Posted on 04/14/2006 6:10:17 PM PDT by doug from upland
Gale Holland, LA TIMES newsdesk: "If something newsworthy happens, we'll cover it"
phone conversation, 4-14-06
If the mainstream media cannot figure out why they are going the way of the dinosaurs and the Whigs, perhaps a little encounter with Gale Holland can serve as but a small example of the problem.
On Monday, I called the LA TIMES, and they connected me to Gale Holland at the newsdesk. I let her know that a trial date was set on the previous Friday for defendant Bill Clinton, et al in the historic civil lawsuit of Peter Paul.
Holland, not surprisingly, knew nothing about it. I had informed the TIMES before the hearing, but apparently a reporter could not walk a few blocks to attend. Until about the last three minutes, I was the only observer at the hearing.
CONTENTS OF THE FOLLOW-UP MAIL TO HOLLAND:
Gale, it was a pleasure speaking with you. As the writer and co-producer of the documentary film about the financing of Hillary's 2000 Senate campaign, I will be glad to get your staff up to speed about this story.
There is a wealth of information on http://hillcap.org/
On Friday, Judge Aurelio Munoz ruled in favor of David Kendall's anti-SLAPP motion and removed Hillary as a defendant in the case. The decision will be appealed by Gary Kreep of the United States Justice Foundation -- (760) 788-6624.
Munoz made it clear that Hillary would have to testify and that any motion to try to prevent that would be "dead on arrival." He then looked up and said, "Did you hear that, Mr. Kendall?"
Trial has been set for March 27, 2007. Depositions are being arranged. It is expected that both Bill and Hillary could be in Los Angeles answering question under oath within 60 days.
This will be one more of those famous L.A. trials. Witnessess will include Chelsea Clinton, Cher, Diana Ross, John Travolta, Brad Pitt, Mike Wallace, Larry King, and a host of others.
The political implications of this trial are enormous. Hillary has given a declaration with which Peter Paul has a great dispute. It is almost as if she hardly knew him. That is simply not the case. Also interesting is that Stan Lee, creator of Spider Man, was unaware that he is listed as a donor of $225,000 on the fourth "inaccurate" FEC report by the Hillary Senate 2000 campaign. He has testified under oath that he gave no money. The campaign still refuses to acknowledge the huge amount of money given by Paul. That is because Howard Wolfson, Hillary's campaign spokesman, had said in August of 2000 that Hillary would take no money from Peter Paul. She has stood by that falsehood for over five years.
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I called the newsdesk at about 4:45pm today and there was Gale, working hard late on a Friday afternoon at whatever it is she does. Being a real newsperson is not one of the things she really does.
I identified myself and the conversation we had on Monday, saying that I was surpised that I had not ready anything in the TIMES about Bill Clinton having to defend himself in the civil trial and that Hillary was going to have to testify.
Holland was immediately defensive. She said that she checked and there is not a trial date. I responded that I was there and heard Aurelio Lopez say that the trial date was 3-27-07.
Holland said that I was using the term wrong; that Bill Clinton was not a defendant. He was a party. He is not on trial.
I tried to again explain that he is a defendant in the business fraud civil trial. Even though this was a very short conversation, Holland was already growing weary. Maybe she had to get out of there to get her hair done, buy a ham for Easter dinner, or go pick up her kids from an illegal alien babysitter, but whatever it was, she no longer wanted to talk.
She then said in a somewhat impatient voice, resonating with a touch of mild arrogance, that she had talked to national. "If something newsworthy happens, we'll cover it!" Before I was able to call her a worthless Clinton shill, I heard the CLICK.
There it is folks. I've called AP reporters in New York, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C. I've called ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, and FOX NEWS. I've called Tim Russert's producer, Wolfie Blitzer's producer, and Chris Matthews' producer. I've called several newspapers. I left a message with Hannity's producer. I have spoken with the entertainment press. This morning, I even left a message for a guy in the comic book press. Yes, I really did. Actually, that comic book magazine is a more credible news source than the LA TIMES.
A former president is going to have to defend himself in a massive business fraud lawsuit. A sitting senator will be forced to answer questions under oath. Al Gore, Ed Rendell, Gray Davis, and a host of others will be deposed, including Streisand, Pitt, Cher, and Travolta. But this is not newsworthy.
The story has only been seen on WorldNetDaily, NewsMax, and the NY SUN. Oh, and Tony Snow gave me 60 seconds at the end of his show on Wednesday (I think it was Wednesday).
I think I'll try to get through to George Noory tonight on the whackjob Coast to Coast show. Maybe he'll listen to my story about how I live in a parallel universe.
Thanks for trying, dfu.
It shows you the pathetic state of affairs in general as to how the mumble brain media does its "job".
This got sent to Bloggers so it will get lost. Please ping the PETER PAUL AND HILLARY list.
Here's big news. The Concord Monitor in New Hampshire got back to me and wanted some information.
Bump
THE TIMES REPORTED ON THIS CIVIL CASE -- http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:Xtez3Jfrro4J:www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,16790,00.html+LOS+ANGELES+TIMES+civil+trial&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=8
One key witness, a police informant identified only as "Psycho Mike" who initially fingered Muhammad as the hit man, admitted in a recent deposition that he was "lifelong paranoid schizophrenic" and based his account on "hearsay." The FBI, which had been probing a similar line of reasoning in its probe of the murder, threw in the towel on its 18-month investigation in January, concluding the bureau didn't have enough evidence to pursue the case. Last week, Mack and Muhammad were dropped as defendants in the civil case.
THE TIMES REPORTED ON THIS CIVIL CASE
Polanski Can Fight Sex Case, State Court Says
Lawsuit: The Fugitive Director Can Be Defended Against a Civil Suit Filed by a Woman, Then 13, He Had Intercourse With in 1977
Originally published in the Los Angeles Times, August 22, 1990
THE TIMES REPORTED ON THIS CIVIL CASE
The LA Times reports:
Hours after his sexual encounter with a hotel employee in Colorado, Kobe Bryant told investigators that Shaquille O’Neal, his Laker teammate at the time, had paid up to $1 million to women to keep them quiet about “situations like this,” according to a police report.
THE LA TIMES COVERED THIS --
146 Bettina Boxall, "City settles policy brutality suit over incident at a gay rights protest," Los Angeles Times, February 7, 1997.
THE LA TIMES COVERED THIS --
Suit Claims Dental Chain Turned Away 4 With AIDS Virus Health: The head of the clinics denies the charges. Attorneys say there may be more such actions in bias cases.
Los Angeles Times - Friday March 6, 1992
Scott Harris; Times Staff Writer
FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2000
3 Grocery Chains Settle Suit, Will Buy New Truck
by MARLA CONE TIMES ENVIRONMENTAL WRITER
In a landmark agreement, Southern California’s three largest supermarket chains will purchase alternative-fuel trucks and warn nearby communities of the cancer threat posed by diesel exhaust wafting from their big rigs
This is too big to be ignored much longer. IMHO
U.S. Files Civil Suits Against Six California Medical Marijuana Clubs
On January 9, the U.S. Justice Department filed civil lawsuits seeking injunctions against six California medical marijuana clubs and their staff. Operators of the clubs have promised to fight the lawsuit (Press release, "Federal Civil Suits Filed Against California Cannabis Clubs," U.S. Department of Justice, January 9, 1998; Sabin Russell, "California Pot Clubs Targeted," San Francisco Chronicle, January 10, 1998, p. A1; Lisa M. Krieger, "U.S. acts to close pot clubs," San Francisco Examiner, January 10, 1998, p. Ben Chamy and Jeff Israely, "Feds file suit to close cannabis clubs," Oakland Tribune, January 10, 1998, p. A10; Mary Curtius and Maria L. La Ganga, "U.S. Launches Drive to Close Marijuana Clubs, Los Angeles Times, January 10, 1998)
Seems that if they could JUST FIND SOME REAL NEWS, it might sell more papers, knowwhatImean?
They are leftists to the core...it's time that they are shown the door
For DemocRATS they're shilling shamelessly
It isn't too surprising...they're losing advertising
They are going down in flames, the poor L.A. TIMES
The gig is almost up for the L.A. TIMES
Let us bid a fond farewell to the L.A. TIMES
They are really out...out to lunch without a doubt
The gig is almost up for the L.A. TIMES
They had tried to stop FR...but they did not get very far
The FReepers grew...they're stronger every day
It isn't too surprising...they're losing advertising
They are going down in flames, the poor L.A. TIMES
The gig is almost up for the L.A. TIMES
Let us bid a fond farewell to the L.A. TIMES
They are really out...out to lunch without a doubt
The gig is almost up for the L.A. TIMES
Lessons they refuse to learn...it's for the truth their readers yearn
And now they can't give it away for free
It isn't too surprising...they're losing advertising
They are going down in flames, the poor L.A. TIMES
The gig is almost up for the L.A. TIMES
Let us bid a fond farewell to the L.A. TIMES
They are really out...out to lunch without a doubt
The gig is almost up for the L.A. TIMES
Oh, the poor L.A. TIMES...oh, the poor L.A. TIMES
You're surprised?
BUMP for great freeping, Doug.
By the way, that's an unfortunate name Gary Kreep has. When this story gets the legs it deserves, the national dinosaur newsrooms will LOVE repeating his name over and over and over.
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