THE END OF RALSTON REPORTS?
The clock could soon begin ticking for liberal propagandists
Jon Ralston, Hugh Jackson and Rory Reid
at NBC’s television affiliate in Las Vegas.
It was announced today
that KSNV is being acquired by Sinclair Broadcast Group, one of the largest
broadcasting companies in the country, subject to regulatory approvals. And here’s where things could get interesting…
While late KSNV owner Jim
Rogers was an unabashed liberal who unapologetically favored
liberal-leaning local content, Sinclair has a decidedly conservative
philosophical bone in its corporate body.
Indeed, Mark Hyman,
Vice President of Corporate Relations, spoke at our first Conservative
Leadership Conference in 2007 and has been a regular attendee at Grover Norquist’s weekly “rightwing
conspiracy” meeting in Washington, DC for years.
Hyman also produces regular “Behind the Scenes” news commentaries aired by Sinclair, many of
which have a decidedly conservative bent - like the one
from last week on ObamaCare’s costs that concluded, “ObamaCare. It's not good for business. Or people. Or
America.”
Now, if Ralston Reports was a ratings gold mine, I’d expect
Sinclair to keep it on the air. But as I’ve
reported here from time-to-time over the past year or so, almost nobody watches
the show other than gypsies, tramps and thieves.
Ditto goes for smarmy liberal opinion commentator Jackson,
whose horribly boring afternoon chatfest on KSNV was cancelled months ago, and
boring-as-paint-drying liberal opinion commentator Reid, who appears to be
using Jackson’s replacement show simply to keep his name out there for a
possible U.S. senate run if/when his dad decides to call it quits.
No, such changes won’t happen anytime soon. But if Sinclair is, in fact, approved for the
purchase of KSNV, the writing could well be on the corporate wall. Looks like Jon Boy might have to step up his pathetic
panting for a gig on MSNBC a notch!
BILBRAY-KOHN STILL DISHING UP WHOPPERS
Rep. Joe Heck’s
(R-Nevada) campaign sent out an email yesterday. It outlines two claims Dr. Heck’s Democrat
opponent, Erin Bilbray-Kohn,
continues to peddle on the campaign trail; that he “voted for legislation that
requires seniors to begin paying back student loans while still in school” and “voted
for legislation that would increase out-of-pocket Medicare costs to those
turning 57 this year by 50%.”
Both claims are absolutely false. And Bilbray-Kohn conveniently never cites a
specific bill that Dr. Heck supposedly voted for when she makes them.
Why can’t Erin take Vice President Joe Biden’s advice and just, you know, tell the truth?
Speaking of which, Erin sent out an email on Monday that
claimed she was “still on track to beat Joe Heck in November.”
Another whopper. The Bilbray-Kohn campaign wreck jumped the
track long ago.
SETTING A LOW AND INVISIBLE BAR
What is it with campaigns treating their donors like idiots?
It’s bad enough that Democrat congressional candidate Erin Bilbray-Kohn’s camp has been
breathlessly emailing its supporters asking for money to reach undefined
fundraising “goals” for the past year, but now Republican lieutenant governor
candidate Mark Hutchison is pulling
the same stunt?
“I wanted to drop you a quick note and make sure you knew
about our important fundraising deadline tomorrow at midnight,” Hutch wrote in
an email last Saturday. “I know you’re
busy with family and friends, but we only have $535 to go.”
To go where? What
exactly is the fundraising goal? Is it
$5,000? Is it $10,000? Is it $25,000?
Is it $536?
Hutch doesn’t say, thus ensuring no one knows the goal so no
one really knows for sure if he reaches it or not, even though he will surely
claim “We did it!”
And people wonder why people don’t trust anything that comes
out of any candidate’s mouth?
MUTH’S TRUTHS
--> So I was watching my 7-year-old son playing a pickup soccer
game here at Campland on the Bay over the weekend. A little 6-year-old girl was in the game, as
well, and came running over to her parents, also seated on the sidelines, for
some water.
That’s when I noticed that both of the kid’s parents weren’t
watching their daughter play, but had their heads buried in their smart-phones. That’s just sad.
--> The Las Vegas
Review-Journal reports that Democrat State Sen. Tick Segerblom intends to introduce legislation next year to raise
the entry-level starter wage in Nevada to $15 per hour. Which makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
If the good senator really wants to help poor people, why
not raise the entry-level starter wage to $150 an hour?
--> Keeping taxes low isn’t about creating jobs; it’s about
limiting the size and scope of government.
Every increase in taxes results in an increase in government. And that’s bad for children and other living
things.
FAMOUS LAST WORDS
“The demand for self-reliance at Burning Man toughens
everyone up. There are few fools, and no malingerers. People give of themselves
– small gifts like lip balm or tiny flashlights. I brought Cuban cigars. Edgy,
but not as exciting as some ‘gifts’ that would have interested the federal
authorities.” – Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform on his trip to the annual
Burning Man festival in Nevada last week
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