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Sanchez endorsed for the U.S. Senate by 15 newspaper editorial boards

Posted on May 22, 2016 by Editor Posted in 2016 Elections, California, Democratic Party, Loretta Sanchez, Media 1 Comment

Loretta Sanchez for U.S. Senate

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 20, 2016

Six Eastern Group Publication Newspapers Endorse Loretta Sanchez for U.S. Senate

“Sanchez is one of only a few House members who have made an effort to reach across the aisle to establish a working relationship with members of the Republican Party. In these days of political polarization, that’s a skill in short supply,” states the Editorial.

Los Angeles – Today, all six newspapers that are part of Eastern Group Publication (EGP) published the sole endorsement of Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez for U.S. Senate. The endorsement cites Sanchez’s strong credentials, bipartisan reputation, principled voting history, and her deep understanding of Southern Californian issues as reasons for their backing. Continue reading→

OCDA complains about unethical and inaccurate reporting by the Voice of OC

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Editor Posted in Adam Elmahrek, Media, OCDA, Orange County, Susan Kang-Schroeder Leave a comment

Adam Elmahrek, Norberto Santana, and Nick Gerda of award recipient the Voice of OC

Orange County District Attorney Press Release

For Immediate Release: September 4, 2014

WARNING: UNETHICAL AND INACCURATE REPORTING BY THE ‘VOICE OF OC’

“The Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) has endured years of unethical and inaccurate web ‘reporting’ by various staff members of the Voice of OC.

The latest occurred this afternoon during my conversation with Adam Elmahrek, who is on staff with the Voice of OC.

Any reporter might make a mistake, but it’s unethical to not correct their mistake when it is obvious they made one and it creates mistaken fact. Continue reading→

Did the O.C. Register put their HQ up for sale because they are hurting?

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Editor Posted in Media, OC Register, Orange County 6 Comments

By: the New Santa Ana blog

Freedom Communications, owner of the Orange County Register, is putting the newspaper’s longtime five-story, 175,000-square-foot and nearly 16 acres of land in Santa Ana off the I-5 Freeway on Grand Avenue and adjacent property on the market, according to the O.C. Register.

Aaron Kushner, Freedom chief executive and publisher, said in a year-end letter to the staff said if the company does not lease back the existing space, the newspaper will move to another Santa Ana location.

Real estate experts estimate that the Register building alone could sell for $20 million to $25 million. Continue reading→

OCTA Media Relations Specialist going to CrossFit

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Editor Posted in Health, Media, OCTA, Orange County Leave a comment

Laura Scheper

Laura Scheper, a Media Relations Specialist at the Orange County Transportation Authority, is leaving the OCTA tomorrow, according to an email message she distributed today. But she isn’t going to another public agency. Instead she is going to go to a company called CrossFit.

Apparently she is an avid CrossFitter and she has been working part-time as a CrossFit trainer over the past year. She had been offered the chance to explore opportunities in the world of health and fitness and after much consideration, according to her email, she decided it was time to take the next step. Continue reading→

Meet Jason Leopold, truthout.org reporter, on 5/18 in Costa Mesa

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Editor Posted in Churches, Costa Mesa, Media 1 Comment

Jason Leopold

Meet Jason Leopold, lead investigative reporter for the premier independent on-line journal, truthout.org, this Saturday, May 18, 2013, at 3:30 pm, at the Orange Coast Unitarian Church located at 2485 Mesa Verde East, in Costa Mesa.

Leopold has written and produced important exposés on BP, Enron, the Bush Administration torture polices, and the Guantanamo Hunger Strike. He is the author of “News Junkie”, Published 2006, L.A. Times and “Hopeful Immigrant to FBI Informant: The Inside Story of the Other Abu Zubaidah”, available as an eBook. Continue reading→

The national media is trying to keep Gary Johnson out of the debates

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, Barack Obama, Gary Johnson, Libertarian Party, Media, Mitt Romney 1 Comment

Let’s put Gov. Gary Johnson on the national debate stage!

You know the story. The elite national news media and the Establishment-created Commission on Presidential Debates have rigged the game to try to limit this fall’s presidential debates to only the Democrat Barack Obama, and the Republican Mitt Romney.

They have rigged the debates by picking a number out of the air and declaring that a presidential candidate must have at least 15 percent support in a sample of national polls that – you guessed it – they choose. Continue reading→