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All hooked up: Hook names Schilling Person of the Year runner up
The Hook, Charlottesville’s premier weekly newspaper, has named Schilling Show host, Rob Schilling, a runner up for its 2011 Person of the Year (POTY): ROB SCHILLING With an all-Democrat city council that’s likely to stay that way, and a city populace that typically votes 80 percent Democratic, conservative radio show host and former City Councilor [...]
Guest editorial: NPR, bias, and evidence based policy
NPR, bias, and evidence based policy by Jeff VanWickler I like National Public Radio. I just wish they weren’t getting my tax money. After the primaries for the 2008 election, The Joan Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics, and Public Policy of The Harvard Kennedy School released a study that showed the media had given measurably [...]
Loose lips: Charlottesville city hall tips media to Tea Party event application
In an egregious breach of operational, organizational, and professional ethics, an unnamed government “official” inside Charlottesville City Hall selectively has divulged confidential and previously undisclosed information to local media. Shortly after Carole Thorpe, chair of the Jefferson Area Tea Party (JATP), submitted a city application for the planned JATP “demonstration” in McGuffey Park this Friday, [...]
Gun shy: Rooker fires at tea party, then ducks appearance on Schilling Show
Hot on the heels of a declamatory shot across the bow of the Jefferson Area Tea Party (JATP), Albemarle County Supervisor, Dennis Rooker, has refused an invitation to appear on WINA’s The Schilling Show in order to clarify inappropriate remarks he delivered at a recent public assembly. At the Wednesday, September 7 Albemarle County Board [...]
Sage against the machine: Melampy speaks on independent clerk run and dirty Charlottesville politics
Note: Exclusive to The Schilling Show, following is an open letter to Charlottesville voters from independent candidate for Clerk of Court, Pam Melampy: Dear Charlottesville Voters~ Due to the media response following the Democratic Primary I felt the need to write to you the voters of Charlottesville to explain a few things that may be [...]
Pride before a fall: Galvin campaign reacts to Schilling endorsement
In the wake of The Schilling Show’s highly anticipated endorsement in the Charlottesville Democrat Firehouse Primary, endorsee Kathy Galvin, an oxymoronically self-described “proud Democrat,” has responded publicly in a widely distributed media release: Galvin for Council For Immediate Release August 17th, 2011 Today former Republican Charlottesville City Councilor, Tea Party activist, and right-wing radio host [...]
Remembering George Putnam on his 97th birthday
From Schilling Show host, Rob Schilling, an open letter to Sal Conlon and the George Putnam family on what would have been George’s 97th birthday (note: this letter was sent directly to the family on July 14, 2010): Dear Putnam Family, It has taken me nearly two years to write this letter as I have [...]
Show me the money: Monticello HS Athletic Director evades FOIA request in “exclusivity agreement” investigation
Monticello High School Athletic Director (and Louisa County Board of Supervisors member), Fitzgerald Barnes, apparently is playing fast and loose with Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests made by The Schilling Show. In the wake of the Albemarle Truth in Taxation Alliance’s discovery that Barnes and other Albemarle County Athletic Directors had entered into [...]
Chicken Halfaday: Democrat council candidate flies coop, ditches Schilling Show interview
After confirming a May 4 appearance on WINA’s The Schilling Show, Charlottesville City Council hopeful James Halfaday, at the last minute has chickened-out. Democrat Halfaday, who personally had accepted the invitation to interview—after an ongoing, multi-week email exchange with The Schilling Show—conveyed his withdrawal via email through campaign manager (and mother hen), Russ Naranjo: From: [...]
Duped: Daily Progress publishes verbatim MoveOn.org talking points as “letter to the editor”
Charlottesville’s Daily Progress prides itself on meticulous pre-screening of “letters to the editor” (LTE) considered for publication—often demanding that writers cite sources prior to production. The Daily Progress “Letters Policy” clearly states that “Letters should be the original work of the signatory.” So far, so good. In the April 11, 2011 edition of the paper, [...]
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