Comments on: Lobbyist, Reporter Too Close For Comfort?

By: Flyhead

Flyhead — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:26:36 +0000

You don’t have to read the IR and the fact they put the IPTV stuff up on YOUTUBE is probably a good thing. I hope the legislature will take the offer from IPTV to archive all the things they record and make it all available for futhre generations. What was said and the intonation of those saying it is captured in video format and sound records of the session.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:45:04 +0000

If someone wants to ask a question of me, instead of just speculating about me, please try calling my office, my cell, sending an email. Good grief, I’m not hard to reach.

By: Nan Emouse

Nan Emouse — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:36:33 +0000

What Bob N says.

It appears that differing points of view other than the usual liberal, scares a lot of people. Course the Guardian does too. These are good things folks.

By: erico49

erico49 — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:00:04 +0000

Dave have you asked for a press pass for the Legislature? If so.. did you get it? Just curious how tolerant the Correspondent are of non-legacy media.

EDITOR NOTE–Haven’t asked, but assume there would be no problem. Our only adocacy was opposing the constitutional amendment that tried to reverse the supreme court FRAZIER ruling over airport financing. We sought to defend the constitutional mandate to get voterapproval. Boise city is the only agency not recognizing the GUARDIAN.

By: Bob Neugebauer

Bob Neugebauer — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:42:28 +0000

I find it interesting that many are quick to criticize Mr. Hoffman and the Idaho Reporter but I don’t see anyone here criticizing the Idaho Statesman about their forever liberal view point and content on just about anything they write. The problem is we haven’t had any conservative media outlet in Idaho for quite sometime and as far as I’m concerned the Idaho Reporter is a breath of fresh air in a virtual sea of liberal and progressive leaning media that saturates our state. Did anyone ever hear of “Fair and Balanced”? I suppose not as most don’t listen to Fox News. The Idaho Reporter brings a bit more balance into the media arena on the conservative issues but we still need more. If you want to question something please question the Idaho Statesman why every time a conservative organization such as the Tea Party puts out a press release it is completely ignored.
Thank you Wayne Hoffman and the Idaho Reporter for trying too restore some balance back into our state media
Bob Neugebauer
Meridian, Id.

By: dog

dog — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:27:00 +0000

I don’t see most Idaho legislators or the Idaho public having a problem with the foundation. Most think Fox News is a vetted news source. Idaho loves it’s free kool-aid.

By: bikeboy

bikeboy — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:45:24 +0000

Sisyphus: IR is a propaganda outlet disguised as traditional media.

A large percentage of the population, present company included, consider pretty much all of “traditional media” to be propaganda outlets these days. (Perhaps not quite so much with the local media.)

So, is “Mitch Coffman” a real person? Why didn’t he go with “Shane Coffman”?
(-;

By: Ryan McGill

Ryan McGill — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:13:32 +0000

Sisyphus,

You are correct to be very skeptical of their (IR and IdahoEdNews.org) message or their underlying purpose.

The creeping part of this story is the funding line that keeps these machines alive. It is all JKAF $$$. Now Richert and Swindell are on the payroll of the ‘foundation.’

These news organizations are complete posers. They are not really a vetted news source. They are anti-public education, conservative, free-market worshipping, mouthpieces. I mean, there is nothing wrong with being an anti-public school, conservative, free-market worshipping person; there is only a problem in creating fake-ish news agency and claiming no ‘partisan’ position yet blurting the conservative party line in all publications and posts. Again, no problem with the conservative party line; only that others pushing that agenda as a news source and not identifying it as ‘that’ is misleading.

Another propaganda machine is the Idaho Leads project. Yet another system funded by JKAF.

Reminds me of ‘Death to Smoochie’

Ryan

EDITOR NOTE–JKAF is te Joe and Katheryn Albertson Foundation

By: Clancy

Clancy — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:51:12 +0000

I apologize as the opinion on the IdahoReporter has now been attributed to Wayne Hoffman. I sent pictures to BG earlier but he is operating away from his office.

This is what I saw earlier
Idaho Reporter- Mitch Coffman
http://goo.gl/TAzON

IFF- Wayne Hoffman
http://goo.gl/7bzol

At least we know Mr. Hoffman is reading the Boise Guardian.

By: Sisyphus

Sisyphus — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:12:07 +0000

IR is a propaganda outlet disguised as traditional media. It’s also a model being emulated. Have a look at Idaho Education News, funded by Luna reform backer the Albertsons Foundation. It’s being housed at BSU and just hired away the credibility of Kevin Richert and Clark Corbin (from the Post Register).

Maybe not a reason to dismiss then out of hand, but a good reason to be very skeptical of their message or underlying purpose.