tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post116948751403747875..comments2024-01-03T06:15:28.953-05:00Comments on Northeast PA media news and gossip: Corbett back in townNEPAmediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10096996915800680201noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post-9008824002860782292007-02-19T20:44:00.000-05:002007-02-19T20:44:00.000-05:00Finally, an accurate end to a false story. Banks' ...Finally, an accurate end to a false story. Banks' lead lawyer Al Flora could have told you that months ago. He and Corbett got along well enough to talk over a few beers at Murrays happy hour before Corbett went to California.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post-59785212274173201402007-02-18T17:59:00.000-05:002007-02-18T17:59:00.000-05:00No print, audio or video exists. That's the whole ...No print, audio or video exists. That's the whole point. That's why Corbett's right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post-4906926063773022262007-02-18T11:31:00.000-05:002007-02-18T11:31:00.000-05:00PROVE IT. Find the print, audio, video already and...PROVE IT. Find the print, audio, video already and put this to rest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post-86469351527257288392007-02-17T18:59:00.000-05:002007-02-17T18:59:00.000-05:00corbett's right.corbett's right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post-45545540865381384052007-02-09T15:23:00.000-05:002007-02-09T15:23:00.000-05:00Corbett says the Banks accusation is false. He say...Corbett says the Banks accusation is false. He says he has never misrepresented himself or broken the law while doing journalism. He says he has no idea where this rumor originated and that these allegations have never been published anywhere other than on this link.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post-54148898864679350942007-02-08T15:49:00.000-05:002007-02-08T15:49:00.000-05:00Geez here we go again. Must be too much for some o...Geez here we go again. Must be too much for some of you jokers to actually read the previous posts and get a feel for the thread. Or your short term memory is worse than mine. It speaks volumes that you're too lazy to catch up and want Carten to waste time banging head on the stonewall. Know the lawyer? Have the lawyers post the truth! First person, Jimmy Olsen, first person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post-72976381513728201392007-02-08T15:03:00.000-05:002007-02-08T15:03:00.000-05:00Now Carten's name is back on some of his posts and...Now Carten's name is back on some of his posts and I'm getting dizzy.<BR/>Let's put an end to this matter so we can move on. Call Banks' lawyers, Carten. Do the legwork. Be a reporter. Then tell your readers how you made out. No hard feelings, Father. OK?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post-15291522292999222902007-02-07T17:05:00.000-05:002007-02-07T17:05:00.000-05:00why have all the posts that previously used tom ca...why have all the posts that previously used tom carten's name now been changed to anonymous?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post-48797090658104842172007-02-07T05:41:00.000-05:002007-02-07T05:41:00.000-05:00Let see: 67 posts before a clue is offered? Where ...Let see: 67 posts before a clue is offered? Where were you 66 posts ago? I smell a herring. I hope I'm wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post-15301885857405319322007-02-06T19:46:00.000-05:002007-02-06T19:46:00.000-05:00At least four of George Banks' longtime attorneys ...At least four of George Banks' longtime attorneys work in Wilkes-Barre. They know Corbett for many years and all got along with him despite some of the differences you would expect between lawyers and a well-known news columnist. They can tell you than he never did what Carten accuses him of doing. Carten should call and ask. I'll even identify them if newsman Carten doesn't know who they are. Accuracy and fairness still matter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post-77211377668713163432007-02-05T17:21:00.000-05:002007-02-05T17:21:00.000-05:00"your accusation is wrong."
Can YOU prove it wron..."your accusation is wrong."<br /><br />Can YOU prove it wrong? Come on, I wanna see something substantial. Is anybody's memory to be trusted without documentation? Sorry originally this thread jogged my memory and I must admit to thinking exactly what Carten thought. Somebody somewhere should have the info available. How come you big-shot reporters don't come through. Are you closing ranks or just don't consider it worthy?<br /><br /><br />"victims of the press don't have to defend smears against them."<br /><br />Oh really? You must mean reporters.<br /><br />"thank god you're not teaching journalism anymore."<br /><br />I say his attempts at finding "evidence" overwhelm these type of snide remark.<br /><br />Guess its time to say "whatever", move on, and hope something bobs to the surface when we're not looking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post-88755273998516459712007-02-04T16:33:00.000-05:002007-02-04T16:33:00.000-05:00no we don't. you accused the guy of committing a c...no we don't. you accused the guy of committing a crime. you defamed him publicly and take credit for doing so. your accusation is wrong. victims of the press don't have to defend smears against them. the accuser does. that's the journalism rule. that's the law. thank god you're not teaching journalism anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post-3296815187217548722007-02-03T22:34:00.000-05:002007-02-03T22:34:00.000-05:00you're embarrassing the cloth
How many times I go...<i>you're embarrassing the cloth</i><br /><br />How many times I gotta tell you guys I'm here in my first, and longest, profession: reporter. The other thing? Call for my schedule.<br /><br /><i>call corbett. he's not dodging any questions.</i><br /><br />Real perps deny it; non-perps deny it. Bottom line: no confirmation from those you ask. You know the scene: reporters following the suspect, "Did you shoot the bank teller?" Like they're going to tell you. You have to do your own digging and I'm at a dead end.<br /><br />So we move on.Tom Cartenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16691511560739313001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post-21304259378114882742007-02-03T20:51:00.000-05:002007-02-03T20:51:00.000-05:00Yeah, ya really think any reporter is going to adm...Yeah, ya really think any reporter is going to admit to the shenanigans mentioned here? Cyberspace lives forever on somebody's hard drive. If we had the internet developed back during the Bank's trial this would have been settled a long time ago. Once again I must point out everyone appears to be content to let Carten do the leg work while shooting arrows. Whatever happened to the collective effort to uncover the truth? Its like high school: trip the guy on the way to the board then mock his clothing or beliefs. All so transparent. Makes me wonder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post-63401264337911729702007-02-03T18:33:00.000-05:002007-02-03T18:33:00.000-05:00like i said, call corbett. he's not dodging any qu...like i said, call corbett. he's not dodging any questions. call him and ask. otherwise, zip it. you're embarrassing yourself, the cloth and your school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post-21349751144558940562007-02-02T18:41:00.000-05:002007-02-02T18:41:00.000-05:00I've gone to six reporters (including an ex-TL), t...I've gone to six reporters (including an ex-TL), two people in the prison system, two in the judicial system and possibly others.<br /><br />The TL won't let me in the front door, Richard Connor tried to get me fired from King's the last time he was here because I use a pen name at the CV (to distance the college and my compatriots from the then-hot strike). I don't feel like going thru approx two years of microfilm. The person we (a CV reporter who was there at the time) think it might be will not answer any questions about it -- just dodges them.<br /><br />I'm out of leads ... for the moment.<br /><br />For all I know, it may have been some old lady in the Altar and Rosary Society at the local church.<br /><br />...now there's an idea. Maybe the Bishop can help me.Tom Cartenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16691511560739313001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post-6418355129210891482007-02-02T17:58:00.000-05:002007-02-02T17:58:00.000-05:00Why not surprise everybody and do a little reporti...Why not surprise everybody and do a little reporting? Why not call Corbett and ask? He's in the book, he writes a WILK blog and has a WILK e-mail address. I'll bet that Corbett will even speak on the record.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post-54108958322396256202007-02-02T17:19:00.000-05:002007-02-02T17:19:00.000-05:00You would think SOME of these guys crying for "evi...You would think SOME of these guys crying for "evidence" would at least be able to provide documentation to support their assertions. How about it? Can we see some or is Carten gonna have to carry the weight alone? It might end this game once and for all. I'm sure Corbett has a scapbook someone can scan. I don't know anyone who gets published that doesn't keep a file.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post-1170396767432445802007-02-02T01:12:00.000-05:002007-02-02T01:12:00.000-05:0010:53 --- Good thing you don't work for a daily.Ac...<B>10:53 ---</B> <I>Good thing you don't work for a daily.</I><BR/><BR/>Actually, I do work for a daily, but luckily it's just a weekly column ... about the history of music. Long lead time.<BR/><BR/>What I've fallen into here is more like writing a book, given the research I'm doing --outside of my Day Job-- so time isn't a big deal.<BR/><BR/>Anyway...<BR/><BR/>Same frustrating results, including a call from a former D.A. who wakes up earlier than I do. (grrrrrrr)<BR/><BR/>One good source says: "I'm pretty sure it's X, but I can't say it 100%."<BR/><BR/>One excellent, perhaps superb, source says: "It's Y (gives reason), definitely, no doubt about it."<BR/><BR/>I approach Y, who ducks the question artfully and refers me to Z. Unfortunately, Z is not able to be of assistance.<BR/><BR/><B>10:53 tortured me with:</B> <I>Good thing you don't work for a daily, Carten. We'd learn about January's news in February.</I><BR/><BR/>Ah, but it would be well-researched and there wouldn't be a "corrections" page. People who passed away would still be dead; buildings that burned down would still be in ashes; Mark Cour would still be dumping on Walter Griffith; and the galaxy would still be turning at the rate of one revolution every 248 million years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post-1170388394567519992007-02-01T22:53:00.000-05:002007-02-01T22:53:00.000-05:00Good thing you don't work for a daily, Carten. We'...Good thing you don't work for a daily, Carten. We'd learn about January's news in February.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post-1170290495669602932007-01-31T19:41:00.000-05:002007-01-31T19:41:00.000-05:00Oh, come on. I'm telling you the results of my se...Oh, come on. I'm telling you the results of my search. Libel is deliberate; this is research and what I can find out by asking around.<BR/><BR/>I'm not dragging anyone in; I'm not making an ass, complete or incomplete, out of myself; nor do I think it's a matter of humor. I've been asked to prove my suspicions and this is what I have come up with. My contact said Dave was here, he was covering the story and my contact had reason to believe he might have been the person.<BR/><BR/>So I pass it along hoping to shake a few memories loose. Saying I've "absolutely libeled at least one person" just isn't there; anyone in journalism knows that. The fact that I'm digging is far from making a complete ass out of myself; researching is better than just tossing in an opinion without trying to tie it down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post-1170288924317794922007-01-31T19:15:00.000-05:002007-01-31T19:15:00.000-05:00by dragging drury into this you've now absolutely ...by dragging drury into this you've now absolutely libeled at least one person. you're making a complete ass out of yourself. this is not funny, tom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post-1170287910433245302007-01-31T18:58:00.000-05:002007-01-31T18:58:00.000-05:00State of the Search:I have one source in the Count...State of the Search:<BR/><BR/>I have one source in the County Justice System who is pretty sure it was Steve, but does not want to make a definitive statement as he is not 100% on it.<BR/><BR/>I have another source in the news business who, at first, did not know, then after we talked a while, said he thought it might have been a reporter named Dave Drury.<BR/><BR/>Two other people in the justice system did not know; four other reporters did not know.<BR/><BR/>I think I know about when the incident occured, given what I was able to find out from the people I spoke with. Maybe I can dig up more and settle it.<BR/><BR/>Scoreboard at the end of this inning:<BR/><BR/>Corbett 1<BR/>Drury 1<BR/>Carten ?<BR/><BR/>The game will continue right after these messages from your sponsors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post-1170272172852328252007-01-31T14:36:00.000-05:002007-01-31T14:36:00.000-05:00And the best way to show it's not a mistake is to ...And the best way to show it's not a mistake is to show you're right.<BR/><BR/>I'm still digging, trying to get info from first sources. I really think I'm right and willing to keep asking people who might have the memory, or can steer me in the right direction. This afternoon, I did just that, but hit a couple of dead ends.<BR/><BR/>Onward and upward!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post-1170202299313560992007-01-30T19:11:00.000-05:002007-01-30T19:11:00.000-05:00the best way out of a mistake is to own up to it.the best way out of a mistake is to own up to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com