I see it on my buddy Jaime's blog and I hear it from you guys all the time - "why won't they talk to the El Paso Times?" The reference is always to someone who is either elected or seeking to be elected.
I can say it's the same reason people stopped talking to KVIA for a while back between 2006 and 2012 --- It's all a setup and if you're not on the right team your ass is going to get steamed.
The El Paso Times gained a reputation (rightfully so) for shitting on the foes of a certain political faction. No matter what the truth was or how much evidence they had to prove their claims wrong - they still got screwed. I mean, do I have to remind you that all kinds of people with the legal authority to adjudicate the quorum issue with the city council gang found nothing wrong, but the El Paso Times still found one unconnected fool to find them guilty of a crime? What kind of crap is that? The kind of crap you pull when an elected official is telling your editor what to write.
A while back people started to figure out how to handle this. And by "figure out" I mean that they asked me and I told them to stop talking to the people who are mean to them and giving them ammo. It's simple - if the story is going to be entirely about how much you suck, then don't participate. If it appears they didn't talk to you about it, they lose credibility. You also don't run the risk giving them any ammo. If you say something to a reporter at the El Paso Times and you are on Vero's and Susie's shit list - guess what? They're going to turn it around on you. Don't give them opportunity.
YOU CAN'T LOSE IF YOU DON'T PLAY.
Jaime and the rest of you are just frustrated because you're lazy and want these people to hang themselves while you watch. Once they get smart, it pisses you off and you guys whine like the lazy babies you are. Don't be bitter because candidates have gotten smart.
Candidates should do their best to control the narrative. Never talk to a reporter unless that reporter is in your pocket. Reporters aren't asking questions of politicians because they want everyone to get warm-fuzzies about them. They are asking them questions to see if they'll hang themselves... at best... or at the least give them something they can twist. The media is never there to make you look good - NEVER.
If everyone would stop talking to anyone at the El Paso Times, they'd have to fire the news team and get a new one not owned by Vero and Susie. Think about that for a minute.
A whole new media network in El Paso ? Forget it, the county is so infiltrated by left wingers. They need reporters not opinion columns.
This whole area is dominated by control operators and drones(voters).
Posted by: Wishful Thinking | February 05, 2018 at 05:07 PM
The once drive by media now the fly by media ,because driving by was just to damn slow, will not change even more so in EL Paso. Pretty much El Paso media coverage of anything of substance in political news is by far after the fact! Simply El Paso media has a very bad case of tunnel vision!
Posted by: Thomas | February 06, 2018 at 08:03 AM
Jaime Abeytia is out there being the biggest bully and trying to make the world look bad while at the epcountry.com site has states he has a lien because he is behind 12,000 in child suppprt. What's funny is Katheryn has no problem with him paying for signs and contributing to her campaign while he falls knee deep in child support. Just search for liens and and there it is.Jaime always has an excuse or some reason not to pay CS. He has warrant a in AZ for being behind over 60k and now in Texas he's fallen behind. Kathryn must be very proud that of Jaime. So while Jaime wants to talk bad about the whole world maybe he should take a look in the mirror and see who the real monster is.
Posted by: Jerry | February 12, 2018 at 11:39 PM
Well maybe someone should ask Susie/Vero what they think about a man who refuses to pay child support. Kind of a mini "MeToo" thing for child support. There is never an excuse for not paying child support. He probably doesn't have a job where the State can garnish his wages - self employed I guess.
Posted by: Who Cares | February 13, 2018 at 11:14 AM