Ombudsman: In search of the Holy Grail: Balanced coverage

Sacramento Bee ^ | July 6, 2003 | Tony Marcano -- Bee Ombudsman

[farmfriend]

If we could harness the power behind political passions in this area, California would never have another energy crisis.

What I especially find offensive about The Bee is all the slanted news and editorializing that goes on in "news stories" and on the front page .... The Bee would have a lot more readers if they kept their editorializing on the editorial pages.

[farmfriend]

My God, there is hope.

[farmfriend]

pinging Sacramento list and short list just for the heck of it.

[Noumenon]

When I live in the Sacramanto area, the only time I'd 'reach out' for the Bee was to wrap fish. Or pick up dog poo.

The Bee is hopeless and will continue to take daily dumps on those who love their lives and liberty. It's their nature. They won't change.

[Zavien Doombringer]

A Grail? We already have one, now go away!

[tubebender]

Tony Marcano joined the Bee in June 2003 from The New York Times, where he served as staff editor and assistant metro editor from 1995 to 2003. He held a variety of positions at the Los Angeles Times from 1989 to 1995, including reporter, assistant city editor, assistant section editor and section editor. He was a copy boy, clerk, photo studio apprentice, makeup editor and reporter at The Daily News in New York from 1982-1989. Marcano graduated from Long Island University with a bachelor of art degree in journalism. He is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.

Afer reading his bio I'm going to say that this just a "PUFF PIECE" to lull us into believing the Bee is changing it's ways. Time will tell...

[Bigg Red]

My God, there is hope.
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I don't know about that, FF. Look at what he regards as extremism:

First, there is the hard-core group of readers who will not be satisfied until The Bee ...uses terms like "our president" and "our troops."

[NathanR]

I don't know about that, FF. Look at what he regards as extremism:

First, there is the hard-core group of readers who will not be satisfied until The Bee ...uses terms like "our president" and "our troops."

And then goes on to say: "They don't feel they're being heard because that's just not going to happen -- and rightfully so."

Yup, a real moderate there.

[Pro-Bush]

To hell with the liberal press. I'm not buying it! (forgive the pun)

[farmfriend]

I'm just heartened by the fact that a liberal who disagrees with us could see the bias. I know it is kind of like the alcholic admiting there is a problem and we have a long way to go but for the first time I have some hope. As Tubebender says above, we will see if the trend holds.

[wingnuts'nbolts]

I agree. I couldn't stomach the Bee when I lived in Sac. area. Connie Chung was on Channell 3 (I think), with some anchor Ted Baxter type who's name I have completely forgotten. She was so inept that I caller her, Connie, uh, Bonnie, uh, Chung, uh, Chang, uh, oh well.............she couldn't read the teleprompter or the script without stumbling all over herself. You've come a long way, Bonne, um, Connie, you know! But her leftist, antiAmericanism is still in tact.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!

[Sally II]

I stopped buying the Bee after the editor made that Sac State graduation speach last year at the Arco Arena. A graduation commencement speach is no place for bashing the president and promoting one's Leftist political views. And on the subject of her speach, I don't get why the Leftist media thinks it has some God-given right to put out any information that might endanger American lives.

[Pro-Bush]

I stopped buying the Bee after the editor made that Sac State graduation speach last year at the Arco Arena.

Didn't she get boo'd off the stage? The last time I bought the Sac Bee was January 1, 2000. I never buy another copy.

[Sally II]

I think she was booed off the stage. At the least all the boos and turned chairs made it hard for her to preach her line. Of course the Bee and some other Lefties complained that she was robbed of her right to free speech. Personally, I think what she did was wrong. A graduation is not the time or place to preach controversial political views. If people came specifically to hear an anti-government speech and the floor were open for questions and arguments, that's another thing. But as it was, the editor was the only one there with free speech and she misused it.

And now, I won't even accept a free copy of the Bee when they offer it at the supermarket. :oP