Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/12/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Why does it have to be "worse" to be disturbing? Do we have to accept this as normal? Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com -----Original Message----- >From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> >Sent: Dec 24, 2015 8:30 AM >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >Subject: Re: [Leica] No Photo Editors > >Doug, >I know very few newspapers around the world not owned by politically >"biased" owners, including the heavily liberal bias of the NYT. Just >because this particular bias is not to your liking, does not make it >worse, just different! > >Conrad Black served a prison sentence for perjury, Maxwell stole all >the pension money of his employees and then committed suicide, the >less said about Maxwell, the better. That is just for starters. Media >barons are, and always have been, quite a rum bunch on the whole, and >heavily affiliated politically, because of the power over public >opinion they wield. Nothing new, or earth shattering in this. > >Cheers >Jayanand > >On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 9:34 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at >earthlink.net> wrote: >> Why? You're not seriously asking this question, are you? No it's not >> "worse" than Rupert Murdoch's control of FoxNews, but Nevada can go >> either way in the next Presidential election. Here are a couple of >> examples of Adelson's influence (from the L. A. Times story): >> >> >> "Three of the newspaper's reporters were ordered to spend two weeks >> monitoring Clark County judges, particularly District Judge Elizabeth >> Gonzalez. They were to observe ?whether [the judges are] prepared or not, >> if they favor one lawyer over another, whether they're over- or >> under-worked ? even whether they show up for work on time, or not,? the >> newspaper reported.... Gonzalez had clashed with Adelson when he took >> the witness stand in a wrongful-termination suit. When Adelson refused to >> answer a question, Gonzalez admonished him: ?Sir, you don't get to argue >> with me. You understand that?? the Review-Journal reported." >> >> "Adelson has sued reporters personally, including one well-known case >> against Review-Journal columnist John L. Smith, who was driven into >> bankruptcy while fighting a libel lawsuit from Adelson that was >> eventually dismissed." >> >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >>>From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> >>>Sent: Dec 24, 2015 7:45 AM >>>To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>Subject: Re: [Leica] No Photo Editors >>> >>>Doug, >>>Why? He can hardly be worse than a Conrad Black or a Robert Maxwell or >>>a Rupert Murdoch - the list is endless of newspaper/media owners of >>>doubtful provenance, and totally unbalanced views, past and present. >>>Cheers >>>Jayanand >>> >>>On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 9:01 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at >>>earthlink.net> wrote: >>>> Here's another disturbing turn of events, the Las Vegas Review-Journal >>>> has been purchased by casino owner Sheldon Adelson: >>>> >>>> http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-adelson-vegas-newspaper-20151223-story.html >>>> >>>> >>>> Doug Herr >>>> Birdman of Sacramento >>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >>>> http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> >>>>>Sent: Dec 24, 2015 7:24 AM >>>>>To: lug <lug at leica-users.org> >>>>>Subject: [Leica] No Photo Editors >>>>> >>>>>Newspapers have gotten rid of photo editors and the public is suffering: >>>>> >>>>>http://visualjournalism.info/2015/09/08/visual-lies-and-the-loss-of-photo-editors/ >>>>> >>>>>Tina >>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>>Tina Manley >>>>>http:// >>>>><http://t.sidekickopen32.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYgfmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artistwebsites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=a215aa3c-a4c2-416a-bad8-31ade59d5e8b> >>>>>www.tinamanley.com >>>>>http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/ >>>>> >>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>>Leica Users Group. >>>>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Leica Users Group. >>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information