tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648613329142670080.post486898161014091659..comments2024-02-09T06:03:35.689-08:00Comments on SantaBarbaraNewsPressBlog.com: don't shoot meMick Von Cawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685157717840891543noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648613329142670080.post-76180482531299822362015-01-10T23:05:44.178-08:002015-01-10T23:05:44.178-08:00You can't boycott the News-Press. My neighbor ...You can't boycott the News-Press. My neighbor tried, but she keeps getting the paper -- now for free.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648613329142670080.post-12667550851712850142015-01-10T22:22:41.177-08:002015-01-10T22:22:41.177-08:00Here's a new headline for you:
"One Per...Here's a new headline for you:<br /><br /><br />"One Percent (Wendy McCaw) Terrorizes Forty Percent" (Latino population of California)<br /><br />That's the real story here. And the same old one, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648613329142670080.post-48329411738783940042015-01-09T20:51:37.994-08:002015-01-09T20:51:37.994-08:00Wait. Was the offensive headline over a photo of f...Wait. Was the offensive headline over a photo of folks lined up at the DMV or at the News-Press loading dock waiting for the papers to arrive from the printer? Hypocritical much? Don't get me wrong. The headline was offensive. No one, including the N-P, even refers to rapists and murderers as 'illegals.' Shame on the foul foursome of Wendy, Arthur, Don and Scott. They don't stand for liberty, but they will sure take liberties with the bylines of inexperienced staffers and interns. Bet Taylor wishes she never met Don and Scott. Remember when Wendy threatened to sue people for displaying banners reading, `McCaw obey the law?' But referring to people you don't even know as illegals is okay? Forced to choose between crude oil or the current owner washing up on Santa Barbara's shores, I'm sure most residents would choose the oil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648613329142670080.post-54855905198848901322015-01-09T18:42:34.985-08:002015-01-09T18:42:34.985-08:00The news services are reporting:
In a statement, ...The news services are reporting:<br /><br />In a statement, News-Press Director of Operations Donald Katich said: “It has been the practice for nearly 10 years at the Santa Barbara News-Press to describe people living in this country illegally as ‘illegals’ regardless of their country of origin."<br /><br /><br />The use of the word "Illegals" was prohibited by the editors of the News-Press long ago. Jerry Roberts and others had the common sense and decency NOT to use the word illegals, even prior to the Associated Press removing the term from its style guide. Up until five years ago, editors at the newspaper we trained never to use "illegals." Only within the last two or three years has professionalism become so lax at the News-Press that this affront to Latinos has begun to slip into the paper. To say that the News-Press has been using the term "illegals" for near ten years is simply untrue. I challenge the News-Press to produce a newspaper from 10 or even 7 years ago where the term "illegals" was used by writers. This is an attempt to pass the buck onto former editors when the fact is this rest solely on current management's shoulders. If this statement by the News-Press reflects the veracity of the newspaper, heaven help us all. Not much of a "paper of record."<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com