Kevin Kelley, Ken Johnson, Anthony Brancatelli, Joe Cimperman, Frank Jackson ....Their behavior as elected officials all LOOKS bad. It doesn't help to have two journalists arguing with each other about presenting the news. There is a dust up on FB between Eric Brewer and Sam Allard:
Y'all remember the dude who writes for Cleveland Scene who fabricated quotes and wrote that I said them at a mayor's debate? That's his smiley face. Sam Allard. This cat is hilarious.
We were at the Lee Harvard Community Services Center and he sat in the front row recording everything. Instead of writing what was on the recording he wrote whatever came to his mind. I forget the stupid shit he wrote that I said, but he called me "deranged" for using the words he made up. He's got "zero" crediblity.
Dude is at it again. Last week I got tipped off that he was writing a big feature story about Mark Naymik writng about Ken Johnson and trying to create the illusion he's a criminal. So I reached out to both Naymik and Allard by email and I blind copied Naymik's bosses and co-workers. Chris Quinn, George Rodrigue and Elizabeth were the bosses and co-workers.
All I wanted to know from both Naymik and Allard were the laws Johnson violated. Allard was accusing him of felony acts in tweets, texts and emails so I asked him to share with me in writing which exact federal or state laws he'd violated; and which exact duties of the office of a member of council he'd either exceeded or failed to perform. If you read my story on www.ejbnews.com [1] you already know he didn't have any. He was just co-signing Naymik's shit. Read his words.
"I *am* operating under the assumption that Johnson's actions represent misconduct of one kind or another. I don't know what species of mis- mal- or nonfeasance it may be, but as I said before, it "seems cut-and-dry" to myself and many residents of Ward 4. Mark's stories do not present "implied allegations of some unspecified misconduct." The misconduct is extremely specific, and supported by documentation. I'll leave it to others to determine how it's categorized."
He didn't just stop there. Based only on Naymik's 13 columns and stories about one member of city council, Allard saw a plot and decided he was going to back up the work of a reporter for a completely different newspaper to expose a council conspiracy. This shit's actually pretty funny. Read it. He wrote that he wanted to ...
"... get the temperature" of council in the aftermath of what I regard as serious revelations about Johnson's conduct in office, and to explore the next steps. By whom will he be investigated? If he is forced to step down -- as any council member convicted of a felony is, I believe -- what is the mechanism by which he would be replaced?"
This dude is a lunatic. I have no other words to describe this conduct. My first job as a professional in this business was when W.O. Walker hired me in 1978 to work for the Call & Post. We saw this type of shit aimed at black councilmen coming from the Plain Dealer and Cleveland Press and exposed it. I remember when Prosecutor John T. Corrigan was prosecuting 11 councilmen and an administrator. Everybody was black but one white woman who served on council. Mary Rose Oakar had been originally caught up in the "carnival kickback" investigation when she served on council, but her victory in Congress created a job opportunity for Corrigan's daughter. W.O. exposed Corrigan's decision to pull her out of the investigation and offered the job as a reason. The investigation blew up in Corrigan's face because W.O. exposed his racist azz.
Yes. I have been writing to intentionally make the Plain Dealer uncomfortable by exposing the lies and manipulation in its reporting and the hidden acts of its bosses and reporters. These mutha fuckas are corrupt and they're trying to create yet another scapegoat to push the city council reduction and Johnson is their target. They did it to Gerald Henley to push mayoral control of th schools. They did it to Jimmy Dimora and Frank Russo to push cuonty reform. They did it Frank Gaul to drive $1.8 billion of the county's SAFE investment money back into the hands of private brokers who were living well off handling it. You folk have no idea not really knowing internal media workings how corrupt the Plain Dealer's publishers, editors and reporters are; and how they misuse that fucking newspaper to manipulate us for their own agendas.
Yes. Brent Larkin has been a licensed attorney who worked out of John Climaco's office and that of Angelo Lonardo's at one time. Yes. Former publisher Alex Machaskee and the Voinovich's are Serbian; their families are from the same area of Serbia and are considered "cousins." Voinovich looked like a saint but there's virtually no reference to Mike White saving the city $8 million when he bidded out a garbage contract Voinovich was simply awarding to his boys as a no bid. There's a reason certain politicians leave office rich. Look at that thief Joe Cimperman.
These aren't widely known facts but I've reviewed the public records that confirm them. Most people don't remember the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust investigation of the Plain Dealer and Cleveland Press for collusion when the Press I worked for folded in 1982.
13 articles, Mark? Not one on Joan Synenberg holding presiding over trials illegally? Not one on that thief Joe Cimperman? Not one on John O'Donnell being the worst campaign law violator in this county's history? Not one on Plain Dealer publisher Terrence Egger serving on the Cleveland Clinic board that entered an illegal contract with Gary Norton and deposited $8 million in a separate account in the city's name he created? 13 mutha fuckin' columns and articles on one "black" member of council. Naymik ain't covering news. He's creating a fury to lead a lynch mob.
There is zero evidence of Johnson abusing his office and a more detailed explanation is on my www.ejbnews.com [2] website.
What this shit is evidence of is editorial abuse, selective and racist reporting and "malice." If I were Johnson I'd hire a 1st Amendment attorney because every act identified in Naymik's stories, and Allard's re-telling of them, can be evaluted independently and compared to statutes to learn if they are indeed violations of duty or felonious as Allard has claimed. That's the standard in Milkovich v. Lorain Morning Journal where opinions offered as fact can be evaluated and proved. There's no New York Times v. Sullivan protection for either publiciation in this matter. From his email to me Allard confirmed he had not confirmed any of the information he re-published under the belief he was exposing a public official as a criminal and trying to avoid a cover-up.
Allard's only sources in his story are Naymik, Mike Polensek, Gail Sparks and Brian Cummins. He quotes from "no" public documents or records.
I added the comments I shared with Allard after reading his story because I'm doing all I can to encourage him to get out of writing news. There is no possible way for him to be taken seriously as a credible source of information and it goes double for Naymik. I've watched his entire garbage-azzed career at the Plain Dealer from the beginning.
Real reporting is at www.ejbnews.com [3]
Eric Brewer and Sam Allard. I happen to like both of these guys. They both depend on advertisers and supporters to keep their media alive. Difference here at REALNEO? No advertisers. Mitch Paul pointed out the condundrum to Eric Brewer when it comes to Mark Naymik's reporting:
By referring to advance Ohio you are ignoring the elephant in the room.
The planned DEALER..advance Ohio..Sun papers..and Cleveland.com [4]are all private entities owned by the Newhouse family in NEW York.
Unlike other news(they are much more public relations) organizations they have NO CODE OF ETHICS.
Nor do they adhere to the society of professional journalists code...
The only code is how to boost the interests of other Jewish billionaires like the Ratners or Dan Gilbert's.
The recent deal now exposed as totally UNKOSHER was for Cleveland to buy the plain dealer building at 1801 superior ...in total WITH renovations over 60 millions .
To house less than the 600 CLAIMED police employees.
That's over 100 thousands per employee.
That's over 4 times what any buisness would pay for similar space.
The comparisons that made this appear to be the BEST choice were all phony.
As the PLAIN DEALER moved employees to Ratners skylight office towers(why a company with vacant space would pay rent is obviously fishy..the Ratners then sold thier building for a multiple of the rent)
...concurrently promoting public square renovations done only for the Ratners benifit...and Dan Gilbert's.
The Newhouse's in turn would get plain dealer support for the sale of their building...from the politicians They control
I want Eric and Sam to join forces. I know that -THAT is probably not going to happen. It's too bad. We have Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley driving around town to events in a city car chauffered by a CPD police officer, who would better deployed to protect constituents and city employees, like D'Shane Wilcox, murdered while doing his city job. We have a kind and decent reporter, Nikki Delamotte, apparently murdered by her own family member. We need superhero reporters right now, not this bickering.
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