It has been a helluva ride. Laurel has retained the same law firm that is representing Maas in her case against the station. Judge Signals KUSI-TV Will Face Jury in Sandra Maas' Pay-Equity, Bias Photo by Ken Stone. ), With spectator seating again packed including friends an industry colleagues (like NBC San Diego* retiree Rory Devine) Maas sometimes gave as good as she got. if (typeof window.addthis !== 'undefined') { Scoff if you like but the hard numbers support this-since the implementation of Kyoto, global GGE as a whole have soared, and the rate of increase is soaring. KUSI news is definitely right wing. First off, Laurel is correct in saying, a lot of people dont like KUSI. FTVLive hears from a number of current and former employees at the station and we have nor would we ever reveal who those people are. Black celebrity fathers were overrepresented in the segment, said San Diego NAACP President Francine Maxwell in a statement Tuesday. Looking beyond the smiling faces, the times when the TV stations deviate from the norm can be good indicators of debate between different interests in San Diego. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Older Article: Saturday Rally to Help Grocery Workers Avoid Strike, Newer Article: Restaurant Review: Dennys I Hardly Knew Ye, Sitemap | Contact | About Us | Comment Policy, Copyright 2007-2017 OBRag.org ~ Code is Poetry. Heres a little run down of each stations corporate lineage. It included the question: Did you read any part of this (manual) at any time while at the station? Politics - KUSI.com - McKinnon Broadcasting And youre correct, we are shameless, BUT we do know who we favor. Using the stations demise as a launching point for discussion about the results of corporate media consolidation nationwide, they paint a sad picture about the state of broadcasting thats equally applicable to radio and television. RB all the times weve been round and round with you, thats how you treat us. See the difference? And then theres John Coleman. Let it be known that Frank Gormlie, Patty Jones, Doug Porter, Annie Lane, Brent Beltrn, Anna Daniels, and Rich Kacmar did something necessary and beautiful together for 6 1/2 years. We also rate them Mixed for factual reporting due to the promotion of pseudoscience related to Covid-19 and two failed fact checks. nsored by big tech. 5,129 posts. Allegations aimed at the incumbent County District Attorney are another. whats missing here are the posts that were deleted (after being up for a little while) from these individuals. Country: USA That KUSI acts as a mouthpiece for the SDGOP and Republican politicians and candidates across the region is no earth-shattering conclusion. In San Diego that means Papa Doug Manchester and his Mission Valley minions have a disproportionate influence when it comes to political reporting. The City of El Cajon doesn't allow the homeless to set up tents on their sidewalk, @MayorBillWells. Whoops! Corporations will join them and work overtime putting up factories and building infrastructure and polluting in countries with corrupt governments that they could never get away with here, profiting immensely while fulfilling the will of the western left that all the huddled masses have our creature comforts. And the beady eyed Paul Rudy is a Trump suck up. KUSI is the outlier in local TV news, proudly waving their viewpoints whenever possible. KGTV has an investigative unit that actually reports on stories not found elsewhere in the local newsmedia. Officials with the The DSC Show did not respond to The San Diego Union-Tribunes request for comment Wednesday. I was kind of being silly, Sadler said, agreeing under oath that yes, I was having fun with it. And I chose not to do that, she said. Laurel is pursuing criminal charges against KUSI Chief Financial Officer Stephen Sadler, who in a deposition admitted reading 50-100 of Laurels private emails over several days on a news desk laptop. Thanks Goatskull and dorndiego also, not to mention KUSI is a BROADCAST media, which means it is using PUBLIC airspace to put out its own bias. Are you breathing? And its amazing how a fluff show can lean so far to the right. Which I could care less about, I traded in my Chevy 454 powered riding mower for a bicycle a decade ago, vote independent with a mix of views just leaning left. Remember Its easy enough to discover who owns San Diegos TV Stations by going to Station Index.com. Louis Uridel explains the censorship efforts are not a secret anymore, as Mark Zuckerberg admitted the FBI pressured him to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story. Detailed Report Of the 18 celebrity fathers named in the segment, nine were Black. The Epic Battle between Doctor and Student Beneath the Ether Dome, An OB Victory! He asked: That was on the day that the judge said the trial would go forward, wasnt it?. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Quotation [17] = " 'An insider newsy website' - Hoda Kotb" Some say this is another example of SANDAG leaders slowly silencing the voices of conservative constituencies. KUSI News. arlier coverage of Sandra Maas vs. McKinnon Broadcasting Co. 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I can't take it. As the guy behind FTVLive, I feel a need to respond to a couple of things here. The KSWB newscasts, once verging on nearly always embarrassing, have risen to infotainment quality. Mounting the Assault on Big Gay and Other Drivel From SDSUs Minimum Wage Scrooge, Preservation Action Alert: San Diego Moves to Implement SB 10. And besides, look at the competing schools of thoughtif youre willing to believe in the objectivity fairy, more power to you. Over the past few years, Televisa has been making inroads into telephone and internet services. Ken Fitzgerald, lead lawyer for KUSI-TV, has a relaxed, measured style of cross examination almost serene. People concerned about the environment join lockstep with those pursuing global socialism, some hold both views, foolishly not seeing that by improving living standards in third world nations, which the UN and the IPCCs companion programs are doing providing clean drinking water, paved roads, hospitals, electricity, etc, to billions all told- youre industrializing them and improving infant mortality rates. Are you contending you worked as hard as Paul Rudy? If approved by the CPUC, monthly electric bills for typical residential customers would increase $8.45 per month and natural gas bills would go up $9.16. Obituary: 1948-2021: Former KUSI newsman Rod Luck rebuilt life in The daily right-leaning bias would be nothing but funny if folks didnt accidentally arrive at their evening broadcast, if only because it airs before TMZ on TV. Follow. community serving the whole of the San Diego. Can you do something about it? How about leprechauns? Furthermore, the author of KUSIs story demonstrates strong right bias with this quote Once again, it turns out Trump was right. Except he wasnt right, as there still is no evidence to confirm the effectiveness of Hydroxychloroquine. These sources are generally trustworthy for information but may require further investigation. ): Gov for a day! Correct move or no? They currently broadcast 46.5 hours of locally produced news, a quantity exceeded only by KUSI. _taboola.push({flush: true}); The minority haves are spoiling the earth, well fix that and oh by the way the much greater numbers of have nots should be brought up to the level of the haves? In court papers, Sadler says Laurels Gmail account was left open on a shared laptop, and he was reviewing them to protect the company., The Times says that the San Diego Police Department is investigating the matter, Laurel says, and the City Attorneys Office is definitely interested in this case.. maybe the pot should sit down with the kettle and review the ingredients were all eating for dinner. We have noticed the same shift in KUSI News (toward a Fox News type of reporting) during the last year or so. Quotation[5] = "'FTVLive was the first site to break the Jay Leno story' - KNX Radio"; KGTV -10News (ABC Affiliate) http://www.10news.com/ Owner: Scripps TV Station Group/ E.W. } ', KUSI 'Screwed You,' Ex-Anchor Denton Texted Sandra Maas on Pay-Equity Suit, Teen Driver Killed in I-8 Crash into CHP Cruiser Was Eugene Nelson of El Cajon, San Diego Weekend Guide: March 3-5 Blooms & Broadway, Warmer Weather Forecast Thursday After Storm Brings Rain, Snow to San Diego Area, Vehicle Overturns in La Jolla, Traps Driver Inside, San Diego Attorney Sentenced for Stealing Life Insurance Premium Payments, Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic. the articles quotes and analysis and instead uses his What Im seeking in this lawsuit is to expose McKinnon Broadcasting Co. for what it is they are not a friend of women. They have been played in the past by political operatives, most notably when photographs of a staffer for former Mayor Bob Filners bachelorette party were leaked to them. It is owned by McKinnon Broadcasting Co. McKinnon Broadcasting General Manager Michael McKinnon has been described in news reports as a long-time supporter of politically conservative candidates . Paul Rudy is the main reason I stopped watching recently. Which Presidential Candidate Will You Support in 2020? The camp Walton proposes sounds Vol. Kusi is what I would call grandpas network. A lawyer for KUSI-TV suggested in court Friday that former anchor Sandra Maas told ex-colleague Anna Laurel that Laurel would profit by providing Maas information in her pay-equity lawsuit. The Sunday morning " Politically Speaking " show features long-time San Diego reporter Gene Cubbison and includes interviews with local candidates and discussions about local issues. Some of the brightest minds in conservative politics will be speaking, including 2024 Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Nikki Haley." CPAC, the largest gathering of conservatives in the world, began today in Washington, DC. var Q = Quotation.length; This trope continued in the Jim Crow era, when Black men were regularly lynched on the excuse of sexual advances toward White women, often invented or imagined. Azcrraga became the CEO of Grupo Televisa after the death of his father in 1997. Eugene, I know, I know, isnt it shameless? Raoul Martinez, Zomorodis co-anchor on the Fox-affiliates morning show, shared an intriguing news item on Friday: a new app that allows you to taste and smell food or beverages right on your smartphone or iPad. Quotation[3] = "'The TV Blogger who broke the news.' - Gawker"; https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/former-kusi-anchor-sues-for-10-million-claiming-pay-inequality. Smart Street Lights Favor them? Fight it or get used to it. Founded in 1982, KUSI-TV is an independent television station licensed to San Diego, California, United States. Didnt (Rudy) tell you that you had the easiest job at the station because you worked so few hours? Gravitas, I have to disagree. I Hate KUSI News - Facebook Oh, well, try the websites of your tea party friends. They occasionally talk about Trump, and some of their staff members are openly against the lockdowns, and practice of social distancing. They have to be the most outdated news.station in San Diego. Mythical figures like Budha, Zoaraster, James Bond? Political Strategist Julio Rivera joined KUSIs Logan Byrnes to discuss the event and its political significance. Before, KUSI she served as an anchor of the morning news at KRQE News 13 in Albuquerque, NM. The segment involved hosts guessing which of two named and pictured celebrity fathers had the most children with the most partners. If we learned anything from the #MeToo movement, it is that powerful men of all races and walks of life sometimes use their power to obtain sexual favors, Maxwell said. // Copyright 2004 by CodeLifter.com For example Lets get this NRA gun rights attorney to explain Californias new assault weapon laws. Today they were incessantly pitching the huge (50 person) trump fundraiser in Rancho Santa Fe. Bias Rating: RIGHT-CENTER Back in 2019, FTVLive told you that former KUSI Anchor Sandra Maas was suing the station for $10 million dollars as part of a lawsuit focusing on equal pay. And Laurel testified that Maas had lost weight since leaving KUSI. 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If the pension reform infomercial meets the legal definition of a campaign contribution is a matter better left to the lawyers, but KUSIs role as the free advertising network and media attack dog for the Republican Party is as brazen as it is unethical. They wanted me to walk out of there silently. Immediately after the interview, the two anchors took shots at the Congressmans pension plan before kicking it to DeMaio, then Lutar, then Boling, etc, for additional spin and counterpoints. These media sources are slightly to moderately conservative in bias. XETV San Diego 6 (The CW Network)- http://www.sandiego6.com/ Owner: Televisa Grupo Televisa. See all Right-Center sources. it wasnt the opinion. things up but will Bill fit in city hall? California News, Coronavirus, Good Evening San Diego, Good Morning San Diego, Health, KUSI, Politics, Trending California's COVID-19 state of emergency set to expire Tuesday, Feb. 28 They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by appealing to emotion or stereotypes) to favor conservative causes. KUSI News (@kusinews) is on Instagram Instead of attacking the OB Rag, how about refuting the factual information used by the author to make his point and site counter examples that demonstrate KUSI is indeed, fair and balanced. I can't trust them to report news without their personal opinion or bias. For Ad-Free Subscriptions go here: https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/membership-account/membership-levels/, Terms and Conditions window._taboola = window._taboola || []; Filed Under: Business, Columns, Encore, Media, Politics, The Starting Line, Who Runs San Diego? We also serve the various counties, plus info concerning our sister city Tijuana MX in the sharing of information, opinion and events to bring us closer together in the richness & diversity that makes us Americas finest city Thanks, we have decided to fight it, obviously. // To add more quotations, continue with the City Council Unanimously Approves OB Community Plan , Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media. RIGHT-CENTER BIAS Geez, with all this great progressive media in this town of San Diego, with the Union-Tribune fighting for the rights of unionized workers, with TV station KUSI looking out for the little guy, with all the access that our corporate media give to grassroots efforts and activists in their efforts to make this a better city / county / country. The OB Rag has been initiated to ply the Ocean Beach community and the San Diego scene with news and commentary from a distinctively progressive and grassroots perspective, and to provide a forum for those views. OOPS! * Local Covid-19 information regularly updated by our users. Has definitely become more hard right recently. Scan this QR code to download the app now. Funding. Conservative Political Action Conference begins in Washington, March 1 Advertising on popular newscasts is the most effective way of reaching those folks, who happen to be the most regular voters. :). KUSI News on Twitter Straight up cheeto-potus sycophant station. Good Shot Compadre. If you are gonna live broadcast from your kitchen maybe clean the garbage up. I grew up in San Diego and have recently returned to take care of my Mom. Yes, very different in the last few months. html:not( .jetpack-lazy-images-js-enabled ):not( .js ) .jetpack-lazy-image { Placed out of the way in a non-walkable area of the city that once people are brought in Maybe Walton would do a good job. You did not clock out when you took your meal breaks, did you? And GW alarmists left to say we told you so! with the only real benefit they got out of it a little political capital taking shots at the right. And why will they not come out and say why theyre afraid of the ballot measure itself?, The DeMaio plan proposes to save $1.2 billion by 2040, will your plan do that?. KPBS Channel 15 (Public Broadcasting) Will be covered in a future segment of this series focusing on non-profit media. (Maas admitted she hadnt even heard of the California Equal Pay Act when she wrote Mike McKinnon Jr. about lucrative contracts given her male counterparts. I expected more from you. community serving the whole of the San Diego. Russell S (Gave the station a 4 star rating) For more information, please see our and our The McKinnon family, including their spouses, has donated over $150,000 to Republican candidates and committees, over half of which into the pockets of San Diego congressmen and the SDGOP. On Wednesday, the San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council called on KUSI to acknowledge their broadcast of the station-sponsored special report, Pension Reform: The Fight to Get it on the Ballot, as a campaign contribution. Maxwell said in a telephone interview Wednesday that when she first received screenshots about the segment around Tuesday around 9 a.m., she was so surprised by the content she wondered if it was a prank. Michael McKinnon currently serves as Station Manager. Lastly, as KUSI says about FTVLive, a website that provides disparaging blogging about TV news.. Judge Ronald Frazier will hear KUSI lawyers Friday in their effort to avert a trial in 3-year-old case. Stay away from their news. Quotation[4] = "'FTVLive a TV news website that is often on the money' - LA Times"; The station is owned by the very conservative McKinnon family and is not run like most stations In the country. I can't tell you how angered I was by this, and yes i'm checking my bias. 61.3K followers. These media sources are slightly to moderately conservative in bias. The McKinnon family may have started out on the Democratic side of the political aislegrampa Clinton Dodson McKinnon was a Congressman and founded the San Diego Journal to compete with the Union-Tribunebut these days they and their TV station are a bastion of Republicanism. It is owned by his family-run McKinnon . * Local Covid-19 information regularly updated by our users. The only local news worth watching is KPBS at 5 PM. Twitter | Hopefully, youll join us. "Women for Trump" bitch is on there a lot now talking about how big Donald's cock is and how inspiring his balls are. Learn more about how we use cookies in our cookie policy. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. As for KUSIs CFO, in a deposition, Stephan Sadler said he anonymously shared printed emails from Laurels account putting them in two separate envelopes and addressing them to Luck by spelling her first name with cut-out letters from a magazine to make it look like a ransom note. Great summary, Ive pretty much quit watching the local news because of its irrelevance to real life. What's going on with KUSI? And the off-peak news hours like 4:30 a.m. that stations had been adding for years seem to have hit their audience ceiling. ), But upon learning that KUSI wouldnt renew Maas contract in summer 2019, a very disappointed Laurel was so shocked. She thought: How can we be a Dynamic Duo if shes leaving?. 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KUSI believes that it is our goal to always present content that does not demean or appear insensitive to any minority, racial or ethnic group, Cohen said in a statement. Under the false pretense of heading off a problem caused by human industrial activity. The park was closed for a day .