This is the kind of garbage that passes for modern, professional journalism?

What a load of crap! With media bias this blatant, no wonder main stream media readership and subscribership is down.

Let's see just how bad of a job Mr. Paul Davenport of the Associated Press has failed to uphold the standards of his profession.

An 839 word article in which 479 words are devoted to Janet (57% of the total), 330 words for Len (39%) and a mere 12 words for Barry (1.4%). The sole mention being: "Libertarian Barry Hess also is on the Nov. 7 general election ballot.". What kind of crap is that. And this guy calls himself a journalist? No wonder the main stream media is in the state it is. Hell, this guy could work for the AZ Republic.

Barry IS the Libertarian nominee for Governor. One of THREE candidates on the ballot. On the ballot, in the voter guide, during the debates, he is one third of the people's options to earn their vote. Does Mr. Davenport care?  Doesn't look like it.

Did Mr. Davenport contact Mr. Hess to inquire as to his position on education? NO! Did Mr. Davenport even attempt to research Barry's postion on education? Sure as heck doesn't look like it.

With reporting like this, it is understandable how one can only question the journalistic integrity of one Mr. Davenport and the AP for allowing reporting like this under their watch.

Here's the article, read it for yourself, let us know what you think.

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From The Bird at Phoenix New Times:

Debate Dish

Just a brief note from this political pigeon on Thursday's gubernatorial debate on KAET's Horizon, moderated by the ever-affable Michael "I swear it ain't a toupee" Grant. Is this winged wiseacre alone in thinking that perennial Libertarian candidate Barry Hess won the verbal tussle like a blue-ribboned porker at the state fair?

Hess seemed intelligent, good-humored, and capable of doing more than spouting off the same ol', same ol' that viewers of such televised donnybrooks usually get. And, unlike Len "Premarital" Munsil and Governor Janet "I'm 36 points ahead!" Napolitano, Hess at least acted as if he'd had a cuppa joe before airtime.

Sure, most of that Libertarian stuff is strictly for schoolteachers who read too much Ayn Rand, but Hess was saying things neither Munsil nor Nappy have the cojones to state, like maybe we should release everyone who's in prison for smoking a jay. He even addressed Latinos in Spanish at the end of the broadcast! Political poison in a state so rabidly anti-Mexican.

Yeah, Hess only polls 3 percent. And yeah, the dood lists endorsements by professional wrestlers on his Web site. But boring he ain't. For that alone, Barry scores points with this persnickety pelican.

Email from M Carroll of Glendale:

For what it's worth, I just sent the following letter to the editor of
the AZ Republic.

While basically libertarian in my political and economic views, I had
never heard of Barry Hess prior to Thursday’s televised debate
between the gubernatorial candidates. Mr. Hess clearly came off the
winner. While Mr. Munsil did a terrific job in documenting Governor
Napolitano’s abysmal failure as Governor, he offered nothing new as a
solution; just the same old tired Republican rhetoric which is never
implemented once a Republican takes office. At least the Democrats are
honest about their treachery – they tell you upfront about all the
immoral and unconstitutional programs they are going to implement. The
Republicans tell you what you want to hear and then do the opposite
once they take office.

If Arizona is going to be salvaged from its swirling around the toilet
bowl, it is going to take people like Mr. Hess that are truly willing
to take a principled stand to get the government off of our backs and
out of our wallets, and stand by their oath of office to uphold the
Arizona and U.S. Constitutions.
Not one single governor in the United States stands against illegal
immigration or attempts to enforce Federal or local laws in our states.
They, in fact, aid, abet and assist illegal aliens. By doing this, they
violate their oath of office in addition to committing a felony. It’s
time to put an end to this, along with the state income tax, government
schools, and all the other socialist schemes of the Republicans and
Democrats. You have a real choice on Nov. 7, Arizona: Barry Hess or
more “dialogue” about “immigration reform” which are code words
for more of the same no matter which branch of the Republican/Democratic
party is in office. What’s it going to be?

Whew, I'm still running around doing interview after interview, debate after debate... and that isn't counting the hours of planning and hard work behind the scenes.
Here are a few of the many radio interviews that were done recently:

Joe Crummey of KFYI - visit him for more!

Todd Hartley of PHXNews - visit them for more!

Well, Ken can't say I didn't give him plenty of warning... 

Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 23:34:26 -0700

From: Barry Hess
Organization: HessForGovernor.Com
To: "Ken Western, Editor of AZ Republic" <ken.western@arizonarepublic.com>
Subject: Profile?

Dear Ken;

Just so there is no question, I want you to know that this message is being sent to many members of the press/media and other interested parties.

In speaking with Mr. Tupper today, it came up that the Arizona Republic  had run full page profiles on Len Munsil and Janet Napolitano in the last two Sunday editions of your paper and that "mine" was to run tomorrow--Monday.  What's up with that?  Monday?  Doesn't  Sunday have different circulation numbers?  Could such a thing be called "fair and equal" coverage?

My interpretation of such an event could only be as advertising for the Democrat/Republican Party candidates in violation of a myriad of campaign laws.

I find all this a bit odd since when Matthew Benson called, we only talked briefly and he assured me that he would be calling back to do an interview for my profile--he hasn't.  If the Republic plans on such a run, I insist that it refrain from doing so since he did not do an interview and it could only be construed as fraud upon the public.

Libertarian pins hopes on fed-up voters

Chris Ramirez
The Arizona Republic
Oct. 10, 2006 12:00 AM

Two percent of the vote.

That's all the polls say Libertarian Barry Hess is good for in the race for governor this election season.

Those kinds of odds would sink most people seeking political office.

Not Hess.

Those kinds of numbers make him grin.

Hess is running for governor as a Libertarian, going up against Democratic incumbent Janet Napolitano and outspoken Republican challenger Len Munsil.