Comments on: The Anderson Valley Advertiser and the Future of Journalism http://simonfirth.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/the-anderson-valley-advertiser-and-the-future-of-journalism/ Simon Firth online Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:36:27 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Debra Keipp http://simonfirth.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/the-anderson-valley-advertiser-and-the-future-of-journalism/#comment-8 Debra Keipp Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:41:23 +0000 http://simonfirth.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-8 MENDOCINO COUNTY DESERVES ANDERSON VALLEY ADVERTISER, SAYS GRAND JURY!!!!! In this day of administrative malpractice in business, investment banking, government large and small, and almost anything else having an opinionated, legal or financial dominance over humanity, the AVA is refreshingly humorous and outrageously satirical to the point of blowing the bullshit of all named above right over the proverbial cliffedge smack-dab into the Pacific! And, good for the AVA. I'm sick of the SF Chron and Santa Rosa PD's non-informational papers run by bigger, more dominant news agencies dominated and owned by whatever faction is "in control" at that moment in history. That's not the truth, either! The AVA ruffles feathers, and in a county like Mendocino California, that's a good thing. Lots of big fish in small ponds here that need to be shaken off and up cuz they're sucking up all the oxygen! The AVA covers more than the surface scum. Investigation? Acid wit and cut-throat opinion is OK to feed a County made up of pirate pot growers, wine pimps and eco-liberal fascists who take themselves all too seriously. It may even get readers involved in trying to find out the "absolute" truth for themselves instead of relying on truth from local mainstream newspapers. Then, with their morning coffee, waking up to smoke two joints each morning; drink that bottle of wine in the afternoon; before attending that Shitty Council Meeting at dinnertime. Ahhhh citizenry in Spendocino! The AVA's a goddamn freedom hoot! Reader, occasional contributor when the bile rises! MENDOCINO COUNTY DESERVES ANDERSON VALLEY ADVERTISER, SAYS GRAND JURY!!!!!

In this day of administrative malpractice in business, investment banking, government large and small, and almost anything else having an opinionated, legal or financial dominance over humanity, the AVA is refreshingly humorous and outrageously satirical to the point of blowing the bullshit of all named above right over the proverbial cliffedge smack-dab into the Pacific! And, good for the AVA. I’m sick of the SF Chron and Santa Rosa PD’s non-informational papers run by bigger, more dominant news agencies dominated and owned by whatever faction is “in control” at that moment in history. That’s not the truth, either! The AVA ruffles feathers, and in a county like Mendocino California, that’s a good thing. Lots of big fish in small ponds here that need to be shaken off and up cuz they’re sucking up all the oxygen! The AVA covers more than the surface scum. Investigation? Acid wit and cut-throat opinion is OK to feed a County made up of pirate pot growers, wine pimps and eco-liberal fascists who take themselves all too seriously. It may even get readers involved in trying to find out the “absolute” truth for themselves instead of relying on truth from local mainstream newspapers. Then, with their morning coffee, waking up to smoke two joints each morning; drink that bottle of wine in the afternoon; before attending that Shitty Council Meeting at dinnertime. Ahhhh citizenry in Spendocino! The AVA’s a goddamn freedom hoot!

Reader, occasional contributor when the bile rises!

]]> By: Charlie Hoover http://simonfirth.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/the-anderson-valley-advertiser-and-the-future-of-journalism/#comment-6 Charlie Hoover Sun, 22 Feb 2009 05:17:38 +0000 http://simonfirth.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-6 It's ludicrous to cite Bruce Anderson's Anderson Valley Advertiser as a model newspaper. Anderson is the poster boy of irresponsible journalism. He has admitted in sworn court papers that he doesn't fact check what he publishes, claiming he doesn't have the staff or the time to do so. He doesn't care a fig about ruining people's reputation or invading their privacy by publishing malicious rumors as fact. He scoffs at the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics while claiming he's never even read it, though he manages to violate at least half of the code's enumerated principles. He has several times published outright hoaxes of his own composition, based on real people and events, later claiming they were satire. His only qualification for owning and publishing a newspaper is that he had the money to buy one. He has never worked as a paid journalist or editor for any other publication but his own. If he's a model for anything it's for being a community blowhard, egoist, bully and axe-grinder. Despite its name, the AVA carries almost no advertising, but is supported mainly by the suckers who subscribe to the paper. Some people are amused by cheap, unprincipled personal attacks on people they don't know living in places they know nothing about. A former AVA reader It’s ludicrous to cite Bruce Anderson’s Anderson Valley Advertiser as a model newspaper. Anderson is the poster boy of irresponsible journalism. He has admitted in sworn court papers that he doesn’t fact check what he publishes, claiming he doesn’t have the staff or the time to do so. He doesn’t care a fig about ruining people’s reputation or invading their privacy by publishing malicious rumors as fact. He scoffs at the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics while claiming he’s never even read it, though he manages to violate at least half of the code’s enumerated principles. He has several times published outright hoaxes of his own composition, based on real people and events, later claiming they were satire. His only qualification for owning and publishing a newspaper is that he had the money to buy one. He has never worked as a paid journalist or editor for any other publication but his own. If he’s a model for anything it’s for being a community blowhard, egoist, bully and axe-grinder. Despite its name, the AVA carries almost no advertising, but is supported mainly by the suckers who subscribe to the paper. Some people are amused by cheap, unprincipled personal attacks on people they don’t know living in places they know nothing about.

A former AVA reader

]]> By: indy http://simonfirth.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/the-anderson-valley-advertiser-and-the-future-of-journalism/#comment-4 indy Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:13:15 +0000 http://simonfirth.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-4 hey simon, this is unrelated but i read your comment on battelle's search blog post about pc vs mac. you will be pleased to know that macs now offer full native support of Netflix's watch instantly feature... and it looks great! hey simon,
this is unrelated but i read your comment on battelle’s search blog post about pc vs mac. you will be pleased to know that macs now offer full native support of Netflix’s watch instantly feature… and it looks great!

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