Awesome smackdown, Mr. Lord. I am glad you are on our side.
philfl63| 7.2.10 @ 10:53PM
FACT: If some woman accused me, a nobody, of sexual assault, I would be shouting my innocence from the rooftops.
FACT: Algore is not shouting his innocence from the rooftops. He has a lot to lose, and it is not logical that he is not doing so.
FACT: Algore was Slick Willy's friend and VP. Clinton went through the same kabuki theater with the Monica Lewinsky story.
FACT: If the complainant has evidence, Algore is going to get hammered. Of course, he will make out no worse than Slick Willy did after the fact.
And, I would be curious to see if the Portland Tribune carried any stories about Bush and Co. or any other Republicans/conservatives before there were any hard, subtantiated "facts".
Paul Petersen| 7.3.10 @ 1:30AM
I think Jeffery needs to checkfire on the salvo against the Portland Tribune. The Trib. is part of the Pamplin media group. Pamplin is a diverse company that has one of the leading conservative radio program line ups at KPAM.
They also own the Christian supply book store chain and various other enterprises.
Please do not confuse them with standard bearer of liberal bias The Oregonian aka the Zero or Daily dead fishwrapper.
The Tribune is a minor alternative weekly paper. They are such a small operation that they surely feared a legal onslaught that might break the company if they get it wrong on the Algore sexcapade. Remember, "if you are going to shoot the king don't miss".
They are not in the same galaxy as the Zero covering for child predator (bopping His children's teenage baby sitter) Neil Goldschmidt former mayor of Portland and Governor of the state.
They got outed by a smaller very alternative weekly Willamette Week for their cover-up. WW ended up winning the Pulitzer for investigative journalism.
I would not be surprised if the Zero knew more than the Tribune did about this report and dutifully buried it for the greater cause of their fellow traveler Algore.
Louis Jenkins| 7.3.10 @ 6:20AM
I thought I add this to the mix:
"...what used to be called the mainstream media national media are, in many respects, worthless as a source of factual information anymore. The sin of ommission glares in their reporting. Perhaps national press outlets just don't have the resources anymore to devote to balanced coverage. Perhaps they've all just given up on themselves, so we've given up too...A period of the great American expriment has passed."
Sarah Palin
Going Rogue
JimmyMac| 7.4.10 @ 10:05AM
This quote from Sarah Palin and the issue in general reminds me of a comment made years ago by a friend from Poland, which was still under communist rule. He said that he and his fellow countrymen read "Pravda" regularly and were easily able to discern the facts of a story by what was omitted.
FTM| 7.3.10 @ 7:41AM
The story here is not wether or not the Algore story was buried or not. The story here was that the cops decided to not follow up on an alleged felony crime because of who was named as the perpetrator.
In most cases when the allegation of a felony crime have been made then the wished of the victim are no longer in play. For example if a woman were to claim that she were raped and later decided not to cooperate with the cops, the cops continue to investigate the case. This apparently happens a lot. There used to be a lot of social stigma for the victim attached to a rape allegation.
Consider for a moment what would be the outcome if someone were to claim to have been robbed and then later decide not to cooperate with the cops. It's a lot of hassle for the victim to cooperate with the cops. The cops are supposed to collect information in regards to the case and then conduct an investigation regardless of the wishes of the victim.
The bottom line here is that if it were You that had sexually assaulted a massuse in an upscale hotel in Portland, Oregon You would be safely locked away in an Oregon state prison for ten or so years and when You got out Your name would be on an internet based website that reports the name and location of each and every known sex offender in the United States. On the other hand if you're Algore then the cops roll over and drop the case.
If You were to sexually assault a massuse in an upscale Portland, Oregon hotel, when the cops showed up You would have been arrested, handcuffed and then booked down to the cop shop, locked up and then at the convenience of the court and local prosecutor, would have been arraigned. If the Grand Jury had found that there was evidence and reason to believe that the allegations against You were true You would have gone back to the lock-up never again to see the light of day.
The story here is a clear and undeniable case of the American "Just-Us" system in full operation. The message here is for the folks at the bottom of the social pyramid to beware. Folks at the bottom of the social pyramid are no more than fodder before the "Just-Us" system. Algore is above the system. That's the story here.
tornado watch| 7.3.10 @ 5:12PM
She did not pursue it earlier because she did not think she would be believed. She was right. The powerless coming up against the powerful rarely are.
There was even pressure brought to bear by so-called friends who told her implicating Al Gore would destroy the Global Warming movement - and did she want to be responsible for destroying the environment? We are talking Portland pea brains here - and they are hard to reason with.
We do not know how, by implication, she may have been "encouraged" to drop it by the investigators in her initial statement.
None of us can know what years of having salt rubbed into one's wounds can mean.With Paula Jones it was "getting my geod name back" after being subject to Arkansas gossip and knowing she was the only Paula in Little Rock. Perhaps it was also a little of being referred to as trailer trash by James Carville and a little of "what could Bill Clinton have seen in her?"
With Juanita Broaddrick on factor could have been betrayal of trust. She worked on his campaign, he got her to the hotel room on a ruse - roughed her up, raped her and said "you better put some ice on that. . ." and then got elected Governor and then got elected President and all the while she had this knowledge of what a predatory, priapic animal he is and she was an enabler for never telling the world what he was.
Why does getting paid to tell a truthful story render it a lie? Is there any way this woman could pursue this to its logical end without it costing her money? Is there any reason, if it is true, that she should - even if she could - bear the cost of this revelation?
I read an interesting sidebar story somewhere else. Shortly after she decided in 2009 to "tell her story", The Gores transferred all their real estate holdings into a kind of trust that would not be touchable were there to be an actionable suit.
And Shortly after that our Al and Tipper Love Story comes to end.
James| 7.3.10 @ 9:09PM
So Gore was smart enough to know where to go to commit his crimes. I wonder what else is going on up there ?
Diane Smith| 7.3.10 @ 9:16PM
Someone back there asked whatever happened to Juanita Broaddrick. I don''t believe she asked for money damages. She just had that interview with Lisa Meyers on NBC and that was about it. I believe she wanted just what she said she wanted. To unburden herself of the keeping secret what she thought she should have revealed and didn't.
I am not a writer of letters to people I admire but don't know - but for some reason, after I saw her giving that interview, I wrote her a note, in care of the nursing home - I believe I saw a sign with the name on it, during the show. This was before Al invented the Internet, I cannot imagine how I would have gotten it otherwise as I live in SF area where never is heard a discouraging word in newspapers about Bill Clinton.
Months later, when I had forgotten all about having written the little note of apprecitation, comes a hand-written thank you note from Mrs. Broadrrick. She appreciated my support and was trying to acknowledge every such note she had received.
I thought that showed exceptional good manners and class for a lady who was treated so shabbily - in fact brutally, by our 42nd president, William (Billy) Blythe (if that was his father) Clinton.
Now it appears his vice president was no better. Unless he "blossomed" with the advent of Viagra.
Donnyvee| 7.6.10 @ 6:25PM
I believe you Anita.