News coverage must be complete

Oct 30, 2021
Oct 30, 2021 Updated Apr 13, 2025
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Editor,

Mark Simon, whose Daily Journal columns I regularly read, on Oct. 28, 2021, summarized readers’ identifying their regular news sources.

(10) comments

Terence Y Oct 30, 2021 11:33am

Well said, Mr. Handerson. I ignore all AP bylines (in the DJ and everywhere else) unless I want to see what’s new in the Democrat playbook. Same with political news from the NYT and the Chronicle. For other hardcopy local news, you can obtain the Palo Alto Daily Post. Their coverage complements that of the DJ and as far as I know, there are no AP bylines. If you want other sources of state news, you’ll need to get your news from news aggregators or independent sites. I’d highly recommend the FlashReport or the California Globe.

Dirk van Ulden Oct 30, 2021 9:33am

Well Doug - if you had read the Chronicle, which your household subscribes to, you would have noticed a complete black out of any Republican candidate and nothing but praise for our our duplicitous governor. Please go back and take a class in objective reporting as you will not find objective reporting in the NYT or the Chronicle. The DJ reports very objectively on local issues and let's keep it that way.

Eaadams Oct 30, 2021 8:20am

"The Daily Journal objectively covers local news, why not state political news?" No thank you. I specifically come here for local news. Sacramento has so many sources from CalMatters to LA Times and other large news orgs. I'd be happy if the DJ dropped all national news and only looked at state from lens of local elected like Mullin, Becker, Weiner, Chiu and Berman. Sure do more regional like abag and certainly cover C-CAG more.

willallen Oct 30, 2021 9:33am

Well said. The letter writer, however, has a point about the AP, which sets the agenda for many news outlets. Been that way for decades, ever since UPI collapsed and gave the AP a virtual monopoly. "Philip's Code: No News is Good News - to a Killer" raises this warning flag.

Tafhdyd Oct 30, 2021 10:45am

wlydecker,

I will agree with you that the AP has a grip on the main stream media. I am wondering about Philip's Code, which you reference on many of your comments. Did you write it or did your father write it?

willallen Oct 30, 2021 1:02pm

Author was James O. Clifford, who worked for both UPI and AP.

Tafhdyd Oct 30, 2021 5:47pm

wlydecker,

That is fine, I don't have a problem with that, I was just wondering if you were a relative because you are Jim Clifford on the DJ profile.

willallen Oct 30, 2021 7:36pm

how do I view your profile?

Tafhdyd Oct 31, 2021 1:08am

Click on the name and go to history.

Terence Y Oct 31, 2021 8:31am

wlydecker – you can change your profile and user names to anything you want. You can be mild-mannered Clark Kent by profile and then Superman via username. Or Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. You get the picture.

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