U-T San Diego is hosting a program this week that some critics are calling an attempt to train Republican candidates.
“The Republican Party of San Diego County sent out the invite to the event, which will be held on Tuesday night at the paper’s headquarters (business attire requested),” said San Diego City Beat. “County GOP chairman Tony Krvaric will also be on hand for the festivities.”
An invitation obtained by City Beat said the event is titled “The New U-T San Diego: A One-Stop Shop for Candidates.”
The two-hour program agenda includes remarks by John Lynch, U-T San Diego CEO, and a session called “Media Savvy: How to get noticed by the press.”
The paper’s editorial board will take part in a Q&A: “Who are they, how do they decide what to write about, how does one get endorsed?”
Editor Jeff Light and conservative columnist Roger Hedgecock also are set to speak.
Jess Durfee, the county’s Democratic Party chairman, told City Beat that his office received an invitation for another date.
“What we got was a draft [of an invitation] that would imply that the Democratic Party was inviting candidates” to the newspaper event, Durfee was quoted as saying. “They made no outreach whatsoever.”
He added: “We know that at the end of the day, in any competitive race, they will endorse a Republican.... It’s not an open and fair process.”
U-T San Diego, which recently ran an editorial labeling Barack Obama the worst president in U.S. history, recently launched a website called Seeing Red, a conservative view of politics, which links to external sites as well as U-T editorials.
A politics blog on the Los Angeles Times website said: “Since taking over the former San Diego Union-Tribune in 2011, developer Douglas Manchester has been clear about his political views. … Now, the paper’s top brass is hosting a media training for Republican candidates, giving them pointers on ‘how to get noticed by the press, how to craft a press release’ and tips on how to pick up the paper’s endorsement.”
MediaBistro blogger Matthew Fleischer wrote: “Wow. Looks like ... Manchester’s U-T San Diego isn’t even pretending to be an objective news source anymore.”
The event also was noted by the national site Politico, whose Dylan Myers wrote:
In June, U-T's chief executive John Lynch told the New York Times the paper made "no apologies" for its partisanship. “We are doing what a newspaper ought to do, which is to take positions," he said. But, he added, “We totally respect the journalistic integrity of our paper and there is a clear line of demarcation between our editorials and our news.”
Byers wrote: “Indeed, the line appears to be so clear as to be transparent.”
Good place for the liberals to go.
the dems and gop don't need 'help'....what they're doing is shutting out any chances of independent people or parties from being elected...
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/07/29/Reward-50000-for-Khalidi-Tape
"Q. And at that point the fetus’ body is below the cervix and the neck is in the cervix with the head still in the uterus, right? A. Yes. Q. And it’s at that point that you take a scissors and insert it into the woman and place an incision in the base of the fetus’ skull, right? A. Yes. Q. Now the contents of the fetus’ skull, just like the contents of my skull and your skull is liquid, right? A. That’s right. Q. And sometimes after you’ve made the incision the fetus’ brain will drain out on its own, right? A. That’s right. Q. Other times you must insert a suction tube to drain the skull, right? A. That’s right. Q. And then the skull will collapse immediately after its liquid contents have been removed and the head will pass easily through the dilated cervix, right? A. That’s right." -- April 5, 2004: Excerpts from cross-examination of Dr. Carolyn Westhof Is that war, Ed?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703724104575379200412040286.html Apparently NOT.
And thank you for your years of journalistic integrity--a precious commodity always in short supply. I'm sorry to hear about the UT. I canceled my subscription when it was reduced to a mere semblance of its former scope/coverage. But I also find special fault with their utter neglect of very important (mostly local) issues. Take, for example, Obama's war on the environment. If successful, he will, in the name of so-called "sustainable energy" wind-up destroying more open space/wilderness (by far!) than Theodore Roosevelt ever imagined he could save. Vast swaths of our county are already slated for development. What do we hear from the UT? Nearly nothing. Years ago, the ubiquitous (often extreme) left-wing bias of the mainstream media in all its forms, led me to abandon any hope that I could count on them for impartial coverage. If you were an exception to that rule, Doug, I congratulate you.
Ed
''...The U-T is buying the North County Times, meaning there will be only owner of the county's major daily newspapers and potentially just one major daily newspaper..."
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/09/12/open_mic_catches_press_coordinating_questions_for_romney_on_egypt_libya.html
8:38 am on Monday, November 5, 2012 Voting straight party line hurts the nation. It's not the label (R) or (D) that will vote in Congress. It's a person. Know that person's views before voting. It's this district and the nation that matter, not a candidate's label." "David B Secor 8:47 am on Monday, November 5, 2012 Secor pleased U-T endorses Duncan Hunter.... See U-T endorsement and vote for the other candidate." TIL pleased. TIL think have real chance of winning as write-in candidate tomorrow. TIL say a vote for Secor is a vote for Duncan Hunter. TIL want you make voice heard. Vote TIL! TIL name not TIL and TIL approve this message.