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Reader: I'm calling regarding the paper's coverage of the run-up to the November election and I'm wondering why in the Election Notebook and in articles, the paper appears to note the political party of candidates in the nonpartisan races -- particularly I've noticed Republicans.
I don't remember seeing anyone listed as a Democrat and I note the Republicans who are supported by Mark Abernathy's consulting firm appear to be more prominent in the paper. I was...
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Reader: When I opened my Sunday paper, the last thing I wanted to see was a front-page picture of cop killer Bruce Sons.
The only article I am interested in reading about Sons is his obituary. Then you have my blessing to put that on the front page.
-- Janis Pelham
Executive Editor Mike Jenner: Thanks in advance for the blessing, Janis.
Reader: Is there no editor in charge of checking the facts in letters published on the Opinion page? In Tuesday's paper,...
Reader: In Miles Muzio's front-page feature last Sunday, I anticipated an interesting look at the history of Kern County's weather patterns.
Instead, Muzio revealed his political leanings by choosing to quote the one global warming skeptic left in the world, Dr. William Gray. Muzio extensively quoted Gray from a September 2005 Discover magazine interview.
In the interview, Gray admits his ideas about global warming are at odds with the rest of the...
Reader: You have one of the best wildlife photographers in Casey Christie that I have ever seen. Some of his work is out of this world. How about printing an insert like Kern Life just filled with the wildlife pictures taken by all of your people. Most people don't even know the amount of different animals and birds we have in Kern County.
-- Harold Johnston
Executive Editor Mike Jenner: Casey's wildlife photography is terrific, and so is the work of our other great photographers: Felix...
Reader: I am sure I am not the only parent who celebrates literacy in their children by occasionally having their children read stories in the newspaper.
I can't imagine that the Eye Street editor didn't know that the story "Hey you, dogface!" would be a family interest story. With that said, why was a very inappropriate picture of Madonna and Britney Spears, open-mouth kissing, published directly under the story?
I am very disappointed in The Californian's lack of respect...
Reader: The front page of Saturday's Californian reported that we have just concluded a 13-day heat wave. In fact, it was a 15-day heat wave with triple-digit high temperatures each afternoon from July 14th through July 28th. The high on Friday was 100 degrees at Meadows Field, not 99.
This heat wave (the third of 2006) was the most significant period of prolonged intense heat since 1978. Additionally, it was in July 1978 that we set the record for consecutive overnight lows of 80-degrees...
Reader: Your recent editorial supporting stem cell research was misleading. I looked for a differential between embryonic and adult stem cell research. I don't remember seeing one.
President Bush signed two bills supporting adult stem cell research and vetoed the bill concerning embryonic stem cell research. The resulting surge of indignation was fueled by editorials like yours that fly in the face of the available science.
Adult stem cells are in use in fighting more than 80 diseases...
Reader: In the Kern cities section of last Sunday's Weather Page, you stated that the high temperature for Pine Mountain on July 22 was 107 degrees. This was approximately 25 degrees higher than the actual temperature here. If you don't have an actual you should state it as NA rather than estimated.
-- Alan Vokolek
Pine Mountain Club
Executive Editor Mike Jenner: Wow, we really blew that. Thanks for bringing this discrepancy to our attention. You weren't the only one who noticed....
Reader: Jason Jauch, the man accused of drinking and driving and causing the head-on collision on Highway 58 on the morning of June 30 at 7 a.m. was slandered and his character was defamized by the media. Allegedly, he was drunk, struggled with police, and walked away with scrapes, bruises and a broken leg.
Unfortunately, the accident left a 4-year-old boy dead and others injured. The "others" were described as having serious/critical injuries, while Mr. Jauch's injuries were...
Reader: I am writing in response to Robert Price's column concerning the proposed revision to the Hillside Ordinance.
It was represented by Mr. Price that both the BIA and the Nickell family were in support of this proposed Hillside Ordinance, along with the Sierra Club. I wonder whether Mr. Price watched the public hearing because, in actuality, both the BIA and Nickell representatives criticized significant portions of the ordinance and requested that revisions be made.
Dave...
Reader: You do-si-doed around the issue James Doty asked in Sound Off. You dismissed complaints about The New York Times releasing classified material as hysterical political posturing that had little to do with the war on terror. You didn't mention the terrorists this program has taken out of action; didn't tell us some mothers and children still walk and play together because the administration tracked terrorist funds. We didn't hear about Zarqawi's lament found in captured data just three...
Reader: I've been getting The Californian for some time but I'm really becoming more and more irritated with the sticker on the front page, particularly when it's usually on your main story.
When you pull it off, you lose part of the sentences in the story. This morning when I pulled it off, I tore up the front page. It's just a real nuisance. I wish you folks would find some other way to get that out to people instead of putting it on the newspapers as a sticker.
-- Bill Devereux...
Reader: Where was the story in Thursday's paper about Wednesday's leg of the Tour de France? I've searched the Sports section four times. Believe me, that would be far more interesting than the feature article on sports mascots. I'm an 80-year-old female still avidly interested in one of the world's premier sporting events. The athleticism of the riders, the gamesmanship, the drama is world class. The drug scandal report has been released by Spanish authorities. Where is the story?
Thanks...
Reader: In Vic Pollard's Thursday column, "Governor reaches a bit too far across the aisle," the Capitol was made to look like a partisan stomping ground where winning an election is more important than policy.
Mr. Pollard was correct in stating that I am working with the governor on a Crime Victim's Bill of Rights; however, he showed shortsightedness when assuming the governor didn't know what he was getting into politically. Gov. Schwarzenegger has surrounded himself with the...
Reader: In last Thursday's "Sound Off" column, in response to a reader's concern about some members of the media reporting sensitive information important to national security, Editor Mike Jenner, usually measured in his remarks, seemed a bit frantic in defending journalistic icons such as the New York Times.
According to Jenner, the "attacks" are "overblown" to the point of "hysteria," and are simply a matter of political posturing.
Apparently,...
Reader: I was struck by the phrase in the recent column by Dianne Hardisty that read: "The public and open nature of our court system was designed by our Founding Fathers to prevent abuses." I have had a number of opportunities to observe cases in family court where lawyers and the judge go into "chambers" to talk about a case. Out they come with some plan of action or decision.
You have no idea what happened, what your lawyer said to represent you or how vigorously he...
Reader: Don't you cringe when hearing or seeing "these ones"? Perhaps you recall where you first heard it, but hopefully it was not from a teacher (at any level) or from a respected journalist. Chances are, it was from some unrefined comedian or athlete on "Saturday Night Live."
Maybe you heard it on the street as they did, but you have used it in a meaningful article about the Rescue Mission, The Californian and the need to help in educating children who definitely...
Reader: I have to first say how disappointed I was to wake up on Sunday, June 11, and find a three-page article on the most obnoxious self-centered person in town. I am still trying to figure out how reading basically a list of everything Realtor David Crisp has been able to buy himself is informative journalism, which is what I expect from reading the paper.
There are plenty of people in this town who have made bigger fortunes than Crisp and I have never seen any of them flaunting their...
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