Friday, April 23, 2010

The Morning Call's Other "News" (wink wink) Sources

[This post was custom composed for Tim Ryan, the new Publisher and CEO of The Morning Call. We've emailed him a link to this post.]

Mr. Ryan: respectfully, it's disgraceful and disgusting that The Morning Call routinely links its online news stories to disgraceful, disgusting, and disbarred lawyer Bernie O'Hare's Lehigh Valley Ramblings blog as "another source" for news.

O'Hare was kicked out of the lawyering profession for (in the findings of the Disciplinary Board of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court) dishonesty, fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, unauthorized activity, forgery, cover-up, conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice, illegal conduct, and moral turpitude [evil intent]. It's all in The Morning Call archives.

Mr. Ryan, are these the Tribune Company's new resume requirements for its "Valley Blogosphere" bloggers and the Morning Call "reporters" who hang (and hang all day, it appears) on these local blogger/opinion venters' every keystroke?

We're hoping your answer is no, and we're also hoping you'll actually answer us-- something the co-architect of "Valley Blogosphere" (w/ O'Hare) didn't have the stomach for.

Mr. Ryan, for your consideration ... your Morning Call "political insider" blogger O'Hare is currently being sued, and your "master of ethical civility" blogger Michael Donovan is currently being probed by the Board of Ethics of the City of Allentown.

O'Hare has never been rehabilitated. O'Hare is still openly and publicly threatening to sabotage the civil litigation of already suffering, grief-stricken families-- the same thing he did, w/ evil intent, to his own African American civil rights client George Usry, and Luzerne County widow Lucille White and her three fatherless children and for which O'Hare was disbarred.

Here's something else you should know, Mr. Ryan.

Staffers from "The Tribune Company" (The Morning Call), your employees, are spotted on this blog's SiteMeter(R), reading this blog, for extended periods of time, sometimes as many as a dozen or more times each day, every day, including weekends.

Curiously, they never report on any of the news items they find so mesmerizing here.

As an astute commenter at our most recent blog post suggested ...

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Bill ... Maybe you should email Mr. Ryan a note informing him each time one of his employees visits LVS presumably on company time using a company computer. Mr. Ryan might appreciate the heads-up and look into why his employees are visiting so often during working hours, yet not producing any news articles as a result.


If I was a CEO, I'd see this as a productivity issue.

If I was a publisher, I'd want to know what my newspaper employees were repeatedly looking at that was so damn interesting - yet not interesting enough to get a news story out of.

Perhaps he would spare you sufficient minutes for you to open his eyes re: the disgraceful abomination that is the Morning Call's current model of how to go about affiliating with local blogs.

This is not a trivial part of how a newspaper presents itself to existing and potential consumers.

Wed Apr 21, 11:57:00 AM 2010

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Mr. Ryan, we'd like to meet with you. Would you give us that opportunity?

We'll contact you again next week, by phone, to arrange a meeting.

Thank you for your consideration.

Bill Villa & Angie Villa

Lehigh Valley Somebody

40 comments:

Bill Villa said...

The fact that O'Hare has never been rehabilitated was proven, beyond all reasonable doubt, by way of a research study conducted recently by Muhlenberg College professor Jeff Pooley, PhD.

Lazy, Lazy, Lazy said...

Valley Blogosphere member "LV Voice/Katie Bee" hasn't had a new blog post in almost a year.

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

The "Blogging Idol" slithers by ...

Domain Name > aol.com
IP Address > 172.129.137.# (America Online)
Operating System > Microsoft WinXP
Browser > Internet Explorer 6.0
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Alexa Toolbar)

Time of Visit > Apr 24 2010 12:16:46 am

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Bernie O'Hare said...
"Wow! Your sitemeter picked me up. I'm posting comments here [anonymously]. It should pick me up." -Bernie O'Hare, in a signed comment at LVS on Tuesday, 9/15/09

Bill Villa said...

dishonesty,

fraud,

deceit,

misrepresentation,

unauthorized activity,

forgery, cover-up,

conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice,

illegal conduct,

and

moral turpitude [evil intent].

Angie Villa said...

Some things never change.

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

Domain Name > ptd.net
IP Address > 24.229.144.# (PenTeleData)
City > Nazareth

Time of Visit > Apr 25 2010 8:48:48 am

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

The "Blogging Idol" defendant is back again ...

Domain Name > aol.com
IP Address > 172.162.242.# (America Online)
Operating System > Microsoft WinXP
Browser > Internet Explorer 6.0
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Alexa Toolbar)

Time of Visit > Apr 25 2010 11:33:40 am

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Bernie O'Hare said...
"Wow! Your sitemeter picked me up. I'm posting comments here [anonymously]. It should pick me up." -Bernie O'Hare, in a signed comment at LVS on Tuesday, 9/15/09

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

Domain Name > (Unknown)
IP Address > 163.192.13.# (Tribune Company)
ISP > The Morning Call

Time of Visit > Apr 25 2010 1:08:50 pm

Anonymous said...

"And while Mr. Donovan may stand a chance at rehabilitation ..."

I seriously doubt it, Villas. Donovan is an infantile narcissist, delusionally self-abosrbed and totally incapable of being wrong, unless O'Hare points out a flaw, and then Donovan oozes remorse and grovels for O'Hare's approval. He self-congratulates himself on getting tenure at Cedar Crest (for now) by posting not only his bombastic tenure speech but a series of 3 You Tube videos of him inflicting his speech upon his sadly captive audience (9 views of video #3 last time I checked, which means maybe 3-4 visitors when you subtract Ned & Diana views and Donovan admiring himself). Those teens at Bucky Boyle Park got it right.

Bill Villa said...

Let's try to keep it civil and mutually respectful, although we agree w/ everything you're saying.

Anonymous said...

Merci (and Mea Culpa).

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

Domain Name > ptd.net
IP Address > 24.229.144.# (PenTeleData)
City > Nazareth

Time of Visit > Apr 25 2010 7:59:33 pm

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

"Valley Blogosphere" lapdog trainer O'Hare,
again ...

Domain Name > aol.com
IP Address > 172.162.242.# (America Online)
Operating System > Microsoft WinXP
Browser > Internet Explorer 6.0
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Alexa Toolbar)

Time of Visit > Apr 26 2010 9:04:03 am

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Bernie O'Hare said...
"Wow! Your sitemeter picked me up. I'm posting comments here [anonymously]. It should pick me up." -Bernie O'Hare, in a signed comment at LVS on Tuesday, 9/15/09

McJudas said...

From The Morning Call archives.

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

"Curiously, they never report on any of the news items they find so mesmerizing here."

Domain Name > (Unknown)
IP Address > 163.192.13.# (Tribune Company)
ISP > The Morning Call

Time of Visit > Apr 26 2010 10:29:45 am

McJudas said...

Well said. Here's another huge story (read the whole thing) The Morning Call doesn't want you to know about ...

Angie Villa said...

Related Info

Anonymous said...

The townspeople were restless, uneasy. They could just barely see the Pale Rider approaching, his image rippling in the heat waves vibrating along the horizon. They didn't know why, but they could tell everything was about to change.

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

" ... restless, uneasy ..."

Domain Name > (Unknown)
IP Address > 163.192.13.# (Tribune Company)
ISP > The Morning Call

Time of Visit > Apr 26 2010 11:59:02 am

Time of Visit > Apr 26 2010 11:46:34 am

Bill Villa said...

Email, Outgoing, to Morning Call Publisher/CEO, Tim Ryan.

On Apr 26, 2010, at 1:16:09 PM, Bill Villa wrote:

Mr. Ryan, have you had a chance to examine our blog post yet?

Bill Villa, 610.428.xxxx

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

Domain Name > (Unknown)
IP Address > 163.192.13.# (Tribune Company)
ISP > Tribune Company

Time of Visit > Apr 26 2010 1:30:19 pm

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

"Researcher" (wink wink), O'Hare-Duped Dunce, Muhlenberg College Professor, and pathetically pusillanimous pixie Jeff Pooley drops by, why? No clue. Literally.

Domain Name > muhlenberg.edu
IP Address > 192.104.181.# (Muhlenberg College)
ISP > Muhlenberg College

Time of Visit > Apr 26 2010 2:31:02 pm

Bill Villa said...

Readers, it has been brought to my attention that the "Blogging Idol" ripped longtime O'Hare lapdog and BO/BS load swallower LVCI a new a-hole over at LV Ramblings today, so to cheer the "Dopier Duncan" LVCI up, I ...

Email, Outgoing, to LVCI.

Subject Heading: Snake Bites

On Apr 26, 2010, at 7:49:24 PM, Bill Villa wrote:

LVCI. Hey, some re-payment for your undying loyalty to O'Hare, eh?

If you feel like a duped (and dumped) fool, well, at least it matches how you look. Just sayin'. -BV

Bill Villa said...

Still Duped by O'Hare?

Angie Villa said...

THE UGLY TRUTH
ABOUT BERNIE O'HARE

He was disbarred for sabotaging lawsuits w/ evil intent.

The Even Uglier Truth: O'Hare has never been rehabilitated.

Examine our Ugly Facts on O'Hare.

Part 1: Overview

Part 2: George Usry

Part 3: Lucille White

Part 4: Still Duped By O'Hare?

ATTENTION: LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS & MEDIA:

Why is Bernie O'Hare Defiling Sheena Villa?

Find out, and start avoiding O'Hare like the plague he is, or we'll do everything we can to guarantee that you will lose your next election like Don Cunning-Ham almost did ...

UpDate: O'Hare gets his dumb fat ass sued by The Villas.

McJudas said...

DA Jim Martin takes 7 months to charge DUI killer.

Bill Villa said...

That's pretty "quick," by Jim Martin standards ...

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

What do you think, Morning Call "newspaper?"

Domain Name > (Unknown)
IP Address > 163.192.13.# (Tribune Company)
ISP > Tribune Company

Time of Visit > Apr 27 2010 12:39:15 pm

Time of Visit > Apr 27 2010 11:08:12 am

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

BO/BS load swallower Chris Casey, we don't care what you think.

Domain Name > (Unknown)
IP Address > 4.58.166.162 (Level 3 Communications)

Time of Visit > Apr 27 2010 12:18:10 pm

Bill Villa said...

Email, Incoming, from Allentown Ethics Board member J. Jackson Eaton, III, cc'd to the rest of the Ethics Board, Mayor Pawlowski, City Clerk Mike Hanlon

Readers, Mr. Eaton is responding (10 days later) to our e-request of April 17 that he recuse himself from the Ethics Board during our complaint proceedings against Michael Donovan for several reasons of impartiality questionability-- one being that Mr. Eaton and the father of my daughter Sheena's killer are both partners in the same law firm; second being that Mr. Eaton's law firm has represented The Morning Call for many years and Michael Donovan is a handpicked and favored member of The Morning Call's "Valley Blogosphere" where Donovan's blog writings (including his anti-Villas attacks) are accessible to the newspaper's self-touted "10 million online visitors every month" (Note: astoundingly up from "600,000" the last time the "newspaper" self-touted its online readership, quite the hefty "increase" (wink wink), but we digress).

On Apr 27, 2010, at 12:01:27 PM, J. Jackson Eaton, III wrote:

Mr. Villa,

Presently, there is nothing [from you] pending before the Ethics Board. At such time as a matter is presented for the Board's consideration, I will consider any potential conflicts [of interest] that may arise from my consideration of the circumstances involved in that matter.

Sincerely,

Jackson Eaton

J. Jackson Eaton, III
Gross McGinley, LLP
33 South Seventh Street
Allentown, PA 18102
610-820-5450
FAX 610-820-6006
www.grossmcginley.com

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((Me))

Mr. Eaton, FYI, you and the rest of the Board, and Mayor Pawlowski, and Mike Hanlon, will have our re-worked complaint and request within the next few days.

Basically, we'll be giving you all the "red meat" we would have presented at the hearing you have deftly avoided via loophole as part of our signed/hard copy submissions.

Each member of the Board will get their own copy, and each copy is rather heavy, about a half-ream's worth.

BTW, I don't appreciate your "cute" and much-delayed response, but at least you've given me one, which is more than we can say for the Rev. Canon Maria who continues to ignore our reasonable question. Hopefully God has an Ethics Board that will address this one day.

Mr. Eaton, stay on the Board, if you wish, glaring conflicts of interest be damned.

Bill Villa,
Angie Villa
610.428.xxxx

Sondra Wise said...

"Ethics" (wink wink) Board,

it's only a matter of time.

Just sayin'.

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

Of this blog's last 100 visitors, 14 (14%) were by OCD Blog Troll/Turd Chris Casey. Get help Chris. And don't feel guilty (or really nervous) about the role you inadvertently (oopsie) played that'll result in the Villas bringing down Mike Donovan. The Vs would have gotten Donovan w/ out your (and O'Hare's) "help." But, merci, anyway :)

Up Periscope said...

V for Victory ... V for Villas ... Coincidence?

Lehigh County Democrat said...

My Take...

Dean Browning is a Shameless Publicity Whore.

Over & Out...

Anonymous said...

The Morning Call sites WFMZ, and LehighvalleyLive (which is the Express Times I believe) as "other Allentown sources". These are legitimate news media with trained journalists. They list O'Hare's blog (and Molovinsky's and other Valley Blogosphere bloggers) in there along with the legitimate journalists. That's deceptive and not right because bloggers are not real journalists, and much of the time they are libelists like "Inclusion by Michael Donovan."

Anonymous said...

Check out article in today's paper about Ron Angle. Apparently a while back he was accidentally injured when he slipped on ice at his deceased father's place, and he is suing for 50k, and claiming psychological problems due to the fall. He's admitting he's got mental illness. So both Angle and O'Hare have mental health issues. Isn't THAT who Donovan should be writing about? Oh, the hypocrisy!

Lehigh Valley Observer said...

Anonymous Said:

The Morning Call sites WFMZ, and LehighvalleyLive (which is the Express Times I believe) as "other Allentown sources". These are legitimate news media with trained journalists. They list O'Hare's blog (and Molovinsky's and other Valley Blogosphere bloggers) in there along with the legitimate journalists. That's deceptive and not right because bloggers are not real journalists, and much of the time they are libelists like "Inclusion by Michael Donovan."

New Morning Call CEO Tim Ryan needs to address this issue. It reflects very, very badly on his newly acquired property.

The Villas have requested a meeting w Mr. Ryan to discuss this (and other issues).

Won't be long before we see whether he gives a damn.

Angie Villa said...

Anon 10:50, yes it is shameful that a newspaper would legitimize O'Hare, Molovinsky and other blahgers by listing them along with real journalists. Standards have gotten really low at The Morning Crawl. The Faux News channel has lowered journalistic standards across the country. But I think by elevating O'Hare the Crawl flaunts their sadistic cruelty. They torture grieving families by allowing cruel online comments, and by their sensational, insensitive headlines and slanted coverage of crime stories. I believe that anyone who associates with O'Hare is saying they are okay with sadistic cruelty.

Anon 10:54:
I read that Angle and his wife are EACH seeking damages in excess of 50k. I agree, the hypocrisy and really poor judgment of Donovan, (and Pooley), who are "educators" is just staggering.

LV Observer, I agree,this reflects badly on his property, and Ryan is proactively misinforming the public, violating journalistic standards and ethics.

Bill Villa said...

Did somebody say ethics?

Bill Villa said...

I'll be phoning Tim Ryan on Thursday/tomorrow ...

and mailing our re-worked Complaint on Michael Donovan to the Allentown "Ethics" Board.