The MidPoint Music Festival will offer single day passes for $20. These passes will be available at the door of each venue.
3-Day pass on-line sales WILL STILL END tomorrow(09/21/2010) at 5PM, and will NOT be for sale at the venue doors. A 3-Day pass is the only way you can go to the Secret Show. A 3-Day pass will also get you free rides on the Metro Midpoint route. If you are going more than 1 day, a 3-Day is still your cheaper route. So Get your's NOW.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Savvy Journalists Can Spin a Story Too, Kevin
Kevin Osborne of CityBeat wrote an attack on the Enquirer and Joe Deters last week over the way he claimed they spun the Washington Park incident where a police officer accidentally ran over a person allegedly sleeping under a blanket. Kevin ended his column with this paragraph:
I guess what's good for the geese isn't good for the goose, at least not to Kevin. The public was not served by Kevin Osborne's article. The family of victim was served with a set of "facts" spun in such a way to help with a civil lawsuit more than likely to be filed in the near future. In the process of attacking the Enquirer and Joe Deters for drawing conclusions from an incomplete investigation, Kevin did the same thing, he just spun the case, and maybe a civil trial jury pool, with the "facts" that he cherry picked out of the more detailed, yet unfinished, report. Kevin made it clear in his article that the investigation was not complete and no-conclusions had be finalized. So Kevin's doing just what the Enquirer did, but goes way farther in spin-doctoring.
Publishing the statement about what drugs someone alleged was taking for medical conditions and then reporting the manufacturer's list of POSSIBLE side effects was un-journalistic. Drawing conclusions and declaring what those possible medical conditions might mean in a court of law is irresponsible and damaging to the the focus of our justice system: Truth. Spinning the facts to fit a story-line that helps activists push an unrelated cause against progress in redeveloping the city, well that's a reason why I am sad that Kevin's column is one of the few sources of news in the City. I am sad because it is not news, Kevin is giving opinion that is being interpreted by much of his readers as at least a semi-objective news article. Kevin and City will not claim to free of bias, but when you use conjecture for a column, and hide behind have more information than the Enquirer, that doesn't mean you are right about your claim, that means you have more data, some of which might very well be irrelevant.
It was also very troubling when Kevin 'reported' this statement in his article:
Deters may have read a preliminary version of the same information Kevin read, and more, since Deters is the Proscecuting Attorney. The Eqnuirer's lack of research is, well, common, but when you are running a daily instead of a weekly paper, cutting corners is what you are going to do. Blame them for not writing a follow-up story after getting more information. Don't blame them for not cherry picking the facts on the case as you may want. This was a tragic accident, but doing your best to making it into another police brutality case is not going work. The cop screwed up. Thinking there is a criminal offense here is not about this case, it is about bias towards police. Let the family sue and settle for a large sum of money. It does no good trying to use this sad case for political causes that don't relate to the facts. We need calm and sensible journalism. We don't need yellow-journalism from CityBeat. Leave that to the kooks who wear capes.
"Savvy politicians know how to spin a story, and all too often media outlets are willing to play along in search of an “exclusive.” In this case, the public wasn't well served by the prosecutor or the local daily newspaper of record."
I guess what's good for the geese isn't good for the goose, at least not to Kevin. The public was not served by Kevin Osborne's article. The family of victim was served with a set of "facts" spun in such a way to help with a civil lawsuit more than likely to be filed in the near future. In the process of attacking the Enquirer and Joe Deters for drawing conclusions from an incomplete investigation, Kevin did the same thing, he just spun the case, and maybe a civil trial jury pool, with the "facts" that he cherry picked out of the more detailed, yet unfinished, report. Kevin made it clear in his article that the investigation was not complete and no-conclusions had be finalized. So Kevin's doing just what the Enquirer did, but goes way farther in spin-doctoring.
Publishing the statement about what drugs someone alleged was taking for medical conditions and then reporting the manufacturer's list of POSSIBLE side effects was un-journalistic. Drawing conclusions and declaring what those possible medical conditions might mean in a court of law is irresponsible and damaging to the the focus of our justice system: Truth. Spinning the facts to fit a story-line that helps activists push an unrelated cause against progress in redeveloping the city, well that's a reason why I am sad that Kevin's column is one of the few sources of news in the City. I am sad because it is not news, Kevin is giving opinion that is being interpreted by much of his readers as at least a semi-objective news article. Kevin and City will not claim to free of bias, but when you use conjecture for a column, and hide behind have more information than the Enquirer, that doesn't mean you are right about your claim, that means you have more data, some of which might very well be irrelevant.
It was also very troubling when Kevin 'reported' this statement in his article:
Witness Tony Ferrell told troopers, “The word on the street is that the cop was chasing a beer drinker.” Yes, folks, it could be that Burton died as Polk pursued someone for a minor misdemeanor, which carries no jail time under Ohio law, only a $150 fine.Word on the Street? Seriously, he is going to report that as relevant? Did another witness happen to mention that it was actually 3CDC driving the car and the cops are covering for them? Someone said is was Marge Schott. How about Spiderman? Kevin makes this bad journalism by using the statement of a person who was telling police of the rumors as the basis to draw a conclusion and attack police. Kevin picked out that quote because it gave him the opportunity to attack a police officer and the power structure and gave him a cheap and hollow political point. That is what we call spinning and in this case he jumped to conclusions with the purpose of making his readers distrust the police and be mad. Well, Kevin made me mad, but not at the police, I am mad at him for judging a case before the final report is completed, one that will be analysed by trained officials. I am mad at him for using a tragic case to push his political viewpoints. I am mad at him for not serving the public, and instead serving the needs of those he wants to get a big settlement from the City.
Deters may have read a preliminary version of the same information Kevin read, and more, since Deters is the Proscecuting Attorney. The Eqnuirer's lack of research is, well, common, but when you are running a daily instead of a weekly paper, cutting corners is what you are going to do. Blame them for not writing a follow-up story after getting more information. Don't blame them for not cherry picking the facts on the case as you may want. This was a tragic accident, but doing your best to making it into another police brutality case is not going work. The cop screwed up. Thinking there is a criminal offense here is not about this case, it is about bias towards police. Let the family sue and settle for a large sum of money. It does no good trying to use this sad case for political causes that don't relate to the facts. We need calm and sensible journalism. We don't need yellow-journalism from CityBeat. Leave that to the kooks who wear capes.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
MIAMI 31, CSU 10
Love and honor to Miami,
Our college old and grand,
Proudly we shall ever hail thee,
Over all the land.
Alma mater now we praise thee,
Sing joyfully this lay,
Love and honor to Miami,
Forever and a day.
Read about it here. I have more hope of bringing the Bell back to Oxford this year. October 9th is coming up!
Our college old and grand,
Proudly we shall ever hail thee,
Over all the land.
Alma mater now we praise thee,
Sing joyfully this lay,
Love and honor to Miami,
Forever and a day.
Read about it here. I have more hope of bringing the Bell back to Oxford this year. October 9th is coming up!
Friday, September 17, 2010
MidPoint 3-Day Passes Will NOT Be Sold During the Festival!
For all of you procrastinators out there, you better get your Midpoint 3-day wrist bands for 3 days full showcase access before 5 PM on Tuesday September 21st, when online sales will end. Retail locations will continue sales while supplies last. To repeat:
- 3-Day Wrist Bands ($39) for Midpoint will not be sold at venue doors during the festival.
There will not be any single day all venue passes.This detail may change.- You will have pay the cover ($10-$20) for each venue without a 3-Day Wrist Band.
Get your pass TODAY! The Festival takes place September 23-25. Some retail locations to try: Neon's, Coffee Emporium in OTR, CAC, Park+Vine, Grammer's, Shake-It and more.
To buy online: GO HERE.
Update: Details may be changing.
Effective Protest? I Say Yes
Two protesters were arrested and two others were thrown out of Great American Ball Park yesterday afternoon for holding large banners over the outfield wall with anti-racist/pro-immigrant messages during the Reds game against Arizona. No one was hurt, the message got out to good sized crowd, and media coverage was pretty positive. The two will likely plea out and take what should be very light punishment. As far as protests go, this was effective. It's not going to change the world mind you, but it hopefully will change some minds.
Monzel Is Grasping At Something, But Doesn't Seem To Know
During a mini-debate at the Enquirer with fellow Hamilton County Commission Candidate Jim Tarbell, Canidate Chris Monzel was just pulling every thought out of his ass he could grab. All he came up with was straw.
Chris Monzel wants to sell the Bengals and Reds Stadiums to solve the county's budget crisis. He fails to say how this might be accomplised. He fails to say how it could be completed in time to affect this years or even next year's budget. He fails to say he has a better idea than Commissioner David Pepper tried when he brought up the the idea to sell the stadiums previously. He actually contacted a group of bankers who turned him down.
Monzel is failing to say because he doesn't know. He doesn't know what he would cut, he just says everything. He doesn't say who will be buy the Stadiums because he has no clue and is ignorant of the County study the Enquirer cited stating that there isn't a market for the Stadiums with the level of debt the County holds on them.
Monzel doesn't know much of anything, except what the anti-government nuts he has hitched his wagon to want. He knows he will not raise taxes. He knows he will never say what he would want government to do, because that would piss off his base, who hate having a government do anything. He knows he can't do anything that will piss off the crazies he is courting because that is all he has. He has no plan for the future, he has no ideas to make this a better place to live. All he has are trite social concerns that don't have any inpact on County Government. If you hear him talk about abortion, know that he is pandering. When you hear him talk about being a son of the suburbs, know that he is pandering. When you hear him say he will do "what ever it takes" to lower crime, know that he is pandering.
You can know this because he has done nothing as a council member to address the same problems the County is facing. The City has a budget deficit, but he has not provided a plan that will reduce all or even a noticable fraction of that deficit, even though he claimed to have done so. Why? Why hasn't a sitting Council Member come up with a plan to help the city? He can't. He knows he can't. He can't fix the City budget without cutting the police and fire departments, and he knows the the FOP and Fire Fighters union members live in the County, as opposed to the City, and will vote against him without a hesitation if he agrees to cuts that layoff unneeded members of their unions.
Monzel seems to know who will vote for him if he panders to them, but don't seem to know hot to actually fix the problems facing the City and County. Why would anyone vote for him?
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Constitution Party & Tea Party Candidate Indicted for Sex With a Minor
Eric Deaton, Constitution Party and Tea Party endorsed candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio was indicted last month for unlawful sexual conduct with a minor in a Montgomery County court.
The New Lebanon man is claiming this is politically motivated. He is accused to allegedly having sexual contact with a female 15 years old during 2006 and 2007.
Sorry Mr. Deaton, Grand Jurys are not known for political motivation.
The man out to "Restore moral citizens to office" didn't appear to actual mean himself, which seems to make his third party candidacy even more futile. The Tea Party sure can pick 'em.
More here.
The New Lebanon man is claiming this is politically motivated. He is accused to allegedly having sexual contact with a female 15 years old during 2006 and 2007.
Sorry Mr. Deaton, Grand Jurys are not known for political motivation.
The man out to "Restore moral citizens to office" didn't appear to actual mean himself, which seems to make his third party candidacy even more futile. The Tea Party sure can pick 'em.
More here.
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