5,129 posts. However, they have also published misinformation such as this MedRxiv Study: Hydroxychloroquine and zinc treatments increased the COVID survival rate by almost three times. They occasionally talk about Trump, and some of their staff members are openly against the lockdowns, and practice of social distancing. And later, her voice rising, Maas proclaimed her mission. Posts. Just because I usually lose that game doesnt mean I dont want to play. I Hate KUSI News. The Associated Press provides national and international news. On the witness stand a second day (for almost 4 hours), Maas parried challenging questions backed by charts about whether she worked 40-hour weeks or posted enough on social media. The Starting LineColumn will resume in its regular role and format on Thursday. Then KUSI begins defense with @PPRPapaPig @JasonAustell @LoganByrnes and others. (function() { As Turko would say about KUSI, "It ain't right!" Ken Fitzgerald, lead lawyer for KUSI-TV, has a relaxed, measured style of cross examination almost serene. We also serve the various counties, plus info concerning our sister city Tijuana MX in the sharing of information, opinion and events to bring us closer together in the richness & diversity that makes us Americas finest city Quotation[8] = "'CNBC wanted a reaction to a story someone had seen on FTVLive' - Vanity Fair "; Klein's imminent exit was first reported by FTVLive' - NY Times"; Folks. Kimmel an heiress to August C. Meyer, Sr., who bought the TV station and its two radio stations in the 1960s has also backed causes linked to the billionaire Koch brothers of Kansas by way of her familys charitable foundation. Quotation[10] = "'The statement from New York-based NBC was in response to a report on the FTVLive' - Bloomberg"; Ninety minutes later, more than 40 people had contacted the NAACP about the show. It also owns a 50% stake in Mexicos third-largest mobile telephone company, Grupo Iusacell. Didnt you or your team tip the media to the lawsuit? . in 2015. KUSI News San Diego's More Local News Station. Wed dont for sure yet (were working on it a little birdie flew in this morning a tipped us off) which of the folks whove popped up lately are trolls and which are people who simply wish to be contrarian. The KUSI building in Kearny Mesa, as seen on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021. // pattern, adding to the array. I can't trust them to report news without their personal opinion or bias. They're directly telling people how to go-around the closure, which was in place to prevent large gatherings and the spread of COVID. The McKinnons arent passive, disengaged owners of the station. if (Array.isArray(window.addthis_layers_tools)) { The segment aired Monday on KUSIs Good Morning San Diego show as part of a collaboration with the DSC Show on IHeartMedia radio. But in questioning former anchor Sandra Maas on Wednesday, his inquiry was anything but gentle. KUSI is the outlier in local TV news, proudly waving their viewpoints whenever possible. Talk-radio personality Roger Hedgecock, employed by both Kimmel and U-T San Diegopublisher Douglas Manchester, another well-moneyed DeMaio backer, has used emails with KFMBs address to raise funds for DeMaio. The one thing I like about Walton in this piece, if true, is that he would not be someone who would be using the office Yea, and he was considered a bit of a nut case when he was young. In 50 days, KUSI's owner will likely face a jury trial in the pay . Quotation[1] = "'The One-Man Website That Broke the Jay Leno Story' - About.com "; Looking beyond the smiling faces, the times when the TV stations deviate from the norm can be good indicators of debate between different interests in San Diego. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13kRznssNCk. Filed Under: Business, Columns, Encore, Media, Politics, The Starting Line, Who Runs San Diego? KFMB News 8 (CBS Affiliate) http://www.kfmb.com/ Owner: Midwest Television/ Elisabeth M. Kimmel. So with the aid of a private investigator named Google, we decided to find out a little bit more about KUSI. "Sometimes a great notion" in under an hour on 103.7 KSON. series, a project of the Womans Democratic Club. 101. says it's a "conservative style of government." Wells said homeless encampments are not good for the people that live in them, or the community. window.clearInterval(first_load_interval_id); KUSI will be contacting our NAACP chapter and its president to further discuss this incident.. youre doing the gods work when a nutbag like Eugene ignores I can't tell you how angered I was by this, and yes i'm checking my bias. it was the way it got presented. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Ad-Free Login { 25 comments read them below or add one }. function showQuotation(){document.write(Quotation[whichQuotation]);} Covering what the people care about and always giving them a voice. var Q = Quotation.length; Unspeakable things were done to Black men, while White men, women and even children watched with glee, she said. If KUSI feels that the FTVLive stories about their station and how its run are disparaging maybe they need to look at how they run their station. window.addthis.layers(window.addthis_layers); MBFCs Weekly Media Literacy Quiz Covering the Week of Feb 25 Mar 3rd, The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 03/03/2023, Daily Source Bias Check: The Event Chronicle, The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 03/02/2023, Daily Source Bias Check: Laredo Morning Times. Which I could care less about, I traded in my Chevy 454 powered riding mower for a bicycle a decade ago, vote independent with a mix of views just leaning left. And then theres John Coleman. Some say this is another example of SANDAG leaders slowly silencing the voices of conservative constituencies. See our tagline? Wrong! Has it always been like this (and I'm now only barely starting to find out), or no? } Bias Rating: RIGHT-CENTER What take your ball and go home with it. @ALaurelNews was on stand in afternoon. Immediately after the interview, the two anchors took shots at the Congressmans pension plan before kicking it to DeMaio, then Lutar, then Boling, etc, for additional spin and counterpoints. and our Political Strategist Julio Rivera joined KUSIs Logan Byrnes to discuss the event and its political significance. bit.ly/3FeEkv3. Laurel believes the station is trying to intimidate her because they believe she is going to testify on behalf of Maas in her case against KUSI. Regular local TV viewership among adults under 30 fell from 42% in 2006 to just 28% in 2012, according to Pew Research survey data. Anyway thanks for posting this. // Free for all; but please leave in this header. Days ago, when the beach parking lot closures were announced, a new reporter who I don't know but she's blonde and relatively new, announced WHERE people can park for Torrey Pines, because that parking area isn't a state closure. Stay away from their news. Quotation [11] = "'Scott Jones, whose FTVLive.com Web site broke the story' - LA Daily News" By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Press J to jump to the feed. Yes, people have supported me. ', KUSI 'Screwed You,' Ex-Anchor Denton Texted Sandra Maas on Pay-Equity Suit, Teen Driver Killed in I-8 Crash into CHP Cruiser Was Eugene Nelson of El Cajon, San Diego Weekend Guide: March 3-5 Blooms & Broadway, Warmer Weather Forecast Thursday After Storm Brings Rain, Snow to San Diego Area, Vehicle Overturns in La Jolla, Traps Driver Inside, San Diego Attorney Sentenced for Stealing Life Insurance Premium Payments, Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic. And GW alarmists left to say we told you so! with the only real benefit they got out of it a little political capital taking shots at the right. "I want to respect someone's privacy." Maas, suing KUSI over alleged violations of the state's Equal Pay Act and other issues, will have her salary disclosed, as will her co-anchor, Allen Denton.. She eventually surrendered to Cohen, coming to work at KUSI in September 2018 for a multiyear contract at $150,000 a year. Whoops, misunderstood. MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY. to appear pre-taped and subject to editorialized bookends from This sounds like an art project ! First off, Laurel is correct in saying, a lot of people dont like KUSI. FTVLive hears from a number of current and former employees at the station and we have nor would we ever reveal who those people are. Im so tired of the info-babes as well but they seem to be disappearing for these mini-info-babes that arent 25 years old and must have graduated last week from an online communications college -:). We'll send you the top local news stories every morning at 8 a.m. By clicking subscribe, you agree to share your email address with Times of San Diego to receive our free newsletter and breaking news alerts. Russell S (Gave the station a 4 star rating) Its time that we start calling KUSI what it is, San Diegos Fox News. Welcome to the world of commercial broadcast news in San Diego. This trope continued in the Jim Crow era, when Black men were regularly lynched on the excuse of sexual advances toward White women, often invented or imagined. Corporations will join them and work overtime putting up factories and building infrastructure and polluting in countries with corrupt governments that they could never get away with here, profiting immensely while fulfilling the will of the western left that all the huddled masses have our creature comforts. * Local Covid-19 information regularly updated by our users. Click the box! If Walton is to have a serious campaign, he needs to identify, acknowledge and mobilize his potential liberal-progressive base. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. SANDAG leaders have denied sub-committee representation to El Cajon, East County's largest city. Makes ya sad. The official subreddit for San Diego California, "America's Finest City", were a rapidly growing (over 300,000 strong!) Thanks! This was my last straw with KUSI. This year, it will be held in Washington DC from March 1-4. After Fitzgerald noted her social media had images of Rosie the Riveter and the hashtag #FightingForPayEquality, Maas said she held herself up as an advocate for women, not an activist.. The only local news worth watching is KPBS at 5 PM. They have to be the most outdated news.station in San Diego. 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Quotation[0] = "'Mr. The Protect Our Communities Foundation wants a judge to void the agreement with a UC San Diego graduate school and put the study out to bid. Videos from the TV Station accompany most articles. The minority haves are spoiling the earth, well fix that and oh by the way the much greater numbers of have nots should be brought up to the level of the haves? I grew up here during the 60s, with the likes of Ray Wilson and Harold Keen on TV reporting the news the way it ought to be straight up. showQuotation(); our policy on comments is very clear (click on About above), and they violated it. It is owned by his family-run McKinnon . In fact, I would cringe because I would wake up in the morning and have texts from my friends all over the country in the business Is this your station again? It was terribly embarrassing.. Scripps TV Station Group also operates KZSD 41, http://www.aztecasd.com/, a low power station serving as the local affiliate for the Azteca TV Network. KUSI only success is in making the local Fox News team look like polished professionals. This information has not been peer-reviewed and was found to be a faulty study. In fact . Kusi is the local right wing nutbag station. Lastly, as KUSI says about FTVLive, a website that provides disparaging blogging about TV news.. Yesterday at 8:21 PM. Mythical figures like Budha, Zoaraster, James Bond? Detailed Report Funded by / Ownership Fitzgerald noted that Laurel signed a contract that stipulated she had received and reviewed the policy handbook and in her deposition said she was provided a copy. Raoul Martinez, Zomorodis co-anchor on the Fox-affiliates morning show, shared an intriguing news item on Friday: a new app that allows you to taste and smell food or beverages right on your smartphone or iPad. As for KUSIs CFO, in a deposition, Stephan Sadler said he anonymously shared printed emails from Laurels account putting them in two separate envelopes and addressing them to Luck by spelling her first name with cut-out letters from a magazine to make it look like a ransom note. As the guy behind FTVLive, I feel a need to respond to a couple of things here. Overall, we rate KUSI.com Right-Center based on story selection and wording that slightly favors the right. Static.COOKIE_BANNER_CAPABLE = true; KUSI is a TV station in San Diego, but it should really be a soap opera on TV. And why she didnt seek a job outside San Diego. Before, KUSI she served as an anchor of the morning news at KRQE News 13 in Albuquerque, NM. They all report pretty much the same stuff, and the old if it bleeds, it leads school is much in evidence. KUSI is owned and operated by Channel 51 of San Diego, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of McKinnon Broadcasting. Political. // Do not change anything below this line You might also be interested to know they value female anchors waaaayyyyyy less than their male counterparts, to the tune of 90K/yr less! Quotation [16] = " 'FTVLive.com a website I go too often for the latest news about the TV business (you should, too!)' Generally, the news is not always factual, primarily when related to Covid-19, and holds a right-leaning bias. Balboa Park reopened today after Santa Ana winds brought down 35 tre. ; Some of the brightest minds in conservative politics will be speaking, including 2024 Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Nikki Haley." CPAC, the largest gathering of conservatives in the world, began today in Washington, DC. "For at least the last few years of her. The statement said KUSI asked 101.5 KGB to offer an apology on KUSI and officials at KGB declined. Point Loma Blamed for Low Rain Readings at San Diego Airport, March 2023 Events from the Ocean Beach Green Center, Drone Light Show Coming to Ocean Beach for the Fourth of July. Back to that future is troubling thing: In 50 years well be left with a planet more overpopulated, with more traditional pollution, the Western standard of living eroded, tens of billions living as one in this cesspool KUSI-TV is owned by McKinnon Broadcasting, a private company based in San Diego. Country: USA Placed out of the way in a non-walkable area of the city that once people are brought in Maybe Walton would do a good job. The segment involved hosts guessing which of two named and pictured celebrity fathers had the most children with the most partners. RIGHT-CENTER BIAS Maxwell added that this stereotype has proven deadly for some Black men. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. The station is owned by the very conservative McKinnon family and is not run like most stations In the country. Our climate may be going through some changes and it would be foolish for anyone to not believe 6.4 bilion peoples industrial activity would not have negative effects, to be certain. There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. 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