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California Reporter to Republican Candidate: ‘We’re Not Interested’

Posted on | August 13, 2010 | 40 Comments

A reporter for the Torrance (Calif.) Daily Breeze sent an e-mail to a political consultant saying the newspaper is “not interested” in covering Republican candidate Mattie Fein, who is challenging Democratic Rep. Jane Harman in California’s 36th District.

In the e-mail sent Wednesday (see text below), Daily Breeze reporter Nick Green told consultant John S. Thomas of Thomas Partners Strategies, “Don’t call or e-mail us – we’ll call you if we’re interested. And if you haven’t got it yet, we’re not interested.”

Green also told Thomas not to send Fein campaign communications to his Daily Breeze colleague, Art Marroquin.

According to sources with the Fein campaign, Thomas had contacted the Daily Breeze staffers seeking coverage of the Republican challenger’s response to a recently passed bill that the newspaper reported would “save 215 jobs in Rep. Jane Harman’s district.” A subsequent Daily Breeze story Thursday featured Harman’s statement that a jobs program was the “best thing out there to keep and create jobs in Los Angeles County,”  included no reponse from Fein or any other Republican.

Since winning the GOP nomination in June, Fein has been strongly critical of Harman’s record on defense and intelligence issues, calling for the incumbent to “divest in shares of Harman International that have business ties to Iran.”

TEXT OF NICK GREEN E-MAIL
TO JOHN S. THOMAS
Sent: Aug 11, 2010 12:58 PM
John:
Don’t call or e-mail us – we’ll call you if we’re interested. And if you haven’t got it yet, we’re not interested. And stop sending the same messages to my co-worker Art as well
Thank you.
Nick

The popular L.A. politics blog Mayor Sam wrote:

South Bay Daily Breeze writer Nick Green has decided to check out of covering the Congressional race where controversial incumbent Jane Harman is being challenged by Mattie Fein. At least as much that he has refused requests from Fein’s consultant John Thomas (yes that John Thomas) to discuss remarks Harman has made about the local economy.

UPDATE: Just got off the phone with John Thomas who said he was shocked by the “outrageous” refusal of the Daily Breeze to cover Harman’s GOP challenger. Here are screencaps of the e-mail exchange between Thomas and Nick Green:


UPDATE II: Da Tech Guy: “And people wonder why the newspaper industry is having trouble staying afloat?”

UPDATE III: Stix Blog on the “Jedi mind tricks” at the Daily Breeze. These aren’t the biased droids you’re looking for . . .

UPDATE IV: Steve Bartin at NewsAlert:

No word yet on whether the Daily Breeze is looking to join Jane Harman’s husband’s emerging media empire. Nick Green would made a fine addition to the Harman controlled Newsweek!

“If this surprises you, you are not paying attention.”

UPDATE V: Joe Fein of Valley of the Shadow got on the phone with the Daily Breeze city editor: “What do you want me to say?”

UPDATE VI: Ed Driscoll: “If I was Fein’s campaign manager, I’d call up Newsweek and say, ‘Have I got a story for you!’ Oh, wait . . .”

Heh. And here’s a new Web site: BoycottNewsweek.net

Category: California, Congress, Election, Media Bias, Republicans

Comments

40 Responses to “California Reporter to Republican Candidate: ‘We’re Not Interested’”

  1. All the news that fit to ignore… « Da Techguy's Blog
    August 13th, 2010 @ 12:33 pm

    […] mccain, torrance daily breeze 0 That apparently is the motto of Torrance Daily Breeze which Stacy McCain reports had this to say about the Republican Candidate in California 36th Mattie Fein TEXT OF NICK GREEN […]

  2. There is no media bias, nothing to see, move along | Stix Blog ver 4.0
    August 13th, 2010 @ 12:48 pm

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  3. Miss Sharon
    August 13th, 2010 @ 4:51 pm

    Heh. Maybe Newsweek will cover Mattie….o no maybe not…

    Also if she wants to be taken seriously she should stop following Meggie Mac on Twitter. #justsayin

  4. Miss Sharon
    August 13th, 2010 @ 12:51 pm

    Heh. Maybe Newsweek will cover Mattie….o no maybe not…

    Also if she wants to be taken seriously she should stop following Meggie Mac on Twitter. #justsayin

  5. JSF
    August 13th, 2010 @ 5:03 pm

    Hence, the Southland Fundraiser (Now a Dead Parrot this election cycle).

  6. JSF
    August 13th, 2010 @ 1:03 pm

    Hence, the Southland Fundraiser (Now a Dead Parrot this election cycle).

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  10. EvanGMan
    August 13th, 2010 @ 6:04 pm

    Where’s Newsbusters on this?

  11. EvanGMan
    August 13th, 2010 @ 2:04 pm

    Where’s Newsbusters on this?

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    August 13th, 2010 @ 3:17 pm

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  14. richard mcenroe
    August 13th, 2010 @ 7:19 pm

    This isn’t new. In the last mayoral race in LA, the Times told GOP Candidate Walter Moore flat out they wouldn’t be covering his race, and indeed gave more ink to the Pot Party than the GOP…

  15. richard mcenroe
    August 13th, 2010 @ 3:19 pm

    This isn’t new. In the last mayoral race in LA, the Times told GOP Candidate Walter Moore flat out they wouldn’t be covering his race, and indeed gave more ink to the Pot Party than the GOP…

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  19. Steven Den Beste
    August 13th, 2010 @ 9:10 pm

    “What do you want me to say?”

    How about this: “Mr. Green was wrong. It is our policy to cover both sides equally so that the voters can make an informed decision. We will send a reporter to Mr. Thomas.”

  20. Steven Den Beste
    August 13th, 2010 @ 5:10 pm

    “What do you want me to say?”

    How about this: “Mr. Green was wrong. It is our policy to cover both sides equally so that the voters can make an informed decision. We will send a reporter to Mr. Thomas.”

  21. Stix
    August 13th, 2010 @ 9:54 pm

    He has a response.

    http://www.insidesocal.com/southbay/2010/08/in-the-news-business-people.html

  22. Stix
    August 13th, 2010 @ 5:54 pm

    He has a response.

    http://www.insidesocal.com/southbay/2010/08/in-the-news-business-people.html

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  24. gahrie
    August 13th, 2010 @ 10:58 pm

    It should be easy to do a quick analysis to determine the amount of coverage the Daily Breeze has given the Harmon campaign and the Fein campaign.

  25. gahrie
    August 13th, 2010 @ 6:58 pm

    It should be easy to do a quick analysis to determine the amount of coverage the Daily Breeze has given the Harmon campaign and the Fein campaign.

  26. Clavius
    August 14th, 2010 @ 12:23 am

    He was “pestered” by a series of e-mails? Do you think he would have written the same intemperate response to Representative Harman’s office?

    P.S., the InsideSoCal site has an error submitting comments.

  27. Clavius
    August 13th, 2010 @ 8:23 pm

    He was “pestered” by a series of e-mails? Do you think he would have written the same intemperate response to Representative Harman’s office?

    P.S., the InsideSoCal site has an error submitting comments.

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  30. Mark J. Goluskin
    August 14th, 2010 @ 4:30 am

    R.S., MediaNews owns the Daily Breeze. Along with the Los Angeles Daily News, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Whittier Daily News, my home town fish wrap, the Pasadena Star-News. See the picture? And in the Pasadena Fish Wrap, I see nothing about John Colbert, running against congresscrook Adam Schiff. Crickets chirping. Really, the Obamawhore media wonders why no one outside their inner circle reads, listens or watches them anymore. New Media kicks Obamawhore media ass sideways til Sunday!

  31. Mark J. Goluskin
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    R.S., MediaNews owns the Daily Breeze. Along with the Los Angeles Daily News, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Whittier Daily News, my home town fish wrap, the Pasadena Star-News. See the picture? And in the Pasadena Fish Wrap, I see nothing about John Colbert, running against congresscrook Adam Schiff. Crickets chirping. Really, the Obamawhore media wonders why no one outside their inner circle reads, listens or watches them anymore. New Media kicks Obamawhore media ass sideways til Sunday!

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  40. Jeff
    October 12th, 2010 @ 10:41 pm

    but, didn’t Mattie have that rad Frankenstein video??