Why can't a local newspaper find balance?

ManofGreatLogic's picture

I'll start by stating that I'm a PRO LIFE liberal white man who intends to vote for Obama.

Why aren't there any editorials in this newspaper supporting a liberal point of view?

I have no problem with conservative points of view, and frequently agree with some of them, but I think balance would be appropriate.

A decent newspaper would show both points of view. The AJC, while a liberal-biased newspaper, at least has daily columns by conservatives, both local and nationally syndicated.

The Citizen has no balance. That is why I don't want to advertise my new business in this newspaper.

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Tug13's picture
Submitted by Tug13 on Thu, 10/09/2008 - 8:44am.

I will never understand why some of you complain about The Citizen and what they do or don't print. Cal gives everyone the opportunity to express their opinions. Try that at the other local paper.

The Citizen will print things the other paper won't touch.

My humble opinion.
Tug Smiling


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Submitted by Robert W. Morgan on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 5:31am.

What he said referring to the liberal press was ".... people who study national and world affairs every day, are the most knowledgeable, and gather facts and write about them for a living?"

Certainly that's funny, but beyond that it gives you a peek inside that liberal mindset and explain how those non-productive college professors, writers, layabouts and political hacks justify the space they are taking up on this planet.

They are quick to critique productive people - aka Republicans, but when they get in power and have to make decisions and act responsibly, you get an administration like Carter or Clinton. Now we have clear evidence that the Clinton economic boom was fueled by abuses and overreaching of the Community Reinvestment Act - Janet Reno making threats to prosecute banks who didn't make bad loans to minorities, etc. Dogooders playing with real money.

So now the libs have to justify Clinton's economic good times as a fraud. Don't think they can do that - being of superior intelligence and all - right Jeff?

Maybe you can say it was inherited from Regan and Bush? No, that won't work either.

Well, it won't really matter. President Obama is poised to tax us out existence. Jimmy Carter is destined to be promoted to the second worst President after Obama wins - probably only take about 6 months.

And a prediction - no flaming lib like JeffC can respond to this without saying something like "yea, what about George Bush?"


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Submitted by JeffC on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 9:26am.

“So now the libs have to justify Clinton's economic good times as a fraud.”

What? Not a chance! The economy under Clinton was legitimate good times, not a fraud at all. I know how much it irks republicans that Clinton left a huge surplus that was then squandered but, really, that's not my fault.

Blaming the CRA for the meltdown is just silly and demonstrates either a lack of understanding of the problem or an intentional disregard for the facts.

The problem is with credit default swaps. CD swaps are the notorious credit derivatives that are at the heart of the credit crunch. Essentially insurance policies that are bought and sold by financial institutions aiming to protect against bond defaults, they comprise a relatively new market that has grown in recent years from $144 billion ten years ago to $62 trillion this year.

It was the defaulting of CD swaps that bankrupted Freddie, Fannie, Lehman, Bear Sterns and AIS. Look it up. Google SEC Chairman Christopher Cox, you'll get hundreds of stories of him expressing his alarm at unregulated CD swaps.

Look at his testimony to Congress a couple of weeks ago: “It's also important to note that legislation has expressly excluded CDS from regulation even of the most modest kind, such as disclosure, and the lack of disclosure, the lack of transparency, around this market is one of the reasons that we as a law enforcement agency, but also market participants, are very, very concerned about this.”

What? “... legislation has expressly excluded CDS from regulation even of the most modest kind...”???

What legislation is that?

The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 introduced by former Senator Phil Gramm, McCain's top economic adviser. And who voted for it? Every republican and one democrat.

Oh BTW, I've never claimed superior intelligence for the liberal press, nor would I. They're just better informed.


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Submitted by diva on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 6:56am.

Here are your words, robert, when you weren't engaging in adolescent name calling:

"but when they get in power and have to make decisions and act responsibly, you get an administration like Carter or Clinton. "

Soo, Robert, two easy questions for a "productive person AKA republican"

1: How responsible, financially, has the executive branch of the last 8 years been?

2: IF 8 years of responsible, sound GOP policy have done the opposite of balancing a federal budget, how many terms of supply side budgeting will it take? How many McCain terms will it take for these "proven" conservative economic strategies to actually work?


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Submitted by Spear Road Guy on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 10:16pm.

Cal Beverly has printed a bunch of liberal letters in the paper.

I've seen Fayette Democratic leaders, NAACP, and various others with a liberal lean in the paper.

Why doesn't the New York Times or the AJC have balance? Why doesn't CNN have balance?

Isn't it funny how the libs want to kill conservative talk radio because no one is willing to listen to liberal radio?

Get a G-R-I-P and see the light.

Vote Republican


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Submitted by diva on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 7:03am.

"Why doesn't CNN have balance?"

When I watch Glenn Beck tonight on CNN, I'll phone in that question LOL


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Submitted by DarthDubious on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 12:06pm.

Up until the late 1980's there was a law in place called the Fairness Doctrine in which both sides of issues were to be represented in the press, be it television, radio, or in print.

This meant that if you had a conservative blow-hard on for an hour, then you had to have a liberal blow-hard on for an hour. Equal time and space for all sides of issues.

This doctrine was abolished before Reagan left office, and ever since then, the main stream media has become skewed either left or right according to what network you watch.

The danger this presents is that some folks still only see one, or two stations according to where they live, and what technology they own, so they can't get a balanced view of what is REALLY going on.

News is no longer about fair reporting, but ratings, profits, and circulation. Not to mention that media outlets and networks are all owned by only 4 or 5 big corporations, and you aren't told what you aren't supposed to know.

Search the net for the REAL NEWS!!!!


Submitted by Spyglass on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 9:35am.

at courting Democratic money, then by all means go for it. Why not start your own paper with your own money?

Submitted by Bonkers on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 7:29am.

So democrats might not advertise in this particular paper, huh?

Now what might happen if the Citizen started running a lot of democratic editorials?

Yah reckon some of the republican ad buyers would scamper?

Hey, you cater to the money in a paper!

Fyt35's picture
Submitted by Fyt35 on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 6:51am.

I agree with you 100%!
Guess what, if you really crave a liberal rag along with it's rants and raves, try this list:
The New York Times
The Washington Post
The San Francisco Chronicle
The Los Angeles Times
Time magazine
Boston Globe
Huffington Post
New York Daily News
The New Yorker
Newsweek

And on and on...

"The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is".
Winston Churchill


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Submitted by diva on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 6:41am.

If the New York Times is such an un credible news source, why is Sarah Palin quoting them in her rehearsed stump speeches? That doesn't make much sense, does it?


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Submitted by Fyt35 on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 9:08am.

beacause boneheads like you and your liberal friends eat that stuff up!

"The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is".
Winston Churchill


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Submitted by diva on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 9:11am.

Sarah Palin, the republican VP nominee, quotes the New York Times because liberals eat it up? WWWOOOOOOWWWW! You think we are taking Sarah "I can see Russia from here" Palin seriously on any level? Drink some water friend. You're making less sense than paper machete rain coats.


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Submitted by meanoldconservatives on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 10:43pm.

Call me a bonehead to my faces

Well, either way the wannabe diva admitted multiple personalities.


Submitted by MYTMITE on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 11:15am.

Why would anyone wear paper machete, rain or shine? FYI--a machete is a large knife used to cut sugar cane, etc. Now I think Hack would have known this! I think you might have meant papier mache',made from wet paper and glue or some other binding material, and usually adhered to a form and then removed when dry.

Submitted by boo boo on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 7:59am.

For Palin it makes sense. Wink, Wink...

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Submitted by JeffC on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 11:18am.

Of course newspapers are biased towards liberals. How could it be otherwise for people who study national and world affairs every day, are the most knowledgeable, and gather facts and write about them for a living?

"The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is".
Winston Churchill


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Submitted by Fyt35 on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 5:40pm.

..."people who study national and world affairs every day, are the most knowledgeable, and gather facts and write about them for a living?".

Good one, I'm still laughing!!!!

"The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is".
Winston Churchill


Submitted by justwondering on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 10:58am.

Even though not a newspaper, CNN is a liberal show that is committed to getting Obama elected.

diva's picture
Submitted by diva on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 6:44am.

They've been trying to convince us for almost a year that our economy is in trouble just to hurt McCain and republicans. Wait a minute.... Something is just popping up on my financial news home page........

ummmm... never mind.


Submitted by Sick of Fascists on Sun, 10/05/2008 - 9:08pm.

That is why the paper goes straight from the driveway to the recycle bin without passing go. I slide it right out of the plastic sleeve straight into the bin.

I read the paper online, don't ever click on the ads, and simply review the blogs for the more well-reasoned liberals such as Mainstream, Carbonunit, Sniffles, Hack (sigh), and the like.

I don't think anyone considers the Citizen a "newspaper". It is way too biased to be viewed as such.

hutch866's picture
Submitted by hutch866 on Sun, 10/05/2008 - 9:40pm.

Say what you will, but, this paper is worth every penny you pay for it.

I yam what I yam....Popeye


Submitted by swac on Sun, 10/05/2008 - 9:35pm.

The Citizen is the most biased paper in Fayette. Try writing an anti Steve Brown or Nicole File letter. They will not be posted in the paper. Try saying good things about any politician Cal disapproves of, it will not be printed. I know I tried.

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Submitted by Main Stream on Sun, 10/05/2008 - 8:47pm.

I believe that many liberal, Fayette County citizens felt the same way you do, about their only local paper, and started blogging on Cal's website out of frustration. The online comments in this blog have really taken on a liberal tone over the past year, and maybe Cal will someday add some liberal or progressive commentary to his paper, print and online.... we'll see...

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"You can lead a Republican to the truth, but you can't make him think."


Submitted by skyspy on Sun, 10/05/2008 - 10:23pm.

Ummm, only becuase you and about ten other "anonymous" posters share the same ip address......Congrats to you and some of your liberal friends for your more "creative" names you came up with. The writing styles are always the same.....nice try.

Hey if bonker$, $age, $dollar, d.$mith and nitpicker$ can get away with it, everybody should be able to do the same...right?

Submitted by Nitpickers on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 4:20am.

You wouldn't make a very good detective.
The "same" IP address does not mean that the same individual uses that same computer!
Think about it! Several people log in on this one.

hutch866's picture
Submitted by hutch866 on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 9:24am.

Several people might log in on your computer, but the same one does all the typing.

I yam what I yam....Popeye


Submitted by skyspy on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 5:10am.

Don't get defensive, most of us love all of the different characters some of you come up with. Its very entertaining.

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