Let This Be My Answer to My Critics

For the last few months I have found myself in an awful pit due to the fact that I took local politician and Sparks attorney to the wood shed for his having called me a ‘puppet.’ He was referring to the fact that I had written a number of articles about his opponent former Sparks mayor and now Judge Jim Spoo.

I stated that Doug Nicholson had nothing to offer the public as a candidate because he had turned to name calling to justify his poorly run campaign. And what ultimately got me fired was not my political point of view, but rather the fact that I posted an entire letter sent to the Sparks Tribune ‘s editor from Nicholson, which had been forwarded to me.

Unfortunately for Nicholson,he did not return my phone calls prior to press time. (I even held stories over for two and three days.) Therefore he was very rarely quoted. (Not that he would have ever had anything relevant to say about the contest between himself and Judge Spoo.)

A number of people have called into question my ethics as they relate to journalism. I was even accused of name calling myself when I called Senator Harry Reid, “Pinky.”

That is his nickname from childhood and anyone worth their oats in Nevada political news gathering should know that!

As for me, I am transparent in my belief system and will not be moved from it. I am conservative and damned proud of it!

Instead my ‘blog’ about Nicholson was forwarded to the newspapers’ editor. This incited her to take action after I had pressed her for months to read my weblog, which she would never do.

Not one of my reports was ever considered ‘bias,’ by the newspapers’ editor. Had they been, she would have corrected the problem long before it reached the press floor.

I believe in her integrity that much!

She and the publisher let me go simply because they felt I had breached their trust in posting that letter from Nicholson. Besides, who says a journalist cannot have an opinion or write a commentary?

That is B.S. as it happens all the time on the network news.

What is really disappointing is the fact that the blogging community didn’t get the whole-story. They were led astray and left to believe that I was fired for my support of Governor Jim Gibbons or Congressman Dean Heller.

Too bad these other so-called journalists didn’t have the courage of their convictions to stand up and say what or who they REALLY believe in.