NC Media Watch

It's more than a hoax folks - it is fraud.

 Russ Steele

The whole is made up from a sum of its parts. One of the major promoters of sustainability issues at The Union was Zuri Berry. Zuri has left for greener pastures in Boston, and we see less emphasis on green issues at The Union. Given the recent Climategate events, it might be wise for The Union to take at least a neutral position, or if they are up to the challenge expose some of the garbage that is being promoted as human caused global warming.

Some of my critics refuse to address the issues preferring to attack my character or my credibility with out providing any specific evidence to why I am wrong, or how I have failed to tell the truth. They will not come here and present their case they just snipe from the sidelines, rather than engage in a discussion of the issues. Here are some examples from the Former Union Editor's blog:

First from the FUE himself:

Meanwhile, The Union’s monthly columnist Russ Steele (AKA global warming is a “hoax”) is touting his upcoming Saturday column on his blog: “The risk of investing in green business, given the increased risk that human caused global warming is a fraud.”

The FUE refuses to explain why human caused global warming in not a hoax, he just likes to imply that I am a nut case for arguing the issue.

Here is some more snipping from the FUE's blog by someone called Gloria:

What Story?

Russ Steele

Our local media guru, the Former Union Editor (FUE) often pontificates on the press and the Internet. He often points out that if you want the news read the blogs, especially his, as the local paper and radio stations are often a day late and dollar short.  Yet, one to the most interest clashes between the old time newspapers and bloggers is going on right under the FUE's nose, yet he has not even mentioned how  bloggers are driving the East Anglia Climate Research Unit scandal stories to the front page.

Mark Steyn writing at the National Review On line Corner notes the disparity:

Michael Gerson has lousy timing. In The Washington Post, in one of those now familiar elegies for old media, he writes:

And the whole system is based on a kind of intellectual theft. Internet aggregators (who link to news they don't produce) and bloggers would have little to collect or comment upon without the costly enterprise of newsgathering and investigative reporting. The old-media dinosaurs remain the basis for the entire media food chain.

That's laughably untrue in the Warmergate story. If you rely on the lavishly remunerated "climate correspondents" of the big newspapers and networks, you'll know nothing about the Climate Research Unit scandals - just the business-as-usual drivel about Boston being underwater by 2011. Indeed, even when a prominent media warm-monger addresses the issue, the newspaper prefers to reprint a month-old column predating the scandal. If you follow online analysis from obscure websites on the fringes of the map, you'll know what's going on. If you go to the convenience store and buy today's newspaper, you won't. That's the problem.

You will not find it on the FUE's blog either, yet the clash between the old media and the Internet is one of his favorite subjects. But, he seem to have adopted the the big paper manta - What Story? 

The Union Web Site Gets an Upgrade

Russ Steele

The Union web page will be updated this afternoon with a Members Hub, making the site more web centric. The Homepage with have a direct link to a Members Hub. The new Member’s Hub will allow users of to see all of the comments on stories over the past 5 days. The Hub will also be a place for readers to make their own contributions to the contents of the web site, including photos and videos, with more opportunities for readers to connect with other Hub members of like interests.

Below is a screen shot of the new Members Hub page.(Click for a larger image,)

Bet you did not read this in the main stream press

Russ Steele

The Canada Free Press, which is not controlled by the current administration, has this story about the up coming Tea Party in Sacramento on 28 August 2009.  A display of that manufactured anger which is Un-American according to Nancy Pelosi. Funny when it is an ACORN mob fighting for Democrat votes it is OK, when it is conservatives fighting for our freedom it is Un-American.

According the CFP hundreds of California farmers, ranchers, loggers and truckers will join an estimated 50,000 people to protest the court-ordered shutoff of water to the state’s Central Valley farm land to protect a minnow. And, to protest AB32 which is strangling the California economy.

According to a TEA Party Press Release published in the CFP:

A coalition of conservative, taxpayer, agricultural and logging industry organizations will march to the steps of California’s capitol building in Sacramento on Friday, Aug. 28 to fight for the livelihoods of working families over the rights of a federally protected fish.

“It is devastating California’s economy. We are being crushed by burdensome regulations and taxes”

How is your TV this morning?

Russ Steele

The US is switching to digital TV today, be sure to rescan your converter box. Channel 3, one of the strongest local stations will switch off their analog signal at 9:00 this morning, some of the UHF stations will stay on until the very last minute, there viewers problems will start tomorrow.

Western Nevada County is a poor reception area for the the new digital TV according to the FCC web site.  I would like to hear about your experience. What happened at your house?  

Warning, warning, Liberals do not watch Glenn Beck on Fox.

Russ Steele

If your are not a true patriot, or a first order conservative do not watch Glen Beck at 2PM on the Fox News Channel. Channel 205 on Dish Network.  Beck is a grave danger to the mental health of liberals.  Glen Beck's truth will cause your mind to explode, scattering crap all over your living room.

On the other hand, if you are true conservative, a true patriot,  they you should never miss a program. Look, you have a VCR or DVR, just set it to record Glenn while your are slaving away to earn a living. It is the best after dinner show in America. Here is a link to a preview.  

The price of news and liberal comment goes up

Russ Steele

Ellen and I have been going out for Sunday morning coffee and the San Francisco Chronicle ever since our youngest daughter left for College in 1996. Over the years the price of coffee and the Chron have crept up, but this morning it was shock to find out the Sunday Chron went from a $1.06 with tax last week to $1.88 with tax this morning. Prices are not longer creeping, they are jumping. The Sunday Chronicle has been shrinking, over the past year, now it costs more for less news and liberal commentary. I wonder how long it will be before the Chronicle is nothing but a memory.

Stupid is what stupid does

Russ Steele

What is it that the Big Three Networks do not understand about credibility. Drudge has the latest Nielsen Media Research numbers.

The Obama-McCain match-up is proving to be a lackluster election ticket for the Big 3 network news programs, according to NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH.

As the shouting from the trail and the frantic spinning from the anchor desks intensify, the audience is voting with their remotes.

All 3 evening news shows experienced audience drops year-to-year for the week of Oct. 13-19, 2008.

CBSNEWS w/ Couric shed a half a million viewers, falling from 6.4 million to 5.9 million; ABCNEWS dropped from 8.1 million to 7.6 million; NBCNEWS slumped from 8.2 million to 7.8 million.

The Internet makes fact checking and background checking what they say. People can log on and get a video, often the stuff they left in the editing bit bucket, or some one has posted a cellphone video of the event, why do they continue to lie?  When Couric come on the TV, it a race to see who can reach the remote fastest at our house. If we have to watch the evening news is usually NBC, but that is a rare event. Fox news our source of choice and it tops all the other Cable Channels.