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Glenn Beck provided some callers today
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
September 15, 2009

Talk show host Glenn Beck apparently urged his listeners to call their local newspaper about the lack of coverage of the ACORN scandal.

We learned about Beck's segment after a half-dozen Crossroads listeners called the Advocate newsroom Tuesday. We were caught a bit off-guard because our primary supplier of national news, the Associated Press, has not provided much ACORN coverage recently. We did find a short story to publish Wednesday.

I also plan to contact our AP bureau chief in Dallas to let him know of our readers' interest. We welcome reader calls and suggestions, although I also try to explain we're not part of any liberal media conspiracy. The callers seemed to assume we were intentionally overlooking the story.

Our reporters focus on local news. Our editors review our wire services daily for news from elsewhere that we think might be of particular interest to Crossroads residents. If ACORN or any other national scandal rates extra attention, we'll try to provide it via the AP.

Please don't confuse your hometown newspaper with what you see or don't see on CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, CNN or MSNBC. They have national correspondents and can explain their own coverage. We don't have a dog in that hunt.

We want to be your Advocate. If you want to see certain more of a certain story, by all means call my office at 361-574-1271. We'll bark at the AP for you, but our little yapping voice from Victoria can carry only so far.

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  • ChrisCobler ChrisCobler Report a ViolationReport a Violation
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    Thanks, Observer and all. I hope I made the point that the Advocate isn't part of the MSM -- we're a family-owned community newspaper. Our focus is on the Crossroads region, not ACORN -- unless they start operating here.

    Even so, if you see national topics you think deserve more ink in the Advocate, by all means let us know. We want to provide a fair and balanced review of the top stories of the day.

    September 16, 2009 at 9:26 p.m.

  • Observer Observer Report a ViolationReport a Violation
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    Explanation understood and accepted. For some time, I have noticed an increasing bias in the AP items that are run in the Advocate. While not as pronounced as the New York Times or the Washington post, it is there and seems to involve more deliberate errors of omisssion, rather than blatant errors of comission like the aforementioned rags.

    I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the paper you manage to put out when I first became a subscriber. I continue to be very pleased with what you are able to accomplish with the limited resources available to you. For a small-town newspaper, the Advocate really shines. Keep up the good work.

    September 16, 2009 at 4:33 p.m.

  • freethinker freethinker Report a ViolationReport a Violation
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    Did you see the guy posing as a pimp? How in the world did the ACORN representative fall for that?

    September 16, 2009 at 4:33 a.m.

  • AltonEaston AltonEaston Report a ViolationReport a Violation
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    Chris, I understand the boat you are in. And I thank you for taking the time to explain your position. I believe your explaination should not be taken lightly. It shows the power of the AP and the weakiness lack of funds creats for small town newspapers.

    September 15, 2009 at 10:18 p.m.

  • newearth newearth Report a ViolationReport a Violation
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    How could anyone write nonsense concerning Acorn helping people to commit crime. Watch Fox news Wednesday 16th for the next crime chapter of Acorn, it continues. At least we can now see just how some places cover the corrupt.

    September 15, 2009 at 10:15 p.m.

  • tgrahmann tgrahmann Report a ViolationReport a Violation
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    I did see the short article in Wednesday's paper regarding the Census Bureau severing ties with ACORN. The reason posted in the article attributed the severance of ties was because of conservative complaints of the organizations or some such nonsense. It made no mention of the recent undercover videos uncovering ACORN employees alledgedly giving advice on how to cheat on taxes, advice on running a brothel using illegal, underage El Salvadorean girls, among other illegal activities. All this is funded with our taxpayer money. How is it that some well-informed in the community and area are aware of this big story but the Advocate is not?

    September 15, 2009 at 9:57 p.m.