Kudos! Its June 27 front page article "No 'Helping Hand' from Highmark: Insurance giant denies money for parents' preferred procedure" describes how "Highmark would cover the surgery cost of $150-200,000" but would "only pay $4,907.18 of the $15,600 total billed" for prosthetics that give the same appearance and avoid complicated major surgery.
WATCHDOG: It is encouraging to see a Lancaster Post article that seems well researched and is consistent with the front page headline and graphics. Keep up the good work!
Saturday, June 28, 2008
NEW ERA
Published on June 28th an editorial favoring paper ballots and a column entitled
"F&M's presentation on rail yard fails to win over skeptics."
WATCHDOG: New Era earned double kudos!
First, an Editorial entitled "Paper ballots on comeback trail" states "Following Florida's presidential election fiasco in 2000, many states abandoned punch cards - once used by nearly a third of the electorate - and mechanical level machines in favor of electronic touch-screen voting systems." It then explains how electronic voting machines without a paper trail of each vote actually cast often fail (or we would add, sometimes are rigged) and there is no possible way to check on what took place.
What the article is not clear about is that the voting machines which former commissioners Pete Shaub and Dick Shellenberger insisted on buying in disregard to Molly Henderson's objection have no verifiable paper trail. The sooner that the County gets rid of these second hand "bargains," the better!
Second, the New Era carried an article by columnist Carol Petersen that properly challenges for lack of candidness and fair play the presentation by F&M College last week to home owners in the vicinity of the proposed (and almost certain) relocation of the Norfolk & Southern freight yard.
Samples:
"The two most important issues on a long list of citizen concerns are the potential health risks associated with freight trains and their cargo and the loud impact noise inherent in coupling and uncoupling train cars. Imagine residents' surprise and disappointment when they learned from the engineering firm that those two critical items were 'not within the parameteres given to us by F&M.'"...
"'You just have to take our word for it' that there would be remediation should it be needed, [John Fry] added.' Trust is earned, and without solid answers to their long-standing questions resident are running a little short of trust in F&M."
"F&M's presentation on rail yard fails to win over skeptics."
WATCHDOG: New Era earned double kudos!
First, an Editorial entitled "Paper ballots on comeback trail" states "Following Florida's presidential election fiasco in 2000, many states abandoned punch cards - once used by nearly a third of the electorate - and mechanical level machines in favor of electronic touch-screen voting systems." It then explains how electronic voting machines without a paper trail of each vote actually cast often fail (or we would add, sometimes are rigged) and there is no possible way to check on what took place.
What the article is not clear about is that the voting machines which former commissioners Pete Shaub and Dick Shellenberger insisted on buying in disregard to Molly Henderson's objection have no verifiable paper trail. The sooner that the County gets rid of these second hand "bargains," the better!
Second, the New Era carried an article by columnist Carol Petersen that properly challenges for lack of candidness and fair play the presentation by F&M College last week to home owners in the vicinity of the proposed (and almost certain) relocation of the Norfolk & Southern freight yard.
Samples:
"The two most important issues on a long list of citizen concerns are the potential health risks associated with freight trains and their cargo and the loud impact noise inherent in coupling and uncoupling train cars. Imagine residents' surprise and disappointment when they learned from the engineering firm that those two critical items were 'not within the parameteres given to us by F&M.'"...
"'You just have to take our word for it' that there would be remediation should it be needed, [John Fry] added.' Trust is earned, and without solid answers to their long-standing questions resident are running a little short of trust in F&M."
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL
In a June 24th lead article, the Intell reports County home prices rising. "'Stable' local market ranks well on national index."
WATCHDOG: According to AP in an article , "... a report from the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight said U.S. home prices fell 4.6 percent in April from the same month last year, when the index peaked. That marked the biggest decline ever in the agency's monthly index which dates back to January 1991. The government index is calculated using mortgage loans of $417,000 or less. (Emphasis added.)
Earlier in the same article headed "US home prices tumble in April at record rate" it says "The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index of 20 cities fell by 15.3 percent in April versus a year ago, according to Tuesday's report. Prices nationwide are at levels not seen since August 2004."
Now anyone who looks around at all the "For Sale" signs and has talked with those hoping to sell their homes knows that prices have plummeted in the County over the past couple of years. So to what can we ascribe the differences between the Intell's "feel good" article and tangible reality?
Was this a sop for their real estate advertisers to encourage consumers to buy homes?
First of all they interchange "value" and "prices", and they are not the same thing. More importantly, as indicated above, the Fed's numbers are based on mortgages and then on only a portion of the market.
Watchdog is not saying the Intell has it wrong. But if anyone could understand the article and believes the conclusion, please write us!
WATCHDOG: According to AP in an article , "... a report from the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight said U.S. home prices fell 4.6 percent in April from the same month last year, when the index peaked. That marked the biggest decline ever in the agency's monthly index which dates back to January 1991. The government index is calculated using mortgage loans of $417,000 or less. (Emphasis added.)
Earlier in the same article headed "US home prices tumble in April at record rate" it says "The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index of 20 cities fell by 15.3 percent in April versus a year ago, according to Tuesday's report. Prices nationwide are at levels not seen since August 2004."
Now anyone who looks around at all the "For Sale" signs and has talked with those hoping to sell their homes knows that prices have plummeted in the County over the past couple of years. So to what can we ascribe the differences between the Intell's "feel good" article and tangible reality?
Was this a sop for their real estate advertisers to encourage consumers to buy homes?
First of all they interchange "value" and "prices", and they are not the same thing. More importantly, as indicated above, the Fed's numbers are based on mortgages and then on only a portion of the market.
Watchdog is not saying the Intell has it wrong. But if anyone could understand the article and believes the conclusion, please write us!
Sunday, June 22, 2008
SUNDAY NEWS
In a three inch article on June 22 headed "F&M Drops Charges", the paper states "Harper was cited with trespassing based on an order banning him from college property" and "Harper ... is still banned from college property."
WATCHDOG: Wrong on both accounts!
"Order" from whom? It was not a court order but simply a college-authored "Defiant Trespass" notice that, given the circumstances of its issuance, is unlikely to be worth the paper it is printed on.
"Banned from college property?" Hardly. Harper can come and go to events open to the public, use pathways normally traveled by the public, and patronize facilities such as restaurants and shops that the college operates or has leased to others.
See "F&M wrong re Defiant Trespass" posted June 17th.
WATCHDOG: Wrong on both accounts!
"Order" from whom? It was not a court order but simply a college-authored "Defiant Trespass" notice that, given the circumstances of its issuance, is unlikely to be worth the paper it is printed on.
"Banned from college property?" Hardly. Harper can come and go to events open to the public, use pathways normally traveled by the public, and patronize facilities such as restaurants and shops that the college operates or has leased to others.
See "F&M wrong re Defiant Trespass" posted June 17th.
Friday, June 20, 2008
INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL
June 20. Sub headline: "Residents oppose F&M backed plan"
WATCHDOG: This "pup" has probably had a lot more experience than the Intell reporter with such meetings with many scars to show for it.
The 'opposition' was relatively muted and issues raised thoroughly and, as far as the preponderance of the audience was concerned, satisfactorily responded to. A few neighbors that live closer than the rest showed understandable irritation, but even a leader of The Rail Road Action and Advisory Committee (TRRAAC) expressed support for the project, albeit some discomfort.
Also Watchdog's count was at least twice the 200 reported by the Intell. There were about 200 at the earlier meeting and perhaps 160 at the later, and people came and went throughout the evening. Except for the Watchdog, most dined at home or at a restaurant.
WATCHDOG: This "pup" has probably had a lot more experience than the Intell reporter with such meetings with many scars to show for it.
The 'opposition' was relatively muted and issues raised thoroughly and, as far as the preponderance of the audience was concerned, satisfactorily responded to. A few neighbors that live closer than the rest showed understandable irritation, but even a leader of The Rail Road Action and Advisory Committee (TRRAAC) expressed support for the project, albeit some discomfort.
Also Watchdog's count was at least twice the 200 reported by the Intell. There were about 200 at the earlier meeting and perhaps 160 at the later, and people came and went throughout the evening. Except for the Watchdog, most dined at home or at a restaurant.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL
Editorial, June 19, 2008:
Commenting on a 32% rise in head industry deaths for motorcyclists riding without helmets, the Intell rhetorically asks: "How can saving a few lives compare with the wickedness of restricting liberty, America's most cherished value?" And responds: "To that argument we respectfully say: baloney."
WATCHDOG: Having spent many happy years on its motorcycle (BMW, not Harley!), the Watchdog cringes every time a non-helmeted cyclist comes in view. This is pure Russian Roulette. We agree with the Intell when it says "Helmet laws are an appropriate extension of [licensing] restrictions." As the editorial indicates, there are huge social and economic costs involved from injuries and deaths, so it isn't just a matter of personal freedom.
Commenting on a 32% rise in head industry deaths for motorcyclists riding without helmets, the Intell rhetorically asks: "How can saving a few lives compare with the wickedness of restricting liberty, America's most cherished value?" And responds: "To that argument we respectfully say: baloney."
WATCHDOG: Having spent many happy years on its motorcycle (BMW, not Harley!), the Watchdog cringes every time a non-helmeted cyclist comes in view. This is pure Russian Roulette. We agree with the Intell when it says "Helmet laws are an appropriate extension of [licensing] restrictions." As the editorial indicates, there are huge social and economic costs involved from injuries and deaths, so it isn't just a matter of personal freedom.
Monday, June 16, 2008
LANCASTER INDEPENDENT PRESS
On June 15, the almost four decade old newspaper that evolved into a web site asked "Did the Lancaster Newspapers pressure Turkey Hill?" to cease distributing the Lancaster Post.
WATCHDOG: This may be the case, although we have no evidence to believe so and are skeptical. But Post News Editor Ron Harper, Jr., through several cover stories that seemed to be egregious attacks on local figures and institutions that were long on vitriol and short on facts, gave some cause in itself.
Nevertheless, NewsLanc urges Turkey Hill Minit Marts to continue its distribution of the Post. The test of democracy is not how we protect the freedom of the press of those of whom we approve, but how we do so for those who offend us. Furthermore, Turkey Hill routinely carries national publication that are far less tasteful.
WATCHDOG: This may be the case, although we have no evidence to believe so and are skeptical. But Post News Editor Ron Harper, Jr., through several cover stories that seemed to be egregious attacks on local figures and institutions that were long on vitriol and short on facts, gave some cause in itself.
Nevertheless, NewsLanc urges Turkey Hill Minit Marts to continue its distribution of the Post. The test of democracy is not how we protect the freedom of the press of those of whom we approve, but how we do so for those who offend us. Furthermore, Turkey Hill routinely carries national publication that are far less tasteful.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
SUNDAY NEWS
Kudos for a very balanced and informative lead article "'Talk Back:' Where opinion is 24/7"
WATCHDOG: The article states "Talk-Back was launched 'as a means to add fresh, unique and user-provided content' to LancasterOnline.com'" according to Harold Miller, Lancaster Newspapers' (LNP) president and CEO.
Along with comments from participants and authorities, the article deals with the virtues and drawbacks of providing anonymity for the contributors. Both LNP and NewsLanc act as custodians of the actual identities, and censor material that they consider outright libelous or egregious misinformation. (Due to the complexity of monitoring its large volume, LNP will on occasion mechanically ban some ongoing rule violators.) Otherwise, contributors have their say with the chips falling where they may.
WATCHDOG: The article states "Talk-Back was launched 'as a means to add fresh, unique and user-provided content' to LancasterOnline.com'" according to Harold Miller, Lancaster Newspapers' (LNP) president and CEO.
Along with comments from participants and authorities, the article deals with the virtues and drawbacks of providing anonymity for the contributors. Both LNP and NewsLanc act as custodians of the actual identities, and censor material that they consider outright libelous or egregious misinformation. (Due to the complexity of monitoring its large volume, LNP will on occasion mechanically ban some ongoing rule violators.) Otherwise, contributors have their say with the chips falling where they may.
SUNDAY NEWS
In his June 15 column, Gil Smart, in reference to John McCain's self confessed inability to use a personal computer, asks "How can a candidate ill at-ease with the current era lead us safely into the future."
WATCHDOG: Fair question.
Furthermore, presidents today cannot safely venture from the Secret Service cocoon, and thus must rely on staff and a few visitors to serve as "gate keepers." Spending twenty minutes a day and an hour on Sunday viewing comments from a variety of diverse contacts privy to the president's private e-mail address can be a valuable substitute for what used to be getting out and "pressing the flesh."
WATCHDOG: Fair question.
Furthermore, presidents today cannot safely venture from the Secret Service cocoon, and thus must rely on staff and a few visitors to serve as "gate keepers." Spending twenty minutes a day and an hour on Sunday viewing comments from a variety of diverse contacts privy to the president's private e-mail address can be a valuable substitute for what used to be getting out and "pressing the flesh."
SUNDAY NEWS
A political cartoon in the middle of the June 15 Column-Letters page showed a jet liner entitled "Gitmo Lawsuits" about to collide with the Statue of Liberty, entitled "Homeland Security."
WATCHDOG: Portraying the Statue of Liberty as representing "Homeland Security" seems contradictory. And likening Gitmo Lawsuits to a terrorist attack even more so.
The Supreme Court upheld the Constitution last week by ruling that all persons in areas controlled by the USA are entitled to "Habeas Corpus", the right to be heard by a judge.
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, commented before a gathering of Constitutional scholars that the right to go before a judge was so ingrained that it was disgraceful that the vote wasn't 9 - 0 instead of 5 - 4. And Senator Arlen Specter (R - PA), Vice - Chair, would likely agree.
WATCHDOG: Portraying the Statue of Liberty as representing "Homeland Security" seems contradictory. And likening Gitmo Lawsuits to a terrorist attack even more so.
The Supreme Court upheld the Constitution last week by ruling that all persons in areas controlled by the USA are entitled to "Habeas Corpus", the right to be heard by a judge.
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, commented before a gathering of Constitutional scholars that the right to go before a judge was so ingrained that it was disgraceful that the vote wasn't 9 - 0 instead of 5 - 4. And Senator Arlen Specter (R - PA), Vice - Chair, would likely agree.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
NEW ERA
In a June 12th front page article titled "Fiscal health of hospitals: mixed", The New Era endeavors to explain (rationalize) Lancaster General Hospital's amazing $135.8 million profit, up 27.5 percent from 2006, as follows:
"Though the large size of its facilities alone would seem to guarantee big revenues and profits, LGH is exceptionally efficient inside those facilities, the council report shows.
"LGH had an operating profit margin of 18.12 percent, meaning that for every dollar of revenue generated by patient care, about 18 cents was profit. That's about four times the minimum margin that industry analysts say is needed for a healthy bottom line."
WATCHDOG:
Even the dullest Introductory Economics student, let alone a reporter and editor worth half their salt, would recognize that a major reason for such unusual profits might be non-competitive market conditions that permit higher prices and thus higher profits than would be normal.
In their usual way when it comes to covering the Big Five - Franklin & Marshall College, Fulton Bank, The High Group, Lancaster General Hospital and The Lancaster Newspapers - the article poses no challenging questions, cites no critics, and serves as a rooting section: Aren't we just great!
"Though the large size of its facilities alone would seem to guarantee big revenues and profits, LGH is exceptionally efficient inside those facilities, the council report shows.
"LGH had an operating profit margin of 18.12 percent, meaning that for every dollar of revenue generated by patient care, about 18 cents was profit. That's about four times the minimum margin that industry analysts say is needed for a healthy bottom line."
WATCHDOG:
Even the dullest Introductory Economics student, let alone a reporter and editor worth half their salt, would recognize that a major reason for such unusual profits might be non-competitive market conditions that permit higher prices and thus higher profits than would be normal.
In their usual way when it comes to covering the Big Five - Franklin & Marshall College, Fulton Bank, The High Group, Lancaster General Hospital and The Lancaster Newspapers - the article poses no challenging questions, cites no critics, and serves as a rooting section: Aren't we just great!
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Fox43 WPMT
June 5: "Man Gets Stuck Naked Inside Port-a-potty, Police Say"
WATCHDOG:
It's June 10th. Certainly, within the past five days, Fox 43 could find something else to post on the news section of their site. There have been shootings, murders, armed robberies, serious and fatal traffic accidents, and a college president in the midst of accusations of using his private police force to mug a member of the media!
So there is much more to report than a naked man getting stuck in a portable potty.
WATCHDOG:
It's June 10th. Certainly, within the past five days, Fox 43 could find something else to post on the news section of their site. There have been shootings, murders, armed robberies, serious and fatal traffic accidents, and a college president in the midst of accusations of using his private police force to mug a member of the media!
So there is much more to report than a naked man getting stuck in a portable potty.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
SUNDAY NEWS
The June 8 front page banner headline reads "LGH's healthy surplus: $136 million. Up from $106 million; other side of coin is millions it gives in free medical care and its investments in community."
WATCHDOG: The article lavishes praise on Lancaster General Hospital, some of which may be well deserved. But the Sunday News ignored its journalistic responsibility to obtain offsetting comments from those who are critical of LGH practices.
In fact, the "other side of coin" is, as some believe, that LGH has created an oligopolistic (not quite a monopolistic) condition over the years by acquiring or influencing local medical practices, and by inducing these practices to refer patients to LGH and other affiliated physicians, thereby gaining a huge competitive advantage over other hospitals.
As a result, LGH is in a position to negotiate favorable contracts with medical insurance companies that have no where else to go that would be acceptable to their customers. In turn, the insurance providers raise rates to offset higher fees to applicants from the Lancaster area! So for a large part, LGH success is at the public's expense.
The article is an example of how consciously or unconsciously the big five - Fulton Bank, Franklin & Marshall, the High Group, Lancaster General Hospital, and Lancaster Newspapers - are supportive of one another and are able to further their mutual agendas which are not always in the interest of the public.
WATCHDOG: The article lavishes praise on Lancaster General Hospital, some of which may be well deserved. But the Sunday News ignored its journalistic responsibility to obtain offsetting comments from those who are critical of LGH practices.
In fact, the "other side of coin" is, as some believe, that LGH has created an oligopolistic (not quite a monopolistic) condition over the years by acquiring or influencing local medical practices, and by inducing these practices to refer patients to LGH and other affiliated physicians, thereby gaining a huge competitive advantage over other hospitals.
As a result, LGH is in a position to negotiate favorable contracts with medical insurance companies that have no where else to go that would be acceptable to their customers. In turn, the insurance providers raise rates to offset higher fees to applicants from the Lancaster area! So for a large part, LGH success is at the public's expense.
The article is an example of how consciously or unconsciously the big five - Fulton Bank, Franklin & Marshall, the High Group, Lancaster General Hospital, and Lancaster Newspapers - are supportive of one another and are able to further their mutual agendas which are not always in the interest of the public.
SUNDAY NEWS
Gil Smart's June 8th front page report starts out: "The missing box showed up Friday, delivered to the Clymer & Musser law offices downtown. Franklin & Marshall College security forces, it seems, had the red newspaper box since Monday, but held onto it for four days. Perhaps they weren't sure who owned it. Even though it had the Lancaster Post's newspaper logo on top."
WATCHDOG: Kudos to the Sunday News for demonstrating the journalistic courage to report accurately on a shameful happening by one of Lancaster's Big Five. (Fulton Bank, Franklin & Marshall, General Hospital, High Group, and Lancaster Newspapers.) But some of the credit must go to the Lancaster Post and NewsLanc.
Without the existence of an alternative press, there would be no exposure of John Fry's incipient paranoia and megalomania and the extreme danger to students and the public of the group of under-trained and undisciplined bullies comprising the F & M private police force.
WATCHDOG: Kudos to the Sunday News for demonstrating the journalistic courage to report accurately on a shameful happening by one of Lancaster's Big Five. (Fulton Bank, Franklin & Marshall, General Hospital, High Group, and Lancaster Newspapers.) But some of the credit must go to the Lancaster Post and NewsLanc.
Without the existence of an alternative press, there would be no exposure of John Fry's incipient paranoia and megalomania and the extreme danger to students and the public of the group of under-trained and undisciplined bullies comprising the F & M private police force.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
LANCASTER POST
The headline on its cover for June 6 reads: "Like Father, Like Son" and shows a man allegedly spiriting away copies of the Post from a Turkey Hill. He is identified as the father of one of the students whose picture was on the cover the week earlier .
WATCHDOG:
1) We congratulate the Post for being able to publish on time despite the distractions caused by F & M president John Fry and the college's combination Keystone Cops and thugs;
2) We had previously criticized the Post for naming the students;
3) We do not fault John Fry for endeavoring to have the young men accepted into a program that would keep them out of prison and ultimately allow them to expunge the record through restitution and public service, since NewsLanc has published articles indicating how the program serves all first time similar offenders; and
4) We think the public will be more sympathetic to the father than to the author of the front page stories, Ron Harper, Jr.
WATCHDOG:
1) We congratulate the Post for being able to publish on time despite the distractions caused by F & M president John Fry and the college's combination Keystone Cops and thugs;
2) We had previously criticized the Post for naming the students;
3) We do not fault John Fry for endeavoring to have the young men accepted into a program that would keep them out of prison and ultimately allow them to expunge the record through restitution and public service, since NewsLanc has published articles indicating how the program serves all first time similar offenders; and
4) We think the public will be more sympathetic to the father than to the author of the front page stories, Ron Harper, Jr.
Friday, June 6, 2008
INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL
The Intell on June 5 reported "An F&M employee called campus security Tuesday afternoon, claiming she saw Harper walk up Fry's driveway and onto his front lawn, according to Antonucci."
WATCHDOG: Did the Intell reporter inquire whether the F & M employee was aware of the location of the public Right-Of-Way? Ron Harper, Jr. could well have been within the driveway, which connects with the street, and on the lawn in front of John Fry's residence, and yet been within the public road Right-Of-Way and therefore not trespassing.
Did the Intell reporter ask F & M Security Officers if they stopped to inquire of the F & M employee exactly where Harper was seen to determine if Harper had actually trespassed before going to the other side of Marietta Avenue to toss Harper to the ground and arrest him and Chris Hart Nibbrig?
Both the reporting and the 'policing' seem to be careless.
WATCHDOG: Did the Intell reporter inquire whether the F & M employee was aware of the location of the public Right-Of-Way? Ron Harper, Jr. could well have been within the driveway, which connects with the street, and on the lawn in front of John Fry's residence, and yet been within the public road Right-Of-Way and therefore not trespassing.
Did the Intell reporter ask F & M Security Officers if they stopped to inquire of the F & M employee exactly where Harper was seen to determine if Harper had actually trespassed before going to the other side of Marietta Avenue to toss Harper to the ground and arrest him and Chris Hart Nibbrig?
Both the reporting and the 'policing' seem to be careless.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL
Intell June 5 headline: "F & M cops say man trespassed at home of President Fry"
WATCHDOG: The article concerning the inappropriate actions by F & M Security Officers in arresting and abusing media representatives is a masterpiece of slanting and innuendo seldom seen in the Lancaster press since the Convention Center controversy.
The article doesn't even once mention the Lancaster Post, thus not identifying with what periodical Chris Hart-Nibbrig and Ron Harper, Jr. are associated.
It was attributed to P. J. Reilly (who was not seen at the press conference) and the article was buried on B7 adjoining the Obituaries!
With academic end of year events swirling around F & M, is it possible that the Intell felt obliged to say something but didn't want to embarrass John Fry?
WATCHDOG: The article concerning the inappropriate actions by F & M Security Officers in arresting and abusing media representatives is a masterpiece of slanting and innuendo seldom seen in the Lancaster press since the Convention Center controversy.
The article doesn't even once mention the Lancaster Post, thus not identifying with what periodical Chris Hart-Nibbrig and Ron Harper, Jr. are associated.
It was attributed to P. J. Reilly (who was not seen at the press conference) and the article was buried on B7 adjoining the Obituaries!
With academic end of year events swirling around F & M, is it possible that the Intell felt obliged to say something but didn't want to embarrass John Fry?
WGAL-TV
WGAL-TV: Silence re F & M Security Officers excesses
WATCHDOG: WGAL not "the one to count on"
What’s up, Channel 8?
1) You didn't bother attending the 2 p.m. Wednesday news conference held at Mulberry Art Studios where Ron Harper, Jr. and Christiaan A. Hart Nibbrig, co-publishers of Lancaster Post described their chilling arrest by the F&M Public Safety Officers. Two other TV stations were represented .
2) There was not a single word about this story on your 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. newscast.
3) By 7 a.m. this morning, the story was not posted on your web site.
When the First Amendment has been allegedly assaulted by local authority, this is a major story – and the WATCHDOG suggests it is more important than school yearbooks being printed with errors.
Are you indeed the "one to count on?"
WATCHDOG: WGAL not "the one to count on"
What’s up, Channel 8?
1) You didn't bother attending the 2 p.m. Wednesday news conference held at Mulberry Art Studios where Ron Harper, Jr. and Christiaan A. Hart Nibbrig, co-publishers of Lancaster Post described their chilling arrest by the F&M Public Safety Officers. Two other TV stations were represented .
2) There was not a single word about this story on your 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. newscast.
3) By 7 a.m. this morning, the story was not posted on your web site.
When the First Amendment has been allegedly assaulted by local authority, this is a major story – and the WATCHDOG suggests it is more important than school yearbooks being printed with errors.
Are you indeed the "one to count on?"
Monday, June 2, 2008
INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL
Once again, this time in a June 2 editorial "Finding a home", the Intell states "...Lancaster County Commissioners...agreed to fund the position of a homeless advisor..."
WATCHDOG: What the Intell means is " the position of an advisor to the homeless." Homeless people should not be excluded from consideration, but we urge that the selection be made from a larger pool of applicants.
WATCHDOG: What the Intell means is " the position of an advisor to the homeless." Homeless people should not be excluded from consideration, but we urge that the selection be made from a larger pool of applicants.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
SUNDAY NEWS
SUNDAY NEWS of June 1: "If voters agree on Nov. 4, county government will become an entity shaped by the people. That's the rationale outlined by a majority of the Lancaster County Government Study Commission..."
WATCHDOG: Ed Rendell isn't King George. We are the people of the state as much as we are of the county.
WATCHDOG: Ed Rendell isn't King George. We are the people of the state as much as we are of the county.
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