Monday, October 25, 2010

Morning Call Deletes/Blocks My Comments

Every day, The Morning Call "newspaper" allows racist and hateful remarks to dominate its online article comment sections. Most of the Morning Call's enabling and anonymous online hatred is directed at Allentown's Hispanic population.

In a blog post entitled, "Cockroaches," under-achieving Morning Call food/gluttony columnist Bill White justified it thusly: "The tremendous traffic on our Web site is a selling point for advertisers and future subscribers. And the [Forum] comments, warts and all, attract a lot of those clicks."

Thanks Bill, now we get it: Hate Sells.

The Truth? Not so much, especially when the truth casts The Morning Call's favored cronies in a bad light.

For example, there's an article in today's "newspaper" about Paulette Hunter, the tenacious driving force behind Allentown's new "Destination Playground" that's opening today. Read the article and you'll see that it doesn't take "reporter" Jarrett Renshaw long to get around to his editor's not so hidden main agenda: attempting to rehabilitate the well-deserved racist image of Mike Molovinsky, a Morning Call blogger.

Renshaw "writes" ...

Local blogger and one-time mayoral candidate Michael Molovinsky remains one of the biggest critics of the playground and was offended by Hunter's tactics. "Implying that people were trying to exclude special-needs children access to the park and portraying objectors as bigots was totally inappropriate," Molovinsky said. "The whole thing was ugly and unnecessary," Molovinsky said.

When I read this article, I was offended by "reporter" Renshaw's tactics.

Mike Molovinsky has been perceived as a racist in many circles locally even before his highly unsuccessful and racism coded "Molovinsky For Mayor" campaign was "launched" in 2005. Read Molovinsky's campaign propaganda and you'll understand why many people perceive Molovinsky as a racist and a poor-bashing elitist. Renshaw doesn't mention any of this historical backstory. Instead, Renshaw and his "editor" give their Morning Call blogger buddy Mike Molovinsky a free-kick forum to sucker punch Paulette Hunter.

Early this morning, before there were any online comments at the Paulette Hunter article, I posted a signed comment that called attention to two blatantly racist statements proudly published by Mike Molovinsky at his Morning Call-affiliated blog recently.



The "newspaper" deleted my comment w/ in a few seconds.

I tried reposting it ... several times ... hours apart ... and each time it appeared, and then disappeared, almost immediately, as other comments (posted by others) appeared just fine.

Regular readers of this blog know this isn't the first time The Morning Call "newspaper" has muzzled The Villas and our Inconvenient Truth. See our blog's right sidebar content for dozens more examples.

Truth is, anyone who believes Mike Molovinsky is a racist has Mike's number.

21 comments:

Anonymous said...

Villas, it's testament to your influence that Renshaw and the Call even felt the need to "counter" LVS's exposing of Molovinsky as a racist. Well done. Start offering coupons and obits at LVS and The Morning Call will disappear as immediately as your Forum comments.

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Anonymous said...

Molovinsky's Morning Call blog is MODERATED. That means any comment you see there has been approved for publication by Molovinsky personally.

Additionally, Molovinsky himself made no comment on this comment posted at his blog:

"Hispanics are poor performers in virtually all measures of life in America."

If Molovinsky WASN'T a racist and bigoted against Hispanics he would have commented that he didn't agree w/ it.

Obviously, he does agree w/ it.

"Wally" (good writing is re-writing) said...

Your blog is 100% fact. And your interpretations are astute, interspersed with more accuracies, truths, and revelations, etc.

MM is a racist (my perception). His constant belittling of Hispanics shows him to be a man of little character (Mayor? Please).

To quote Jack Nicholson: Molovinsky, Renshaw and Miorelli: you can't handle the truth.

Consigliere said...

Mr Villa you should be a lawyer like your great uncle Henry Villa. Maybe it's not too late? I know attorney Henry Villa didn't enter law school until his early 40's, i.e., the same age you look now.

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

This is Really Determined Truth Concealer Mike Miorelli's 10th visit to LVS since 11:00am, obviously we've hit a nerve ...

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Angie Villa said...

Readers, Bill dashed off this brilliant blog post, hit "publish" at 11:00am, and then dashed out the door for a whole day of goofing around w/ his 15-month old granddaughter (Bill's not in his early 40's, he just looks and performs that way) ... ;D

My point being I'm sure he'll address all comments when he returns, exhausted.

Anonymous said...

FYI: "Region's newspapers report drop in circulation"

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/breaking-news/index.ssf/2010/10/regions_newspapers_report_drop.html

Anonymous said...

It's obvious Mr. Molovinsi is anti-hispanic.

Anonymous said...

Molovinsky tries to hide his bigotry behind a jokey, pardon my "political incorrectness."

It's racism Mike.

Anonymous said...

One of Molovinsky's hypnotized political stooges is Donovan whom you rightly mention in your excellent posting.

West End Carol said...

Sour grapes loser/racist and horse's ass Molovinsky calls the new playground "Noah's Ark" but his problem w/ it isn't that the park director bought "two of everything." Molovinsky doesn't want "different species" (as he sees it) mixing in Allentown. "Two by two" (like in The Bible), Molovinsky wants blacks w/ blacks (segregated on Lawrence Street), hispanics w/ hispanics (preferably back in San Juan), and whites w/ whites (almost forgot) and Hess's rebuilt asap.

Anonymous said...

More truth.

Angie Villa said...

The benefits of the new playground are enormous. Molovinsky should be ostracized for publicly leading an opposition to something that will help so many families in need of a safe place for their disabled children to play. Channel 69 News did a nice story last night showing how the new, safe equipment is designed to help autistic and disabled kids. I spend a lot of time at Muhlenberg playground, the only other playground in the west end, where old unsafe equipment is rusty and falling apart, there are treacherous steep concrete hills, and it's muddy. All kids deserve a safe place to play. And this playground will bring culturally and economically diverse people of the city together for a common cause: our children. I have written posts here at LVS about the benefits of playgrounds and recess at school. Research has shown that free play is important to a child's physical, social, cognitive and emotional development. To voice opposition to this playground, calling it "tupperware," and demanding that it be located "in their hood" is unacceptable, disrespectful, and highly uncivil. And the remarks Molovinsky makes and endorses his 3% following to make, calling Allentown residents "strangers" and "outsiders" while bashing Hispanics specifically and cruelly is clearly racist.

Bill Villa said...

"whole day of goofing around w/ his 15-month old granddaughter"

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Bill Villa said...

There are none so blind as those who will not see (and disable/block comments).

Bill Villa said...

"FYI: "Region's newspapers report drop in circulation""

Morning Call plummets another 5.7%,
here's a link ...

West End Carol said...

"I congratulate Paulette on her accomplishment ..." -Molovinsky horning in and grandstanding at MC Forum yesterday afternoon

"i do think that a playground would have been built in cedar park with or without her." -Molovinsky flip-flopping at his blog last night

The City Official said...

"Molovinsky ... leading an opposition."

Not to worry.

Daydream Believer said...

"Most of the Morning Call's enabling and anonymous online hatred is directed at Allentown's Hispanic population."

Idiots! They could clean up both their act and balance sheet by putting out a Spanish edition! No joke - this would be a huge service to the Hispanic population. Circulation would be through the roof!

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

:) we hear ya ... tell Dave Erdman ...

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