Together, we advanced the cause of journalism by advancing the cause of justice. Quotation [16] = " 'FTVLive.com a website I go too often for the latest news about the TV business (you should, too!)' With a history that goes back over four decades, our point of view shouldnt be much of a surprise. Relevant to the topic, Colemans right on this issue, IMO, and Gormlies right about KUSI. if(window.ImageLoader) window.ImageLoader.bootstrap({}, document);Squarespace.afterBodyLoad(Y); KUSI Labels Former Anchor as a "Secret Agent", FTVLive told you that former KUSI Anchor Sandra Maas was suing the station for $10 million dollars, Times of San Diego writes that KUSI is calling former news anchor. Usually. The park was closed for a day . The daily right-leaning bias would be nothing but funny if folks didnt accidentally arrive at their evening broadcast, if only because it airs before TMZ on TV. youre doing the gods work when a nutbag like Eugene ignores Fair Use Policy It is owned by McKinnon Broadcasting Co. McKinnon Broadcasting General Manager Michael McKinnon has been described in news reports as a long-time supporter of politically conservative candidates and causes. It was my very conservative father's favorite local news 30 years ago, and not much has changed since then. Televisa also operates XEWT 12 Tu Canal (Spanish Language) in this market. Televisa also holds an interest in U.S. Spanish-language media company Univision Communications. Days ago, when the beach parking lot closures were announced, a new reporter who I don't know but she's blonde and relatively new, announced WHERE people can park for Torrey Pines, because that parking area isn't a state closure. Thanks, we have decided to fight it, obviously. My favorite anecdotal evidence of this slant comes from reviewers on Yelp.com: John P Quotation[6] = "'The site that everyone that works in TV News turns to' - NPR "; document.documentElement.classList.add( Click the box! Quotation[10] = "'The statement from New York-based NBC was in response to a report on the FTVLive' - Bloomberg"; The associated website is KUSI.com which covers local news, sports, weather, and crime reporting. Michael D. McKinnon. The McKinnon family may have started out on the Democratic side of the political aislegrampa Clinton Dodson McKinnon was a Congressman and founded the San Diego Journal to compete with the Union-Tribunebut these days they and their TV station are a bastion of Republicanism. Azcrraga became the CEO of Grupo Televisa after the death of his father in 1997. I find some of their segments to be great but some of their political interviews seem to me to be very biased. $90,000 difference, both were anchors!! maybe the pot should sit down with the kettle and review the ingredients were all eating for dinner. Preferably one I can pick up with an antenna? 'jetpack-lazy-images-js-enabled' Yes, very different in the last few months. Scripps TV Station Group also operates KZSD 41, http://www.aztecasd.com/, a low power station serving as the local affiliate for the Azteca TV Network. (Kristian Carreon / For The San Diego Union-Tribune), Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Blakespear holds narrow lead over Gunderson in state Senate race, Biden plans San Diego County visit to campaign for Levin in 49th Congressional race, County settles lawsuit over in-custody death for $1.35 million, Girls dream up engineering solutions to hack human colonization of Mars, Murder suspect arrested in Central America pleads not guilty in 2016 Allied Gardens homicide, Man sentenced to 7 years in prison for murder of woman on Carlsbad hiking trail, Is your utility bill going to get even higher? Balboa Park reopened today after Santa Ana winds brought down 35 tre. The OB Rag IS a progressive blog site. "I want to respect someone's privacy." Maas, suing KUSI over alleged violations of the state's Equal Pay Act and other issues, will have her salary disclosed, as will her co-anchor, Allen Denton.. Eugene, you okay? KFMB News 8 (CBS Affiliate) http://www.kfmb.com/ Owner: Midwest Television/ Elisabeth M. Kimmel. Read our profile on the United States government and media. Privacy PolicyTerms of ServiceSign Up For Our NewslettersSite Map, Copyright 2023, The San Diego Union-Tribune |. it wasnt the opinion. Posts. It was uncomfortable watching him and Lauren get into it. KUSI news is definitely right wing. Others with similar views are invited to contribute and participate. A far cry, and a very long fall, from the homogenized dreck of recent times. And I chose not to do that, she said. Quotation[1] = "'The One-Man Website That Broke the Jay Leno Story' - About.com "; Are you breathing? Enter address: This website, like most media sites, uses small files called cookies to anonymously customize the advertising that you see. 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They have been played in the past by political operatives, most notably when photographs of a staffer for former Mayor Bob Filners bachelorette party were leaked to them. And WTF is up with Dave Scott's kitchen? In a court brief, the stations attorney, Marisa Janine-Page writes, Notably, Plaintiff does not deny that she and her counsel used Anna Laurel, a then current MBC employee, as a secret agent to gather information from her employer and share it with Plaintiff and her attorney, Gruenberg Law, to use it against MBC, a represented party in this litigation.. In 2022, they continue to promote Covid-19 misinformation. Damn, were still waiting for our mouthpiece rewards you know, those big checks from the Democrats and other leftists. KNSD 7/39 NBC San Diego (NBC owned affiliate) http://www.nbcsandiego.com/ NBC is part of Comcast, the largest broadcasting and cable company in the world by revenue, and the largest cable company and home Internet service provider in the United States. Azcrraga and Televisa might also benefit from a recent FCC proposal to soften the decades-old 25% limit on foreign ownership of TV and radio stations. The Associated Press provides national and international news. . I can see both sides on this issue, and frankly it is very troubling. As such it deserves to be made accountable to the public. // Free for all; but please leave in this header. We just have to do our best to win an argument based on ideas and facts. Scoff if you like but the hard numbers support this-since the implementation of Kyoto, global GGE as a whole have soared, and the rate of increase is soaring. McKinnon Broadcasting is owned by the McKinnon family, which is made up of Dan, Michael, Clinton, and Michael Jr. Thanks Goatskull and dorndiego also, not to mention KUSI is a BROADCAST media, which means it is using PUBLIC airspace to put out its own bias. And then theres John Coleman. I Hate KUSI News. Thats kind of weak on your part. If you are gonna live broadcast from your kitchen maybe clean the garbage up. And exactly what did she allege when her April 30, 2018, email asked her station boss for pay comparable to other men at the conservative station? The segment aired Monday on KUSIs Good Morning San Diego show as part of a collaboration with the DSC Show on IHeartMedia radio. es on the campus. Anyway thanks for posting this. You might also be interested to know they value female anchors waaaayyyyyy less than their male counterparts, to the tune of 90K/yr less! Although its common for critics of media to complain about bias on a political scale, with the exception of KUSI locally, most local news operations make some effort to keep their leanings out of view. // Set up the quotations to be shown, below. That lawsuit is finally playing out in court and another former Anchor is accusing the station of hacking into her personal email. In court papers, Sadler says Laurels Gmail account was left open on a shared laptop, and he was reviewing them to protect the company., The Times says that the San Diego Police Department is investigating the matter, Laurel says, and the City Attorneys Office is definitely interested in this case.. KBNT Univision 17 http://www.kbnt.com/, XHAS Telemundo 33, XHDTV 49 MY TV 13 http://www.mytv13.com/ are all owned or operated by Entravision, the largest affiliate group of the Univision and UniMs television networks. Maas responded to questions on how she dealt with the stress of losing her KUSI job of 15 years: She did weekday morning pilates and took long hikes. } Their coverage is head and shoulders above the other local stations. You were effectively asking for less work and more money, arent you? It included the question: Did you read any part of this (manual) at any time while at the station? Congressman Bob Filner appeared in a pre-recorded interview and fielded these questions: Obviously the unions are vehemently opposed to this ballot measure that Carl DeMaio is pushing, why not let the voters decided? Facebook. The OB Rag has been initiated to ply the Ocean Beach community and the San Diego scene with news and commentary from a distinctively progressive and grassroots perspective, and to provide a forum for those views. I think if news organizations took more of this approach we would all be better off. I literally saw this on my phone and felt the need to come to my computer to put in my two cents. 5,129 posts. I mean, literally fit in city hall. Hours later, after Judge Frazier urged both sides to again try to reach the previously unreachable Allen Denton, they reported he was contacted by phone and would testify via MS Teams next week. Their KPBS Roundtable is also worth watching. I like the no opinion myself. Then about age 42, Laurel said Cohen proclaimed her afternoon-newscast anchor partnership with Maas TV gold., (Laurel who labeled Maas the darling of the newsroom said shed tease her new friend that they were Kathie Lee and Hoda, a reference to the national NBC Today Show with Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb. The decision comes after an ultimatum from San Diego councilmember and revelations about the firms federal COVID-19 relief loan. They even been known to take right wing spin andpresto-chango! turn it into fact. Follow. These sources are generally trustworthy for information but may require further investigation. Since youre just finding out about the way they lean. Apparently, if gives you a better chance of landing the job. And in that way, the debate on issues gets framed. Great summary, Ive pretty much quit watching the local news because of its irrelevance to real life. A lawyer for KUSI-TV suggested in court Friday that former anchor Sandra Maas told ex-colleague Anna Laurel that Laurel would profit by providing Maas information in her pay-equity lawsuit. Remember Quotation [17] = " 'An insider newsy website' - Hoda Kotb" The guy cant have an opinion different from yours or you banish him ? I finally explained to her that He is just a blustery, loud mouth politician that likes to hear himself talk. Theyre job is to disrupt the comments sections, either by making absurd claims or by making a mountain out of a molehill (your claim is invalid because you posted this on a day when the moon is in Gemini) window.clearInterval(first_load_interval_id); MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY. Quotation [15] = " 'FTVLive Reported the Story First'- NY Times" It is no wonder the OB Rag has such limited appeal it is edited by hypocrites and ignorant tools. Luck, who passed away from cancer last weekend at age 72, counted on that. On cross examination, KUSI lawyer Marisa Janine-Page raised doubts about Laurels earlier testimony that she had never seen a KUSI employee handbook. Regular local TV viewership among adults under 30 fell from 42% in 2006 to just 28% in 2012, according to Pew Research survey data. Furthermore, the author of KUSIs story demonstrates strong right bias with this quote Once again, it turns out Trump was right. Except he wasnt right, as there still is no evidence to confirm the effectiveness of Hydroxychloroquine. (function() { Back in 2019, FTVLive told you that former KUSI Anchor Sandra Maas was suing the station for $10 million dollars as part of a lawsuit focusing on equal pay. ): Gov for a day! Talk to your Koch brother friends, perhaps they can cut us a cool million now and then. Their 1988 book on the subject (Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media) discussed their views about how populations are manipulated and how consent for economic, social and political policies is manufactured in the public mind. Now I have had my outlet. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. This information has not been peer-reviewed and was found to be a faulty study. Looking beyond the smiling faces, the times when the TV stations deviate from the norm can be good indicators of debate between different interests in San Diego. Wed dont for sure yet (were working on it a little birdie flew in this morning a tipped us off) which of the folks whove popped up lately are trolls and which are people who simply wish to be contrarian. Eugene, I know, I know, isnt it shameless? Its by-and-large an echo chamber. But please not Gloria or some other tired party hack. Immediately after the interview, the two anchors took shots at the Congressmans pension plan before kicking it to DeMaio, then Lutar, then Boling, etc, for additional spin and counterpoints. Smart Street Lights Favor them? And assumptions about well known institutionsi.e., reporting on XYZ Company as benign entity, when in reality XYZ is not-so-nice pervade the messages being delivered. No pearls shall be clutched. KUSI only success is in making the local Fox News team look like polished professionals. There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. They have to be the most outdated news.station in San Diego. For Ad-Free Subscriptions go here: https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/membership-account/membership-levels/, Terms and Conditions Its a hair above a Public Access show, so view it with the same fleeting curiosity youd give the two-headed calf at the County Fair. We also serve the various counties, plus info concerning our sister city Tijuana MX in the sharing of information, opinion and events to bring us closer together in the richness & diversity that makes us Americas finest city KGTV has an investigative unit that actually reports on stories not found elsewhere in the local newsmedia. So with the aid of a private investigator named Google, we decided to find out a little bit more about KUSI. On Wednesday, the San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council called on KUSI to acknowledge their broadcast of the station-sponsored special report, Pension Reform: The Fight to Get it on the Ballot, as a campaign contribution. Us @2023 FTVLive LLC Column will resume in its regular role and format on Thursday. In fact, I would cringe because I would wake up in the morning and have texts from my friends all over the country in the business Is this your station again? It was terribly embarrassing.. Theres a long standing tradition of prioritizing content based on what appears in print media. Quotation[4] = "'FTVLive a TV news website that is often on the money' - LA Times"; community serving the whole of the San Diego. With her lawyers raising objections, Maas didnt have to answer certain questions on Day 8 of her pay-equity trial (along with claims of gender/age discrimination and illegal retaliation). Colemans got some pretty solid points, actually, and is more qualified on the issue than most climatologists. Instead of attacking the OB Rag, how about refuting the factual information used by the author to make his point and site counter examples that demonstrate KUSI is indeed, fair and balanced. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/former-kusi-anchor-sues-for-10-million-claiming-pay-inequality. The 35th Annual Country Cares for St. Jude Kids Radiothon kicks off . Your consistant shameless BIAS and apparent ignorance of your own favoritism as you point your finger at others makes you look the fool. // ============================================== Has definitely become more hard right recently. As a result, KUSI has decided to no longer provide a platform for the KGB - DSC Show, the statement said. That said, KGTVs coverage of the ongoing lawsuits against the SDPD has been top-notch. Contact The associated website is KUSI.com which covers local news, sports, weather, and crime reporting. Support MBFC Donations Motivated by an attempt to save a progressive talk radio station in San Diego, Jennifer Douglas and Jon Monday made the film Save KLSD. Im not saying your station is bad and doesnt treat many of the employees fairly, nor covers the news fairly. Im so tired of the info-babes as well but they seem to be disappearing for these mini-info-babes that arent 25 years old and must have graduated last week from an online communications college -:). Maxwell said in a telephone interview Wednesday that when she first received screenshots about the segment around Tuesday around 9 a.m., she was so surprised by the content she wondered if it was a prank. Golden Hall mega-shelter closes, forcing hundreds of homeless people out, ReOpen San Diego rallies in support of unvaccinated SDCCD employees facing termination, Mayor Richard Bailey gets national recognition for keeping homeless population low, SANDAG Chair Nora Vargas: There will be no Mileage Tax or Road User Charge (for now), Mayor Todd Gloria crashes Repeal SB 357 press conference, despite support for the legislation, Diablo Canyon to remain open, public advocates call it "disastrous decision", Boys Soccer: San Pasqual 2, Santa Maria 0, Santee YMCA allows naked man to use women's locker room with underage girls, San Diego high school student wins Congressional Gold Medal, Civic Center Revitalization Project gains momentum, Polluted sea spray contaminates Imperial Beach air supply, Sup. Overall, we rate KUSI.com Right-Center based on story selection and wording that slightly favors the right. Quotation[0] = "'Mr. Please reload the page and try again. Unlike most other independent TV stations, KUSI has built its programming around local news, more than 50 hours a week. Editorially, they do not provide op-eds; however, they report on politics through local reporters and the Associated Press, such as this Political storms swirl around Californias Governor Gavin Newsom. Everything has an editorial bias, its the nature of having an editor. This years research doesnt bode particularly well for the future power of broadcast TV news: While the first and hardest-hit industry, newspapers, remains in the spotlight, local TV finds itself newly vulnerable. Mythical figures like Budha, Zoaraster, James Bond? We also rate them Mixed for factual reporting due to the promotion of pseudoscience related to Covid-19 and two failed fact checks. On Friday hours before Ginsburg's death was announced Judge Ronald Frazier in San Diego Superior Court denied KUSI's demand that Maas pay the conservative station $106,000 in attorney fees.. Russell S (Gave the station a 4 star rating) Paul Rudy and Dan Plante are coronavirus deniers. },1000) The real work of broadcast news (and most other media) lies in promoting common assumptions (everybody knows). Doug is a cancer survivor (sans vocal chords) and lives in North Park. showQuotation(); It is owned by his family-run McKinnon . Yes, people have supported me. Help us grow with a monthly contribution. The United States has ushered in a new age of robber barons and Hearstian journalism. I used to watch them growing up because I loved how entertaining they are. TOL As weve said many times, this is not a site for tea party trash there are a number of tea party sites that were certain would welcome such un-American dribble. MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY. Quotation[9] = "'FTVLive.com Scooped Everyone With News' - About.com "; Of the 18 celebrity fathers named in the segment, nine were Black. It is obvious the OB Rag is a mouthpiece for the LEFT/Democrats. Regardless, last night, KUSI threw moon-sized softball questions to Mayor Sanders, San Diego City Councilmen Carl DeMaio and Kevin Faulconer, Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, San Diego County Taxpayers Association chief Lani Lutar, and failed San Diego City Council candidate April Boling. In review, KUSI.com reports the news for the greater San Diego area with minimal bias, such as this COVID cases decrease in San Diego County, 2.1% of population received both vaccine doses. window.addthis.layers(window.addthis_layers); I'd love to know the answer either way Geoff! Despite a $250,000 salary offer from the Raleigh station to stay put, Laurel wanted to return to California. The segment created by the 101.5 KGB radio program, The DSC Show, was inappropriate and an affront to our African/ American community and our viewers.. Can you do something about it? Many anchors and reporters are obsessed with their smartphones and iPads, but KSWB morning anchor Shally Zomorodi took the attraction a bit too far last Friday. Maybe I'm just becoming a little bit more political conscious, but it seems that KUSI is becoming more conservative. It doesnt hide that fact. Back to cleaning my guns. (Prop 45 is a measure on the November ballot requiring insurance companies to justify and explain their rates, placing them under the regulatory oversight of the states Insurance Commissioner.). https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/former-kusi-anchor-sues-for-10-million-claiming-pay-inequality. KUSI believes that it is our goal to always present content that does not demean or appear insensitive to any minority, racial or ethnic group, Cohen said in a statement. Placed out of the way in a non-walkable area of the city that once people are brought in Maybe Walton would do a good job. He would certainly shake. and our Talk-radio personality Roger Hedgecock, employed by both Kimmel and U-T San Diegopublisher Douglas Manchester, another well-moneyed DeMaio backer, has used emails with KFMBs address to raise funds for DeMaio. There is, for instance, a significant difference of opinion on the role of law enforcement thats largely being fought out in the courts. Photo by Ken Stone. Using the stations demise as a launching point for discussion about the results of corporate media consolidation nationwide, they paint a sad picture about the state of broadcasting thats equally applicable to radio and television. She was asked about her lack of awards (as compared to former co-anchor Allen Denton) or why she didnt use an agent.
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