The Telegraph and Sherrie Marshall’s Column

We find The Telegraph Executive Editor Sherrie Marshall’s “The Telegraph newsroom: What changes and what doesn’t” absolutely disingenuous as well as alarming. Again she proves she has not lost her talent for a little deception. 

The alarming thing is her: “…our goal will be to help train the next generation of journalists by allowing them to immerse themselves in a daily news operation…” 

We are told this will be “Based on what we hear, we’ll produce work designed to put information in the hands of people who will use it to help change, even transform, their community, however they define ‘community.’”

This is all telling for two reasons, it appears if they are willing to abandon facts which The Telegraph’s Mike Stuka talked about and we posted at this link: The Telegraph and Mike Stucka’s advice.

Their willingness to abandon facts and rely on “what we hear” cannot bode any good under any circumstances.  

As we pointed out in The Telegraph's "hi-tech" lynching of Herman Cain! You cannot have a “hi-tech” lynching by using facts but when it is “Based on what we hear,” that works quite well. We witnessed that in The Telegraph’s hatchet job on Herman Cain.

“Based on what we hear…” also works excellent when you are trying to “transform” things like a “community” or transform America as Obama is in the process of doing. Facts have a nasty habit of getting in the way as this administration has discovered.  A few facts does not worry the staff at The Telegraph, they either ignore them or in some cases they do not mind out and out lying about things.

We recently saw this with The Telegraph’s cover-up of their endeavor to pedal influence for employment. Of course that was quite profitable for Editorial Page Editor Charles E. Richardson and maybe others we have not heard about yet. We would never have known about this if it had not have been for Bill Knowles of wearepolitics.com. During hard times taxpayer money to the tune of “70,000 reasons” has to come in handy for Richardson. 

It is hard to believe that others at The Telegraph are not benefiting from The Telegraph’s ties with the Bibb Board of Education and Dr. Dallemand. Why would only one individual receive all this money while the others set by and watch, it does not make sense?

Reasonable people may conclude The Telegraph Executive Editor Sherrie Marshall has become more brazen with her penchant to deceive people. We will show you why we think so and then you can make up your own mind.

We know from what E. Denise Caldon, Office of the President at Macon State 1993-2008 link told us in her comments at Bill Knowles’ web site wearepolitics.com. In her comments to The 70,000 Reasons Certain Members Of The Media Are Biased 07/17/2012: See the seventeenth comment. 

Caldon tells us that:

“While Charles Richardson and The Telegraph will not report them, someone has to - and I will.”

“I have compiled two copies of some of the more pertinent documents for both you [Richardson] and Ms. Marshall. I have also copies the 20-page official complaint now in the hands of SACS/COC. Their investigation is 'active' according to Dr. Pamela Cravey.”

“Please let me know when would be a convenient time for us to meet. I would like to meet before I attend the public forum of the General Assembly in the next few weeks. Date TBD.”

Caldron tells us that: 

“Following my repeated requests to discuss very serious fiscal and ethical abuse in our state’s higher education system, email below, (the entire email is available at the above links) Charles has yet to schedule a meeting. One Telegraph reporter told me that the Telegraph ‘did not want to jeopardize their advertising income from USG colleges.’”  

This is entirely different than what Executive Editor Sherrie Marshall was telling us in her “To endorse candidates or not”

Marshall is more than willing to cast aspersion on “candidates’ web sites”. She tells us: "(Of course, voters have to trust the candidate isn’t loading up on the good stuff and omitting things that might give voters pause.)" Of course she seems to think when The Telegraph loads "...up on the good stuff" and omits "...things that might give voters pause." that is fine. 

The most recent is: Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano favored women pals for jobs: lawsuit. 

This can not be used for Black History Month and must be omitted from the pages of The Telegraph. This seems to be the policy adopted by The Telegraph after this administration took office. 

She talks about – “…the newspaper’s role as a leader and critical voice in the community.”

Marshall has to be joking for reasons noted in this post!

We are informed of their concerns, she tells us that: “Still a newspaper would be foolhardy not to consider the views of readers who find issue with its practices, however time-honored or sacred.”

If this is so why have they shut down the "letters to the editor" and control the phone calls to "News Talk Central". If you do not believe this is so try a letter or phone call pointing out The Telegraphs cover up of Bibb Board of Education and Dr. Dallemand fiasco. Or try the cover up at the U.S. Justice Department by Attorney General Eric Holder. 

Marshall writes about “…a newspaper’s role in sorting truth from fiction…” which for The Telegraph is utterly ridiculous. These people have not been interested in the truth since they tried to convince the people of middle Georgia that Bill Clinton did not have any problems. They told us that Clinton’s “…problems stems from allegations in a sleazy supermarket tabloid that pays big money for its muck.”

To date they have not explained the difference between a “…sleazy supermarket tabloid that pays big money for its muck.” and a “sleazy” newspaper who charges “…big money for its muck.”

Now we find out that The Telegraph’s Executive Editor Sherrie Marshall has joined the Editorial Page Editor along with President and Publisher George McCanless in their cover-up of The Telegraph’s involvement with the Bibb County Board of Education and Dr. Dallemand.

All of this when broken down and analyzed will no doubt be worked into the curriculum at Mercer University with the approval of Mercer President William D. Underwood.

Some suggestions as to who can help with what can be seen at: The Telegraph and Mercer University President Underwood.

Anyone who really knows what is going on at The Telegraph and takes anything they print seriously probably do not have a clue as to what is happening. 

Taking Executive Editor Sherrie Marshall serious when she writes:

“The new generation of journalists will need to operate with the highest of ethical standards and will know how to own up to mistakes they are bound to make.” 

  

It takes pure gall for Marshall to write something like this when there is glaring evidence no one at The Telegraph who has ever practiced “…the highest of ethical standards” as far as we can determine.

In January of 2010, in an email to us Marshall admits The Telegraph does not even have a “Journalistic code of ethical standards”. She implies that: “In the newsroom, specifically, The Society of Professional Journalist Code of Ethics is a blueprint for reporters, editors and photographers.”  

We can put that to rest if Executive Editor Sherrie Marshall can show us where The Telegraph complied with this code during The Telegraph’s dealings with the Bibb County Board of Education and Dr. Dallemand.  

Or for that matter where she followed the code during The Telegraph’s hatchet job and the character assassination of Presidential Candidate Herman Cain.

From all appearances “ethical standards” are completely unknown at The Telegraph.

The Telegraph has shut down all “letters to the editors” and phone calls to “News Talk Central” which may expose this.

These people are nothing more than a joke, how can anyone trust them?

Have a nice day.