Riding with the McClatchy Boys— 1) Ignore you, ignore you, ignore you. 2) Use any excuse to paint you in a bad light, and do not tell the whole story. 3) Use any excuse to sic the police on you in an attempt to harass and intimidate you. As they say, “The proof is in the pudding.” SUMMARY Gene Forte informed the press of the story on public corruption, including vindictive prosecution by District Attorney DA Morse FOR WHICH FORTE GAVE THEM PROOF, and requested followup stories to articles they previously printed regarding Forte in order to provide the complete picture to the public. The press is required to report fairly and completely by their journalistic standards. Forte and McClatchy Newspapers has had a long history starting as far back as 2003. (Forte has proof that McClatchy maliciously and intentionally defamed Forte in cahoots with the Monterey Superior Court, more about that later.) In these emails, Forte provided them extensive evidence for everything he is currently claiming, but they did not respond. Forte finally called a news reporter, Dave Lyghtle of the Modesto Bee (a McClatchy newspaper). Lyghtle told Forte that after reviewing all the information Forte had sent to the Modesto Bee concerning the Grand Jury Complaint that lists editors of the Merced Sun Star and the Los Banos Enterprise as private actor accomplices, he determined that the story was not “newsworthy.” In response, Forte emailed his boss, the publisher of the Modesto Bee, Eric Johnston, to confirm whether they were going to report upon this matter as a follow up to the stories already reported upon by McClatchy Newspapers about Forte’s arrests. Forte concluded his email with the following : “I also need to ask this hypothetical question: If irate citizens were to burn down the Merced Sun Star and the Los Banos Enterprise for covering up public official corruption would the Modesto Bee consider it “newsworthy”?” Take a big guess what the McClatchy Newspapers did….every excuse they can find to intimidate and harass Forte, they will use. Read the correspondence, and listen to a Merced City SWAT Officer, Leon Pintabono, as he follows up on the police report filed by unspecified persons of the Merced Sun Star based upon the above sentence. THE ACTUAL COMMUNICATIONS Here are the communications in time order. Read them so you can see exactly what Forte has told and to whom: March 7, 2011 at 9:47am – Email to Gene Lieb of the Los Banos Enterprise (subdivision of McClatchy Newspapers) with the letter to the Merced County Superior Court judges, with all its attachments and audio recorded evidence of corruption included, attached. Forte informs Lieb, not only of the information of corruption by the DA, but what Forte’s criminal attorney, Barbara O’Neill, has done by “dumping” him after setting a trial date. March 7, 2011 at 11:17am – Sent the same information to the Modesto Bee, another subdivision of McClatchy Newspapers. March 7, 2011 at 12:43pm – Forte requests the Merced Sun Star and Los Banos Enterprise to do followup reports regarding the prosecution of Forte and the evidence of retaliatory prosecution by District Attorney Larry Morse for the arrests they reported upon. Forte informs them of his request for an investigation of the Merced County Public Defense Associates and their conflict in assigning Forte a criminal attorney due to the owner being the wife of DA Larry Morse and two other members being witnesses for the prosecution in Forte’s cases. March 7, 2011 at 2:34pm – Forte sends an email to the Merced County Board of Supervisors, asking them to take action regarding their responsibility over the Public Defense Associates and the District Attorney’s Office. March 8, 2011 at 4:38pm – Forte writes to Ms. Debra Kuykendall, publisher of the Merced Sun-Star and requests follow-up stories to the previous Merced Sun-Star stories they published. March 10, 2011 09:46am – Forte notifies the Merced County Grand Jury and Board of Supervisors of the complicity of the media in covering up public official corruption by not reporting fairly and completely. March 12, 2011 at 2:00pm – On March 12, 2011, the Merced Sun-Star published an article regarding an Assistant District Attorney who got himself in trouble because he never paid a traffic ticket which caused his license to be suspended, yet he continued to appear in court for the DA’s office. As Forte responds in an emailed to various McClatchy newspapers, the County Counsel, the Board of Supervisors, and others. March 14, 2011 at 09:29am – Forte writes to Mr. Eric Johnston, publisher of the Modesto Bee and new publisher for the Merced Sun-Star due to the early retirement on March 9, 2011 by previous publisher Ms. Debra Kuykendall. March 21, 2011 at 12:11pm – After speaking with news reporter, Dave Lyghtle of the Modesto Bee, Forte emails Mr. Eric Johnston regarding Lyghtle’s “not newsworthy” determination regarding the evidence of DA Morse’ retaliatory prosecution. March 22, 2011 at 12:30pm – Email to Forte from Merced City Police/SWAT Officer Leon Pintabona. March 22, 2011 at 12:31pm - Merced City Police/SWAT Team Sergeant Leon Pintabona leaves a phone message for Forte. 110322 1231PM Officer Pintabona Leaves Mssg March 22nd, 2011 at 1:15pm – Forte calls back Officer Pintabona to find out what his telephone call was about. Forte also informs Pintabona that he is going to record the conversation. Due to size limitation the conversaiton is broken into excerpts below. NOTE: Please refer back to these conversations when you look at the PD Report written by Pintabona. 110322 Officer Pintabona Part A (E): Forte emphasizes that he felt the call was done to intimidate him due to the Grand Jury investigation of the Merced Sun Star and Los Banos Enterprise initiated by Forte’s complaint . 110322 Officer Pintabona Part B (E) Forte tells Pintabona that the Merced Star knowing of the circumstances of his communications with them shouldn’t of even gone to the MPD. March 21 2011 Officer Pintabona Read Death Threats It’s a PC 422 Forte reads the threats he received from Anthony Donaldson Bates done for Mayor Tommy Jones in comparison to Forte’s hypothetical question. Forte tells Pintabona the LBPD covered it up. Pintabona quickly wants to change the subject. March 22, 2011 at 4:22pm – Forte tells Officer Pintabona, “It’s outrageous!” March 23, 2011 at 7:21pm – Forte asks Officer Pintabona again, “Why is it that a Merced City Police Officer contacted me concerning an email sent from my home in Stanislaus County to the Modesto Bee in Stanislaus County? Wouldn’t that be under the jurisdiction of Stanislaus County?” March 24, 2011 at 08:35am – Officer Pintabona responds but does not answer questions. March 24, 2011 at 10:14am – Forte informs Pintabona of his belief that McClatchy filed a false police report, they had no belief that Forte was actually threatening to burn the Merced Sun-Star and Los Banos Enterprise building. March 29th, 2011 – Forte calls Officer Pintabona after not receiving answer to questions and informs Pintabona that the MPD says Forte cannot get a copy of the report Pintabona said Fotre could. Note: Remember that Pintabona keeps saying he doesn’t know who at the Merced Sun Star filed the report. March 30, 2011 at 2:18pm – Forte discusses Penal Code Section 148.5, the code regarding filing a report known to be untrue, with Officer Pintabona, and the fact Forte cannot get a copy of the police report because he was not listed as a suspect by Pintabona (although he obviously was since Pintabona questioned him about Forte’s email, the subject of the police report). March 31, 2011 at 9:04am – After Forte speaks to Patterson Police Chief Hughes and Sergeant Walker, Forte emails Pintabona. The Saga Continues (More Later) http://www.badgerflats.com/blog/2011/04/mcclatchy-newspapers-named-in-me... |
Thursday, October 13, 2011
McClatchy Newspapers Gang Tricks: Editors Named in Grand Jury Investigation Retaliate with Merced Police Department Assistance
