I'd like to hear everyone's opinion on this:
In the Sandusky Register forums, Chuck Kaman suggested that the Register has "credibility problems" because they've taken sides on Nuesse-Gate and the Marina District.
My question is: If the folks who run the newspaper believe that an injustice in the Nuesse case has taken place - isn't it their JOB to stay on the story and report it as the eyes of the public?
What do you think? Is their coverage "biased" - or the fulfillment of an obligation?
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I absolutely think the SR is biased when it comes to the Nuesse gate or the MD. If anyone says anything against the MD they are vilified by the SR. They are so in bed with the Sandusky Now group and the city commissioners they cannot see past their blinders. In the Nuesse gate fiasco it seems to be only one person on the SR who seems to lean to the left in favor of Nuesse. I myself believe Nuesse is getting railroaded, however, the SR should not have anyone reporting that has a one sided view.
Well this is my point: If you belive that Nuesse is being railroaded, then this is an injustice. That's the newspaper's job: to report on this and to stay on top of it in hopes to correct the problem. I'm not used to seeing the paper do this. I'm used to them reporting on something for two minutes and then abandoning the story.
I have no objection to the SR staying on this story. It is big news and they should cover it as completely as possible. The problem is that the SR has become part of the story. They have demonized or ridiculed every witness who testifies against Ms. Nuesse. Without even a shred of evidence or testimony the SR has assumed she is innocent and has never looked back. This bias does not serve the public necessity of getting to the truth of the matter.
It is not only the Nuesse fiasco it is the ill advised MD project as well. The SR will not even print stories that conflict with their view point on this project. Letters have been sent in by the opposition and they would not print them. When the Sandusky Now group or someone who is pro MD sends in a letter, it gets front page coverage. This is bias at its worst. They are supposed to be unbiased and print the stories evenly so the public can make up their own minds. Not so with this rag.
The judge made the Register part of the story. If you mean it some other way, I don't understand. Just because they wrote about it doesn't make them part of the story.
I believe what Anonymous at 2:26 was saying was that because of Westerholds writings the SR has changed to outlook of the story. I do not agree with this, because it is not any different then the judge asking if Westerhold wrote those blogs, what has that got to do with this trial. It doesn't matter one iota who wrote the blogs condemning the Judge, this is supposed to be a civil service hearing on Nuesse not the judge. If this is the best the city can do, we as taxpayers are in for hugh bill at the end of this. Nuesse is going to walk away with millions and we get the shaft.
Gray, you're saying that the Register is guilty of changing the focus of the trial just as much as the judge? I would have to agree. But I do think that elected officials in this town and county have really thin skin and are quick to retaliate. It's a sign that they don't respect our rights and I believe this should be a topic of a long discussion.
Re: Anonymous at 11.23 am. You are right and this is why, when the SR wants to have people register to blog, people who have first hand knowledge of what is going on behind the backs of the citizens do not want to blog anymore. We the citizens are losing a valuable source of information. It would not surprise me that pressure was put on the SR to have people register to blog by these same thin skinned officials. They know some of what is being blogged is true and they do not want this out in the open to the rest of the citizens. The elected commissioners of this city do not respect our rights or our ideas, beliefs, suggestions and the right to oppose that witch they are pushing down our throats.
Which brings us to an important question: How do you disseminte information to the public without being retaliated against?
That was the grounds for blogging without anyone knowing who you really were. If the officials do not know who you are they cannot retaliate against you. I have gleened alot of information from and investigated those claims further, and found them to be the truth. It is amazing just how many people out there are just waiting to expose the dirty tactics that are going on within this city. If the public really knew all the under the table illegal goings on that was happening behind closed doors and private meetings they would be clamoring for an attorney general investigation. This includes the lies being told to the people and the payola to city officials that are still going on.
Well obviously, nobody is going to give any credibility to an anonymous blogger. So I don't really think that's the answer. If you have information, what would you do with it? Give it to the Register?
Unfortunatly the SR is not a true paper. If you give them a story that will fit their agenda then they will print it. If you give them one that is against their agenda they might print it, however, they will comment against the person who wrote the story and make cartoons against them. It has happened against the CRG when they were trying to tell people what was going on with the closed door meetings on the MD. The SR had their cartoonist draw a cartoon that made the CRG look like they were totally against development in this city, when that was a total lie and the SR knew this. We do not need a rag like the SR telling the people what to think when they read a story.
Today's SR headline proclaims that "Waddington praises Nuesse's honesty, not Kline's" It seems odd to me that the video segment provided does not include this statement. Going back on the video list both Stahl and Fuqua testified that she lied about the dispatch issue. Lying to elected officials is a pretty big deal when you are a public servant. How do you expect elected officials to make good decisions regarding your tax dollars when they are being lied to? This is the crux of this case and all the legal shenanigans and name calling just take away from this central issue.
You are right that this segment was not shown, however, I was there and can tell you that what was stated in the paper was actually said. Kline's honesty has been exposed and questioned many times by commissioners and the public.
Maybe if the Register posted more video, it could help educate what goes on in those meetings. It's not like video is so hard to upload or webspace is hard to come by. The entire hearing should be made available, IMO - not just 3 or 4 minutes from each witness.
Did Nuesse outright lie about dispatch, or was it a matter of interpretation which then was described as a "lie."? I'd have to see proof that Nuesse lied in order for me to believe it.
I can no longer find the video on the SR website. I can't quote verbatim but the effect was that the system was about to collapse. She basically used the public safety trump card to force the Commission to act on her desire to merge dispatch. Now maybe that was a good idea on alot of other merits but it is unethical to scare your community into doing something. She appears to have been caught in a rather large lie and it will likely be the end of her law enforcement career.
Why would that be unethical but by trying to scare the public into believing that the MD was an emergency isn't. What is the difference. Do we consider that a lie also and need to fire the city manager or recall the commissioners. What is good for the goose is good for the gander.
This post is a sterling example of everything that is wrong in most media coverage today, big and small.
Reporting should be about solely presenting the pure facts. Pure as in without bias or leanings.
The problem is SR and other news publications have merged opinion and news into a single entity and are not reporting, but editorializing.
We need pure news, but I fear the days of that are long gone.
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