Thursday, June 21, 2012

The Telegraph has convinced us.

If there was any doubt in our mind that The Telegraph’s President and Publisher George McCanless and staff was doing anything more than carrying water for the Obama Administration the doubts completely evaporated this morning.

This morning June 21, 2012, in the print edition of The Telegraph we found two stories pertaining to the vote to cite Attorney General Erich Holder for contempt to the full House.

The first story on the front page was by AP’s Pete Yost and was titled: Holder found in contempt by House panel and had been sanitized at the hands of The Telegraph to fit their requirements. The Telegraph staff cut, molded and trimmed it as need, the final cut left 449 words.  The original story can be seen as appeared on theday.com web site was 936 words long and can be see here: GOP House panel cites Holder with contempt

Still another version of the story can be seen here on the Detroit Free Press web site. This version has been cut to 654 words. U.S. House panel approves citing Attorney General Eric Holder for contempt of Congress

As can be seen the prize for “the cut” goes to The Telegraph President and Publisher George McCanless and Executive Editor Sherrie Marshall. What makes this so disgusting is the absence of any news on this in The Telegraph since it all began.

The Second story Slain ICE agent’s family to sue feds is about a lawsuit over the death of an “…ICE Agent Jaime Zapata” The death of the DEA Agent Brian Terry does not even get an honorable mention.

As can be see here “Fast and Furious” was conceived and started under Attorney General Eric Holder. It went horrible wrong and some of the guns are connected to the death of two federal agents.
As we understand it there have been numerous hearings by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and Attorney General Erich Holder has appeared before the committee nine difference times.  

The following paragraph and information comes from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:  2009-2011: Operation Fast and Furious:

On October 26, 2009, a teleconference was held at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. to discuss U.S. strategy for combating Mexican drug cartels. Participating in the meeting were Deputy Attorney General David W. OgdenAssistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer, ATF Director Kenneth E. MelsonDrug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Michele LeonhartDirector of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Robert Mueller and the top federal prosecutors in the Southwestern border states. They decided on a strategy to identify and eliminate entire arms trafficking networks rather than low-level buyers.[3][28][29] Those at the meeting did not suggest using the "gunwalking" tactic, but ATF supervisors would soon use it in an attempt to achieve the desired goals.[30] The effort, beginning in November, would come to be called Operation Fast and Furious for the successful film franchise, because some of the suspects under investigation operated out of an auto repair store and street raced.[3]
During all this time: all the hearings: the death of two federal agents: the deceit and dishonesty of Attorney General Eric Holder, etc. The Telegraph has largely ignored this prior to today. This has been completed omitted by The Telegraph; you might say they “covered it up”.

This is not surprising; back in 2010 we contacted The Telegraph’s President and Publisher George McCanless about the lack of coverage of Charlie Rangel and Maxine Waters’ ethical problems. On Friday, July 23, 2010 2:21 PM we received a reply from McCanless who made his position clear in no uncertain terms.

The President and Publisher of The Telegraph informed us that: “He hasn't been convicted of anything---yet.  He went on to press the point home, he tells us: “…I trust you get the message.”

The people of middle Georgia need a newspaper, but they need an honest newspaper. They need information that they can trust and depend on. Anything else is dishonest and a disservice.

The Telegraph is out to cover up for Attorney General Eric Holder and carry the water for the Obama Administration. It is indisputable, and we have reached the conclusion these people at The Telegraph cannot be trusted.  

According to the Editorial Page Editor Charles E. Richardson none of this is news. Of course if it is not news we have to ask what was it doing on the front page of a so-called newspaper portrayed as news? At the facilities provided by WGXA TV channel 24 for The Telegraph's morning program,  "News Talk Central" The Telegraph's Editorial Page Editor Charles E. Richardson fumbles around and makes an attempt to brush everything off.  


After looking at all this we can say: "I can see clearly now". 


Have a nice day. 

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