tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681108704390260122.post7226041505828883935..comments2023-05-21T09:23:06.735-07:00Comments on John Chiv: Is the Times Standard Peter Martin's PR agency?John Chivhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14325700128778718091noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681108704390260122.post-83948103520889088502016-05-26T10:33:17.819-07:002016-05-26T10:33:17.819-07:00Unknown, that is where we have different opinions....Unknown, that is where we have different opinions. Media is not supposed to be activist, and the days of who, what, when, where are gone. I also think that you being okay with a business owner being investigated but a lawyer not being investigated because of your socio economic beliefs is what I think is hypocritical and dangerous message to send to certain media that selective coverage is okay.John Chivhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14325700128778718091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681108704390260122.post-34649121746598088362016-05-26T07:56:59.577-07:002016-05-26T07:56:59.577-07:00I guess my issue is I don't find it relevant w...I guess my issue is I don't find it relevant whether he's being paid or who is paying him. If a business leader was clearing out homeless to build condos, I'd find it relevant. I can't find any secret profiteering motivation in challenging a panhandling ordinance. If panhandlers were hugely profitable and paying the guy, I guess I'd find that worth knowing.<br /><br />If the guy is just doing this for free because he wants to, eh, it doesn't make his claim any more or less relevant.<br /><br />To me, is doesn't speak to the objectivity, or lack thereof, of the local news media.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03734716759099544914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681108704390260122.post-84129790496146849472016-05-26T06:46:03.664-07:002016-05-26T06:46:03.664-07:00Thanks to the US Supreme Court, corporations are p...Thanks to the US Supreme Court, corporations are people and money is speech, so if somebody is "funding" these lawsuits then that is entirely legal. However the reality is there is no mechanism in place to require that to be revealed. I do believe it is news-worthy. On another note that ordinance would lose in Court. Take that to the bank. Allan Dollisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398369900020387507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681108704390260122.post-29807393562762185992016-05-26T06:39:46.296-07:002016-05-26T06:39:46.296-07:00I agree I want to know exactly who is behind these...I agree I want to know exactly who is behind these law suits. Who is paying Mr. MartinRobert Tuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614043632271474594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681108704390260122.post-45840669126632941882016-05-26T06:36:36.460-07:002016-05-26T06:36:36.460-07:00Is JohnChiv's blog Bill Bertain's PR agenc...Is JohnChiv's blog Bill Bertain's PR agency?Reese Lancasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16790968233516850411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681108704390260122.post-90107689718699446092016-05-26T01:01:15.862-07:002016-05-26T01:01:15.862-07:00Unknown, I don't know how long you have read m...Unknown, I don't know how long you have read my blog but my beef is more than this instance with certain local media that show a bias by selective investigation. Paul Gallegos got a pass for years because the same lame media did not question him but they have no problem investigating certain other people. For the most part, except for the TV stations, the media has people publishing and reporting with a bias. Yet, you and many don't question them or how their ad revenue influences coverage. Until I started covering the courts and other news, misinformation like the Bullock jury not knowing about two phases of the trial would never have been exposed. We have organizations, lawyers, non profits that selectively court certain media.<br /><br />Yes, I want to know if anyone is funding these local lawsuits. The job of the media is to inform, not blindly accept what is given to them or filed.<br /><br />Reporting is developing a story, investigating, researching, asking questions. <br /><br />Not just following the money trail when it is convenient. I am tired of unsubstantiated accusations of developers behind everything yet you seem to think it is no big deal that a lawyer with a private practice has ample time to spend on one issue repeatedly.<br /><br />It took me a simple question and one minute to interview a plaintiff in the Palco Marsh suit who said they were sought out for the lawsuit.<br /><br />When these media sources apply some scrutiny to AHAA and Martin the same as they do to the bogey east west, developer conspiracies, they will be what media should be, objective.John Chivhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14325700128778718091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681108704390260122.post-15522774561564360772016-05-26T00:44:24.364-07:002016-05-26T00:44:24.364-07:00So your beef is that you don't know if the guy...So your beef is that you don't know if the guy is working for free or being paid, and for that we shouldn't trust the news media? The lawsuit speaks for itself. Either the lawsuit has merit or doesn't have merit, independent of whether the lawyer gets paid.<br /><br />The only scenario I can imagine where I'd care, even though it wouldn't change anything, is if there was some wealthy benefactor paying for these types of lawsuits to be filed in towns across the country. It would just be mildly interesting to know it was taking place.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03734716759099544914noreply@blogger.com