tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post5678711463307286398..comments2024-03-20T05:28:18.440-05:00Comments on Doug Dawgz Blog: You're Close to the Target When You Start Drawing Heavy FireDoug Dawghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14287287108412180656noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-90491317147878483002011-08-15T00:04:28.705-05:002011-08-15T00:04:28.705-05:00Good questions, my son. The answers to your questi...Good questions, my son. The answers to your questions are not simply answered. Short answers are the following ...<br /><br />Yes, the newspaper has always had its own editorial agenda, and that's fair.<br /><br />The issue is whether the ownership/management side of the Oklahoman maintains a "firewall" between those who write editorial opinions and those who simply report the news.<br /><br />In the original MAPS campaign, the <i>Oklahoman's</i> reporters were apparently permitted to report on, and have their articles published in, the <i>Oklahoman</i> despite ownership/management opinion, one very critical article even being published on a day or two before the actual election.<br /><br />In the MAPS3 campaign, it was different. In at least one instance that I have personal knowledge of, a reporter's story was rewritten by editors to give a different spin, and in another instance a reporter was forbidden to report on MAPS 3 stuff altogether.<br /><br />Hence, the once existing "firewall" between ownership/management and actual reporting did not exist, and probably does not exist today.<br /><br />So, yes, the <i>Oklahoman</i> has always had its own agenda. But the ownership/management side has not always spilled over into the reporting side, at least not as much as seems to be the case today.<br /><br />About Ed Shadid, yes he is a maverick to the extent that he is challenging city council procedures, the 1st to do so for many years. But he is not necessarily alone. Pete White, Skip Kelly, and David Greenwell voted with him on the most recent measure (to grant a continuance at the 1st council hearing unless the continuance request was voted down by 2/3rds of the council).<br /><br />Anyway, other council member elections will come in another 2 years. Change does not always come swiftly, but with an informed electorate, change can come.<br /><br />DadDoug Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14287287108412180656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-87306716817841576002011-08-14T13:54:37.641-05:002011-08-14T13:54:37.641-05:00Dad,
The Oklahoman has a history of having it'...Dad,<br /><br />The Oklahoman has a history of having it's own agenda. Is the news more that it has come out in open discussion in City Council, or that they are aligned with certain members? Ed is kind of on his own, isn't he? Well I like him, anyway.<br /><br />Davidsuperdave2112https://www.blogger.com/profile/00740989869824344794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-83607459898956812222011-08-04T12:10:15.862-05:002011-08-04T12:10:15.862-05:00This is getting stranger and stranger. When you g...This is getting stranger and stranger. When you get close to cutting at the quick the ones with the most to loose get nasty.Mike N.noreply@blogger.com