Re: contacts for reporters

["Gerald W. Bracey" <gbracey@EROLS.COM>]

George--Do you have email address for Martinez?


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From: George N. Schmidt <Csubstance@AOL.COM>
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Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 6:55 AM
Subject: Re: contacts for reporters


> 6/1/00
>
> Hello Susan and friends:
>
> Add
>
> CHICAGO TRIBUNE
> (Cuirculation, more than 600,000 daily; 1 million Sunday)
> 435 N. Michigan Ave.
> Chicago, IL 60611
>
> Mike Martinez, Education Reporter
> 312-222-6155
>
> The Tribune Corporation owns the LA Times, Newsday, and a host of smaller
> publications (including the Orlando Sentinal). Their news service has
> enormous impact. They are now producing a daily Web "newspaper" that never
> sees print! Their Website (like Education Week's) contributes to the
illusion
> of what is official history. They have to be held to covering the news.
>
> Often, they spin on behalf of the Testocracy. For example, on May 23,
2000,
> PURE held a press conference and OSC demonstrated outside school board
> headquarters against the tests here in Chicago. OSC reps (including
LaShona
> Shavers, who participated in the March 31 Columbia University conference)
met
> with Paul Vallas for two hours. The TV reporters waited outside Board
> headquarters for two hours while the meeting went on inside. But the print
> media ignored the event.
>
> When the students came outside, they were interviewed by the TV people.
>
> When the students had left, then Vallas held a press conference to
disagree
> with the "kids." He held forth at 7:20 p.m. that evening (after everyone
else
> had left the area in front of our school board HQ).
>
> The TV news stations all covered those stories (CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox) --
except
> WGN (the Tribune station). And the next day no news appeared about either
> activity in the Chicago Tribune. Nor did the Sun-Times cover the activity.
> Literally, the stuff was blacked out in the print media for more than 36
> hours here. So let's keep on these people, but let's not forget that their
> version of reality is no more accurate than others. They just have a lot
more
> people who believe them, even when they spin for power and wealth.
>
> Thanks for the enormous help.
>
> We could add others, but this is enough.
>
> George Schmidt
>
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