I go into palpatations when reading the low-rent racists that pontificate on the Star and Citizen message boards. I go off on our two papers for giving the space for such garbage, but at least they have the excuse that the don’t choose to print this stuff so much as stand by and allow it […]
A friend of mine forwarded this comment posted on the Tucson Citizen message boards. It was in response to a story by Anne Denogean (whose name I mention because she actually reads this blog) about a woman in Surprise that will be voting in her 20th straight presidential election, despite the best efforts of the […]
So, the Tucson Citizen ran an “editorial” about today’s primary election. Under the headline “Our Opinion:” Arizonans get to vote in a primary today, and some presidential candidates have dropped out of the race. Really?
If these are now “opinions” rather than facts, I guess journalistic standards are slipping.
The closest thing to an actual opinion expressed […]
At 7:18 AM yesterday, Mark Kimble wrote this on the Tucson Citizen’s blog:
[Tim] Bee plans to make it all formal Saturday morning at Palo Verde High School, where he is an alum.
Maybe he should rethink the location.
In 2006, Democrat and former television news anchor Patty Weiss showed up at Palo Verde High School – her […]
It is hard to go after “the award winning” KUAZ news folks, since they seem to be the only folks who care about local news on the Old Pueblo’s radio dial. But, I was a bit taken aback with this morning’s edition of “Political Conversations.” The guest was Jan Brewer, touted as the state’s top elected official […]
One of the things that bothers me about coverage of political stories is the “plague on both their houses” attitude that seems to emerge when there is a negative campaign. This happens whether or not the attacks are substantive, or even whether or not both campaigns are engaged in it.
Take the Rodney Glassman - Lori […]
On Sunday, the Republic ran a bit on Karen Fullenwider, managing editor of the Arizona Capitol Times, being fired. Here is the money quote:
“I’ve spent my weeks feeling like some kind of a party planner instead of an editor at a political newspaper,” Fullenwider said.
It may even be worse than that. There are reports of dissatisfaction among […]
I recieved a missive last week from John D’Anna, who is one of the writers for a blog that the Arizona Republic runs called Az Green Day. The blog covers environmental issues. D’Anna is listed as a “Platform Manager” for the Republic. I have no idea what that means, but it probably does not involve nails or two-by-fours.
In his […]
Caught this story in the Arizona Republic on Saturday. It is actually a shorter version of a longer story that ran in the Los Angeles Times. The shortened story left out some details and things were a bit confusing as a result.
Here is what stood out for me. The case in question regards a very […]
A friend of mine (yeah, I actually have them) was talking to me about the Star’s unwillingness to endorse in primaries. Believe it or not, one of the reasons that some Star employees have given for not doing so is they don’t want to be “partisan.” No explanation of how endorsing in general elections would be […]
The Star ran an editorial a couple of weeks ago urging citizens to get registered and file for early ballots because, gosh darnit all, this election is muy importante.
(They didn’t really say it that way. Heaven forbid the Star use a bit of Spanish in their editorials for fear of causing apoplexy in the likes of […]
I failed to note that last week Greg Patterson over at Espresso Pundit summed up my feelings about the news helicopter crash up in Phoenix. What “news” were they really covering? Was it really worth dying for? That these sorts of risks are taken and resources are put on the line for nothing more than sensationalism is particularly […]
Robbie Sherwood is leaving the Arizona Republic. He will be working for a firm that handles publicity for, among others, Joe Arpaio and Grant Woods. I guess that means he’ll write fawning press releases about what a great guy Arpaio is. So, he’ll be essentially doing the same thing he does now for more money, […]
Raúl Grijalva and Ron Drake will be debating on three occasions over the next couple of weeks:
Monday, October 16
AZ Daily Star Debate
ACCESS Tucson
124 E. Broadway
6pm
Wednesday, October 18
U of A Debate
Student Union KIVA room
7pm
Monday, October 23
Council of Senior Citizen Organizations
Robinsons May Depatment Store at El Con Mall
3rd Floor
1pm
The other day, I threw some totally undeserved scorn at the political reporters at the Star. I am not always happy with the stories in our morning broadsheet, but the political repoters are hard working, and their editors are a lot more interested in running their political stories than they have been in the past.
I […]
The Arizona Republic had their editorial board meeting today where they were to interview the CD 8 candidates. Gabrielle Giffords, Jay Quick and Dave Nolan all arrived on time. An hour passed, no show from Randy Graf. The candidates that actually showed up had other places to go, so the interview was started without Graf.
Apparently, […]
Nina Trasoff won the Ward Six Democratic Primary by an impressive 65%-35% margin. Early numbers show that she won the mail-in ballots by a ridiculous fifty points. This made for a rather big hole for Steve Farley to get out of. Despite what a couple of people told me tonight, my quick and dirty math […]
Okay kids, remember that those of you that are registered in mid-town Tucson get to vote in the Ward Six Democratic primary today! As most of you know, I am supporting Nina Trasoff.
If you live in Wards Five or Three, you have a primary too. Only one candidate on the ballot, but come on out […]
Because I write this blog, people think I have some sort of corner on political knowledge. I know how many bloggers are self-important pedants that think they know everything, but this seems to be abetted by the people who read the blogs that think that somehow a blogger has access to all sorts of secret […]
Ann Coulter went on Sean Hannity’s radio program the other day and the subject came of the dropping of her column from the Arizona Daily Star. She claims it was because of an attempt to “keep conservatives out.” Never mind that she is being replaced with a speech writer for former President Bush, Tony Snow […]
- Arizona Blog
- Baja Arizona Blog
