Why does The Telegraph do this?

In Was The Telegraph deliberately deceitful and malicious? We talked about what we called a “hatchet job and character assassination” by The Telegraph and AP.

It is our sincere belief, that is what they did, they did it deliberately and we do not understand why if it was not because they are bigots. We believe what they did was malicious and done with intent.  

We know that the names of the women were available and The Telegraph like the rest of the media chose to withhold them until their story about the alleged accusations and charges about Herman Cain were well established.

Kelly McBride of poynter.org addresses that subject. Why did journalists act as a pack in withholding names of Herman Cain’s accusers?

 On November 8^th, 2011 when they did name Sharon Bialek they withheld other information in the article which had everything to do with her character. They did this deliberately. You can see the article The Telegraph run here. Fourth woman accuses Cain You can compare it with the original article here. Accuser implores Cain to admit to sexual misdeeds Notice how The Telegraph chose to omit the financial trouble of Bialek.

Of course there were other articles with more detailed information on Bialek’s troubles which The Telegraph deliberately misleads the people of middle Georgia about. They are covered in this link Mixed portrait emerges of Cain's fourth accuser.

This is where we find that Bialek:  

·        “Records show she twice has filed for personal bankruptcy, first in 1991 and then again in 2001.
·        “In the latter case, she claimed $5,700 in assets and more than $36,000 in Liabilities.·        “Among the creditors seeking payment was a management firm demanding back rent of $4,500, four credit card companies and a lawyer asking for his legal fees.”·        ‘After the case was discharged, she accused a former boyfriend of harassing her for repayment of a loan, court records in the bankruptcy case show. “·        “Bialek borrowed $4,500 from William Concha, though Concha now believes she had no intention of paying him back, according to his brother, Mario.”
·        “At least two liens have been filed against Bialek, according to records from the Cook County recorder of deeds.”·        “The IRS filed a tax lien against Bialek in 2009 for nearly $5,200.”
·        “In August, the Illinois Department of revenue claimed Bialek owned the state more than $4,300, including penalties and interest, relating to income taxes from 2004, according to county records.”·        Court records also show creditors took legal action against her during the past decade, including at least on lawsuit filed in Cook County.
 Her record of employment seems to be an indicator of character also. We find that:·        “After leaving the National restaurant Foundation in 1997, Bialek worked for five years in WGN Radio’s marketing department…”
·        “Bialek also spent 2 ½ years at CBS Radio as managing director for non-traditional revenue…”
·        “She previously had co-hosted a cooking show on television for nine years and worked for Revlon as an account manager and for the Easter Seals Society in corporate development….”

We also find out she had a relationship with: Current Chicago White Sox analyst Steve Stone confirmed Monday night that he date Bialek in the 1980s.
After that relationship petered out:

·        Bialek met her fiancé online several years ago.
·        After communicating via email for many months, they fell in love on their first date, which lasted 72 hours….”

Then when Fox 5 of Atlanta broke the Ginger White Story, The Telegraph cherry picked what they wanted and discarded the rest. What they did reasonable people could conclude was dishonest and deceptive. 

You can read The Telegraph’s story here. Georgia woman alleges long affair with Cain, who denies it You can compare it with the Fox 5 story by reporter Dale Russell here. “Georgia Woman Claims 13-year Affair with Herman Cain”

Anyone would have a hard time convincing us that an honest newspaper would do things like this. Of course it has been sometime since we heard anyone accuse The Telegraph of being honest.

Would you trust these people?

Have a nice day.