Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/12/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ok, you are right. Lets drop it. Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 10:07 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information