Donna McCoy recently commented on this blog about Police Chief Danny Macagni's racial slurs of "stupid wetbacks", "damned Mexicans", "niggers" and "chinks". She came to the defense of citizens who didn't object loudly and demand Police Chief Danny Macagni's resignation because, "It's more a case of ignorance, especially if one has to search for an independent paper to learn about it."
The Tin Soldier agrees heartily. What would we do without the Santa Maria Sun? (See excellent article by Kirsten Flagg on Macagni's racial slurs.)
In case my readers didn't notice, the Santa Maria Times would not touch the Macagni story with even a ten foot pole. There was absolutely no mention whatsoever in the Times about it -- ever. Total blackout from the only daily newspaper in the city of a huge story about the Santa Maria Police Officers' Association so upset at Police Chief Danny Macagni that they went public with their concerns.
Ignoring the Macagni racial slur story by the Santa Maria Times is not only unprofessional, it does an outrageous disservice to the citizens and smacks of cronyism at its worst.
Another example of main stream media thinking they can continue to spoon feed to the people whatever they want them to know -- and bury truths they don't want exposed to the light of day.
Golly, gee. Just what might we do with truthful knowledge? Could it be that we might be informed voters? What a concept.
Why should anyone forward the information about Police Chief Danny Macagni's racial slurs to KCOY or KSBY ????
After the news hit at the 'Sun' newspaper, surely journalists worth their salt would have been all over the story. They would have been interviewing police officers, getting 'man on the street' opinions, attempting to get an interview with the accused Police Chief Danny Macagni -- you know, all the things that legitimate, investigative journalists do.
Oh, but I forgot -- we're talking about the 'Santa Maria Times'. My insiders tell me that the Police Officers' Association went to the 'Santa Maria Times' first with their story. When they were stonewalled, they went to our wonderful independent newspaper, the 'SUN'.
My insiders also tell me that 'Santa Maria Times' reporters are told who they can and can't talk with and what stories they can and can't print.
That's why blogs came into existence -- to go around the mainstream media that insists on spoonfeeding the public what it wants them to know -- and hiding what it doesn't want them to know.
One Tin Soldier
Posted by: onetinsoldier | June 29, 2007 at 03:48 AM
He should resign, what a joke, I can't believe the Santa Maria Times did not run this story. Most of the police officers I personally know here in Santa Maria are Hispanic too. Did anyone forward this info to KSBY or KCOY? No one wanted to run it?
Posted by: Victoria | June 28, 2007 at 10:33 AM