If my piece yesterday sounded like I was a bit perturbed, it is because I was perturbed and irritated with newspaper reporters/publishers and politicians who try to claim they are taking the high road when they are just as corrupt or more corrupt than those they report about or prosecute. Let’s face it. Frank Pine is not the least bit interested in ending corruption in San Bernardino County. Without corruption stories, the Sun is nothing.
Good government does not make headlines. Corruption stories sell newspapers and the more sensational, the more papers sold. I can’t wait to hear these newspaper execs cry foul play when a judge rules that their one-sided sensationalized reporting has tainted the jury pool to the point that the Colonies cases must legitimately be moved out of county. These guys do not seek justice, they seek revenue.
If Frank Pine was truly interested in seeing corruption cleaned up in this county, he would pursue the stories for which he has been provided documentation and eyewitness accounts from victims. The same goes for the Press Enterprise’s Cassie MacDuff.
