Is Contra Costa Times Political Editor Lisa Vorderbrueggen Biased? (Part 1)

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(12.20.09) -- CNM destroys her for questionable article. Part 1 of 11. On Sunday, Dec 20, 2009, the Contra Costa Times (CCT) print edition ran a lengthy front-page-of-the-second-section story which we feel unfairly smeared CNM and its founder, John D. Villarreal. That story was written by CCT political editor Lisa Vorderbrueggen. CNM had anticipated how Ms Vorderbrueggen would portray us in her piece. We actually had scooped the CCT editor on what we figured was to be her originally-planned story with our series of videos posted on Tuesday, December 15, 2009. The video series discussed Robert Beadles' affinity for controversial talk radio host Alex Jones. Mr. Beadles, a Republican, is running as a candidate for the United States House of Representatives. He is one of several challengers to Democrat Congressman Jerry McNerney in the pending 2010 election for the 11th district of California. That 5-part video series can be viewed here. If you are short on time, we recommend parts 4 & 5 for a synopsis of the series: Part 1 http://bit.ly/589sBj Part 2 http://bit.ly/7H41kt Part 3 http://bit.ly/6yGDpa Part 4 http://bit.ly/8OJMD0 Part 5 http://bit.ly/4w7OHh As we detail in this series of videos, we believe that our advanced derailing of her preferred narrative for her Dec 20 story irked Ms. Vorderbrueggen. Her apparent displeasure, we believe, was borne out in what she ended up writing about CNM in her piece. Our video series here critically examines Ms. Vorderbrueggen present article. It also examines Ms. Vorderbrueggen's background as a reporter, as well as some of the controversies and criticisms which have dogged her over the course of her political reporting career. The following are links which we either allude to in the video series or else will provide further information on Ms. Vorderbrueggen and further background on the present situation between her and CNM. * The title for the print version of Lisa Vorderbrueggen's Dec. 20, 2009 page A-19 (front page of the 'East Bay & Bay Area' section of the Contra Costa Times) article was "Anonymous Blog Sniper Comes Clean." This is the article in which Ms. Vorderbrueggen mentions CNM and John D. Villarreal. The online version of Ms. Vorderbrueggen's piece is now available. The title has been changed to "Blog sniper turns out to be CD11 campaign consultant." It can be viewed here: http://bit.ly/4zkowl * Purportedly objective CCT political editor and reporter Lisa Vorderbrueggen is a "fan" of candidate Robert Beadles on Beadles' Facebook page: http://bit.ly/69l9y9 * "Lisa Vorderbrueggen to address Coco Taxpayers luncheon, Nov 30" (2007) http://bit.ly/4voE9A Was Ms. Vorderbrueggen paid to address the Contra Costa County Taxpayers Association? If so, by whom? Was the event partisan? If Ms. Vorderbrueggen was paid for her appearance, how might this have affected her remarks? Why did none of this info appear in LV's article? This shows the practice criticized by Lisa V is WIDE spread on the left & the largest blog (Daily Kos) in the political space. In fact, Lisa never mentions anyone on the left as doing this practice. Ha ha, they invented it! Heck, they practically own the internet & new media which is why I started CNM. "Daily Kos Google Ads Mega Fail" http://bit.ly/5zQ73W "Blogging for Dollars" http://bit.ly/61cPTm "I got a job as a paid Progressive Activist" http://bit.ly/8lJate "The Double Standard About Bias in Journalism" (Reason) http://bit.ly/78FoXo Newspaper Death Watch http://bit.ly/4H5E LV interviewed after St. Marys Debate (8.11.09) http://bit.ly/7IEty0 CC Times Circulation down 3.3% http://bit.ly/67joRX Job cuts & furloughs for CC Times http://bit.ly/kBRxW CC Time's owner in financial trouble http://bit.ly/ZRLRP [To be continued soon...] *