Hey Dan, How ya been? Long time no chat. How’s that righteous crusade of yours going? The one defending fabrication, manipulation, and now outright lying by our local media? If I was a crude person I would call it a circle jerk. But I can’t, I am a gentleman. So I will just call the Boston media a mutual admiration society.
Now I would like to note that in some instances it appears David and Bob here at BMG have been subconsciously corrupted. This Milton Valencia defense of lying and the lack of noise from the editors causes me to suspect the same cocktail party or two has been attended by these three. (Not Charley, he doesn’t read my stuff, plus I doubt he drinks.)
So back to Father Dan. Hey Dan! Yo Dan! You Reading This Dan? You should be.
Why haven’t you mentioned this ridiculous reporting error? Perhaps you are having a hard time finding the right split hair to defend Valencia, and through him, The Globe’s errors?
Why did you edit out Waldo’s comment which included Valencia’s e-mail defending his depiction of Judge Stearns’ unprecedented removal by the appeals court as him voluntarily stepping down do to his own perceived conflict?
Just so we are all on the same page let us remind ourselves of Valemcia’s exact words in defense of his published misstatements of facts:
it is true that the Appeals Court for the First Circuit granted a petition forcing Judge Stearns to recuse himself. …If your point is that I should be more elaborate for the reader to include the decision, than that’s a different discussion, but the point is the judge stepped aside. For a 250-word bulletin story on the latest Bulger filing, our goal was to be spare and to the point for the reader. Other outlets, including trade publications, have worded it the same way.
Okay students, analogy time.
Suppose you are a sports reporter, editor, or publisher and your paper is covering a Red Sox game. Suppose Alfredo Aceves is pitiching. It’s a nationally televised game in prime time. Everyone can see what’s happening in in person or on TV.
Now suppose Aceves stinks the place out and John Farrell walks out to take him out. As soon as Farrell steps on the field Aceves is shaking his head no and yelling “I’m, not leaving”. Then when Farrell gets to the mound it gets ugly and Aceves pushes Farrell. It briefly goes crazy and Aceves is carried off the field by teammates as he’s kicking and screaming.
Gut that? Now you’re the reporter, the reporter’s editor, or the owner of the paper. What would you think if your paper refers to that incident as Aceves taking himself out of the game? If you were the reporter could you defend that reporting? Milton Valencia could I bet.
He’ll just say ‘that’s how the other papers reported it’. Keep the lie going.
That is what is happening people
Hey, you want to check a fact? Go on BostonGlobe.com. I little bomb in their battle to obfuscate reality and history.
Back to you Dan? You’re alls weze gut. Have you sold out on us Dan? We dun taut u dun speak for da peoples. Wads upwitdat dan?
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