Alaska KTVA: We Stand By Our "Corrupt Bastards" Who Conspired Against Joe Miller (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Sunday, October 31, 2010, 12:08 PM
Alaska CBS affiliate KTVA defended their “corrupt bastards” on staff who conspired against Republican Joe Miller. The reporters were caught on tape planning to report scandalous stories against Joe Miller. The audio of their conversation displayed the shocking level of bias and corruption in this Alaska media outlet.
The station stood by their “corrupt bastards” today:
KTVA defended their corrupt bastards today saying:
“While the recording is real, the allegations are untrue.”
Released October 31, 2010: 9:17 a.m. (Alaska Standard Time)
A press release issued Saturday October 30, 2010, by the Joe Miller campaign claims that KTVA personnel, “openly discuss creating, if not fabricating, two stories about Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, Joe Miller.” KTVA General Manager Jerry Bever says, “It’s unfortunate that this recording has happened. It’s unfortunate because it does not accurately reflect the journalistic standards of our newsroom and the garbled context will no doubt leave more questions than answers. The Miller campaign’s analysis of the recording is incorrect in many material ways ranging from personnel involved in the conversation, the interpretation of conversation snippets and the reported transcript of the perceived garbled conversation.”
“While the recording is real, the allegations are untrue,” said Bever. “The recording was the result of a cell phone not being hung up after a call was placed to Randy DeSoto, Joe Miller campaign spokesperson, Thursday afternoon to discuss Joe Miller’s appearance on that evening’s newscast. That phone call was placed near the end of a coverage planning meeting in our newsroom regarding that evening’s Miller rally in downtown Anchorage. The group of KTVA news personnel was reviewing potential “what-if” scenarios, discussing the likelihood of events at the rally and how KTVA might logistically disseminate any breaking news.”
Bever continues, “The perception that this garbled, out of context recording may leave is unfortunate, but to allege that our staff was discussing or planning to create or fabricate stories regarding candidate Miller is absurd. The complete conversation was about what others might be able to do to cause disruption within the Miller campaign, not what KTVA could do.”
While Bever would not discuss any personnel issues linked with the recording, Bever says “Have we had internal discussions about the level of professionalism we need to bring to our conversations, internally and externally? Of course we have, this is a lesson to learn from.”
Sorry, KTVA. That doesn’t make any sense.
Guilty.
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Skandia commented:
Viral…
Google bomb the bastards..
Link to the story everywhere and everyway you can.
Militant Conservative commented:
Rush taught us this in the early 1990′s. the media gets a template then goes out to make it true. News is a product people and the current vendors have nothing but propaganda.
WE get better news now for WE dig it up ourselves on-line. I have noticed of late that I am beating Rush, Beck, Hannity and others by a 24 hour cycle due to looking it up myself. Plus the Right wing Talk show giants come to the same conclusion I did a day before. Thus WE are not Robots we reasoned it out ourselves. The left is not really liking this much as we can spread far and wide the truth at the touch of a button. Right Skandia?
powder is dry and chkn lips nowher to be found.
must be counting his feathers.
Kinch commented:
“It’s unfortunate because it does not accurately reflect the journalistic standards of our newsroom…” He’s right. The rest of their newsroom aren’t supposed to get caught.
jimg commented:
Fake, but accurate, right?
jainphx commented:
The MSM is actively campaigning against R’s, my goodness who knew? They act like this is something new on the scene.
Paleryder commented:
Do we need any further proof to remove these networks from broadcasting in a free America. Their rights do not include intentional lies and attempts to steal elections. Everyone of them needs to be utterly destroyed and removed from ever having a say in anything in this country again.
Alana commented:
“WE get better news now for WE dig it up ourselves on-line. I have noticed of late that I am beating Rush, Beck, Hannity and others by a 24 hour cycle due to looking it up myself.”
Me, too, Militant. Ain’t it cool? And I only started paying attention to any of this a couple of years ago!
Valerie commented:
The transcript is damning. I tried to copy the exact text and quote it, but was unable to do so.
So here’s the link to the transcript:
http://biggovernment.com/publius/2010/10/30/anchorage-cbs-affiliate-caught-on-voicemail-conspiring-against-alaskas-gop-senate-candidate/
If KTVA wants to disagree with the transcript, they should say what they think it should be.
Ginger commented:
MC …. you are so right! I turn my computer on while I make my coffee and the tv is LAST!
jimg commented:
“The group of KTVA news personnel was reviewing potential “what-if” scenarios, discussing the likelihood of events at the rally and how KTVA might logistically disseminate any breaking news.”
Bull.
I’ve read the transcript.
You’re telling me your ‘what-if’ scenario involves a child molester at the rally? How? Will he or she be carrying a sign announcing it?
Don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining.
Ginger commented:
Hell, i’ve been calling them “no good Bastards” long before Sarah did! hahaha
Valerie commented:
Ohhh, here’s the audio merged with the transcript! I dunno, it sure sounds like the lady Palin described it properly.
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/204691.php
chuck in st paul commented:
“Who ya gonna believe..?? Me or your lying ears?”
Corky Boyd commented:
CBS’s Dan Rather said the docs might be fakes but the underlying story was real (a further lie) and KTVA (CBS) says the tape is real but he story isn’t. Huh?
What universe do these folks live in? Where does CBS train their people? What has modern journalism devolved into?
jainphx commented:
Palin! Unafraid, tells it like it is, what a breath of fresh air. My gosh where are our men? This woman has more courage in her pinkie finger, than a dozen establishment people.
Can you see now why they need to crush her, can’t have her telling the truth. No! Why tell the truth when a lie does the job to, until now, an uneducated in politics voter. Thank G-D Al Gore invented the internet.
retired military commented:
Hey if they were from NPR they would be given a promotion.
Stuart commented:
KTVA staff are obviously graduates of the Dan Rather school of journalism. Funny how the MSM can get caught again and again and deny, deny, deny.
sandy commented:
The first thing I want Republicans to do when they take The House is to hold hearings on these treasonous bastards who call themselves the media. As for Lisa Murkowski — she is nothing but pond scum.
davidt commented:
KTVA General Manager Jerry Bever says, “It’s unfortunate that this recording has happened.”
‘Nuff said.
RedGrandma commented:
@ jimg #3
No, not fake but accurate…how about real but inaccurate!! These progs think we’re idiots.
Ginger commented:
When Sarah runs for President it will be a land slide for her! How as it she said ….go to Washington and shake up the establishment! You go LADY!!!!
Please guard her and her family real good!
sandy commented:
Lisa Murkowski may have won in court — because she will have an extra ballot which can be taken into the voting booth with her name on it. But 100 others have taken advantage of the court’s ruling and are also going to be on that extra ballot. Hope they have names like Misa Lurkowski, Sisa Kilkowski and Daisy Milkcowsky.
donh commented:
Sounds like the Legacy of Dan Rather…Fake but accurate ….unless caught on tape… then it flips to where the documentation is accurate, but don’t believe your own eyes…your interpretation is fake.
Militant Conservative commented:
Alana
October 31st, 2010 | 12:25 pm | #7
Ginger
October 31st, 2010 | 12:28 pm | #9
Thank you ladies. I got it bad though. I go to work and can blog all day most of the time as my position is one of “powder is dry/stand ready” for the O.R. personnel needing my services. I love my job, I go to work to play most days.
Gotta love it when you hit a nerve of goodwill.
powder is dry.
Oldpuppymax commented:
Apparently it all depends upon the definitions of “tape”, “recording”, and “if!” Nothing to see here…it was all out of context, after all!!! God I love it when leftists get sloppy.
Rock commented:
While the recording is real, the allegations are untrue,
Translation, trust us.
The recording was the result of a cell phone not being hung up after a call
Translation, we are not dumb, just forgetful.
reviewing potential “what-if” scenarios,
Translation, can we make this happen?
likelihood of events
Translation, is our man in place.
The perception that this garbled, out of context recording may leave is unfortunate
Translation, damn we got caught.
Have we had internal discussions about the level of professionalism we need to bring to our conversations.
Translation, get caught again and you will be reporting from under the bus.
Joanne commented:
For any American who isn’t clear on which side Obama is on, then ask yourself why is the U.S. sending 67 Billion dollars worth of armament to Saudia Arabia, but delaying arms shipment and cancelling F-22 fighter jets sales to Israel, Japan, and India – America’s allies. Obama’s inability to deal with Iran has set off an weapons race in the Middle East, but America is helping out Israel but her enemies – on both counts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8nG8R3tziI&feature=player_embedded
Obama has got to go, and the only way it seems to be able to do that is to have Republicans in Congress and the Senate to put an end to the insanity.
Joanne commented:
Sorry -
” but America ISN’T helping out Israel but her enemies – on both counts.”
DocScience commented:
Ah, business as usual in the media is getting more and more difficult.
Damn the internet, damn cellphones, damn the truth.
gus commented:
These bastards know they are libtards, and they deny it. Then they get caught and don’t have the fuccing common decency to fire the offenders.
This goes on all over America.
Fucc CBS.
Ginger commented:
Like I said we need and can punish the media of all forms!
Jen in AK commented:
If this is being said in the KTVA newsroom (one of the more moderate stations here), I wonder what is being said in the newsroom of Channel 2, KTUU. They may as well rename themselves the Lisa/Democrat headquarters… It’s bad up here right now folks, I am glad Sarah is bringing this to the national level. I, for one, will be voting for Joe Miller on Tuesday!
Dale commented:
It’s hard for me to comprehend they don’t understand their explanation makes it WORSE. If it was a couple of lefty reporters caught making jokes about making the Miller campaign look bad, that’s one thing. But if it was the ACTUAL PLANNING MEETING of the GROUP responsible for political coverage, it indicts the whole station. If those ‘jokes’ were tolerable to the group, they should all be fired. If they were meant seriously, they should all be indicted.
donh commented:
The least CBS could do is fire somebody, and put out a fake smiley face PR statement on how much it disapproves of this unprofessional conduct . Now its like hey this is what we do. We are just doing our job as Hack propagandists for the fasci state. Sorry for leaving our fly unzipped. We promise to work harder to conceal our plots to defame enemies of the state. Effective immediately no more cell phone chatter. All evil plans to slander innocent people must be drawn on white board and transmitted in silence.
jetstream commented:
Militant Conservative
- what are your top sites to visit besides this one?
Atlanta Media Guy commented:
Send your comments to KTVA Corporate parent, Media Group. Here is the link… Tell them that you will contact the FCC and that every voice on the recording and the news director should be canned! Just shows the media is in the bag and will do everything possible to elect their favorite. Real nice journalistic integrity by this bunch! here is the link…
http://www.medianewsgroup.com/Pages/ContactUs.aspx
davidt commented:
907-646-2100 is KVTA’s phone number.
Espresso Logic - The 6th Sense commented:
Paleryder
October 31st, 2010 | 12:24 pm | #6
And just how would you accomplish that?
Sane people refuses to patraonize those media outlets? OK
Government making the decision? Idiotic
Bill Mitchell commented:
A Democrat could be recorded saying, “I love to eat babies”, and the left would claim it was taken out of context (never, of course, explaining in what possible context such a comment could be acceptable.
Oh, I get it, what the Democrat was really saying was “I love to eat Baby Ruths”, only the end was edited out by evil Republicans.
Got it.
No wonder you idiots are gonna get creamed Tuesday.
Just_Saying commented:
Interesting, isn’t it, that the US spends millions to assure elections around the world are legitimate, while helping fraud in elections within the US.
.
pagar commented:
“Where does CBS train their people? ”
Where would you guess the Communist Broadcasting System would train their people?
At Communist Party Headquarters.
Chilly in Alaska commented:
Doesn’t this just remind you of the media’s reaction when the climategate emails were released???
Corrupt and PHONY journalist! Only the useful idiots get the news from them or believe their lies, the rest of us GET THE TRUTH ONLINE.
Chilly in Alaska commented:
Forgot to tell this in my last post. Got one of those automated calls about an hour ago. Seems democrats are now wanting democrats and independents to vote for Lisa and not Scott McAdams. They are DESPERATE TO SABOTAGE Joe Miller and will do ANYTHING. I hope ALL Alaskans recognize this and turn out to vote for JOE MILLER. By the way, I am a conservative independent…..
thomas mc donnell commented:
the station general manager defended the reporters because they only were doing what he told them to do. they all went to the same school of leftist propaganda. journalism doesn’t exist to tell the truth, it exists to advance our political agenda.
Atlanta Media Guy commented:
Time to email every local sponsor of KTVA. If they can do it to Glenn Beck, we can do it to KTVA. Every advertiser on their website needs to be contacted and asked if they agree with a news operation that is trying to effect an election outcome with trumped up false journalism. Time to contact the FCC, their corporate parent Media News Group and the advertisers on KTVA. Also contact affiliate relations at CBS in New York.
We can’t let this story die down, even after Tuesday until these bozos at this station are fired! Journalists? Ha!
Hedgehog commented:
Creeps! Commie scumbag bastards! When are people going to realize that Communists are fundamentally evil?
Jerry C commented:
Welcome to the USSA. It’s been that way for a long time. You’re just now figuring that out? God help us tomorrow 11/2 and in 2012. But that would take a moral citizenry to change God’s mind from this runaway freight train called Obamanation.
Militant Conservative commented:
jetstream
October 31st, 2010 | 3:18 pm | #37
Why do you ask??
ldtowers commented:
I can’t believe that anyone here has the right to make any assumptions about anything here without having directly heard the recording.