It's been said that truth will ultimately prevail. For the last 4 months I've pounded on the Gonzales Inquirer for their lack of reporting of news, their misleading articles, and their half truths. I've complained that they are making more news than they are reporting on by doing such a thing. I've argued that their childish antics on Facebook and in the paper are incredibly unprofessional as a mainstream paper in our community.
It got so bad I wrote the President and Chairman of Granite Publications and told them I was reporting more news than the Inquirer. I pointed them to specific articles that were absent in the Inquirer. I pointed them to specific bias columns (not editorials) that showed that they had become nothing short of henchmen for the mayor and city manager.
Look, I believe that every paper has a right to an editorial. I appreciate it even more when they are willing (or better yet, their staff) post 2 opposing views. It's keeps us sharp in our thinking if we have to support what we are saying. Doesn't mean we have to agree, just appreciate that there is another side to the story. The Inquirer had, over the last 12 -18 months drifted so far down the party line they couldn't see what was happening right in front of their shop. They only wanted to hear one side to every story, and that was the city managers side. No one else had the truth in their books.
Well today it's being reported that Greg and Nichole Little were met by Mr. Chionsini, Chairman for Granite Publications, and were told to leave. These 2 are directly responsible for the direction that the paper has taken since Mr. Cunningham left the paper.
I personally think it's a good day for Gonzales. I am praying that Mr. Chionsini and his staff have replace the Littles with someone who will bring the Inquirer back to it's standard of reporting that this town deserves and expects from a 100 year old paper. I hope the editorial page will once again be a place for discussion of our issues that we need to be discussing in our town, but that opinions stay in the editorials and not the news sections.
Good Luck Gonzales Inquirer, and Gonzales, it's a great day for Truth, Justice and the American Way!
God Bless,
Dennis Nesser
WOW! WOW!! I'm speechless!! WOW!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, thank you, thank your! Did you read his last editorial-made me want to fire him myself. Hopefully a new day for Gonzales, we deserve better reporting than they produced. Maybe they will hire you Dennis?
ReplyDeleteROFL...not a chance of that happening. I think my job as sideline reporter is the best. I'm afraid the job doesn't pay well enough, especially for the headaches that come with the paper job. Actually Mrs. Loretta Shirley is already in the position as of this morning though.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that the people of Gonzales were heard and that Granite took us serious. We do deserve much better than what the Inquirer has been putting out, and I for one am hoping that the new editor has more class than the Littles showed us.
It also validates what I and so many others have been saying about the Inquirer. They wouldn't have fired Mr and Mrs Little if the paper was doing it's job. But the misdirection, the half truths, and the lack of reporting on real issues and their lost of objectivity that we've been screaming about is, I'm certain, the reason they were relieved of their duties.
So now it should be interesting with 2 papers in town reporting, scooping each other, and exposing what needs to be exposed in this town. If I were lurking in the shadows of this town, I'd be a bit concerned right now!
God Bless,
Dennis
I am not one to want bad for someone, however I must admit it is nice to see they are no longer in control of misleading the public about the goings-on at our city.
ReplyDeleteMaybe now we can get rid of all the useless new stop signs that only add to increased fuel usage instead of improving safety. (If there were an increase in wrecks at any of those intersection that received two new stop signs - leave them there. There were not.) *Leave it to a carpet bagger to want a stop sign at every corner because they have no concept of courtesy (or law) to begin with.
If Mr. Chionsini had someone in place already he has been planning this for a bit. I have written to them too and given examples of the 'little-man' bias.
ReplyDeleteThank you for finally thinking of Gonzales, Mr. Chionsini.
Just a quick updated:
ReplyDeleteFor those of you wondering about Nichole, she was brought back to help. But if you'll notice on 6/16/10 there is an ad in the Texas Press Association job bank (http://texaspress.com/index.php/services/job-bank) for the Gonzales Inquirer looking for a Managing Editor (Nicholes job). Note that this was placed a week after the original ordeal, and not prior to the firing of the Littles.
So even though she's 'helping them out' she's as good as gone!