April 27th, 2015
(Today I submitted the following to KTTV/Good Day LA’s
website at:
I also emailed it to them.)
"Good Day LA at 7 AM," KTTV,
Upon hearing your show’s personnel speaking today (a few
minutes before 8AM) on the subject of the Diane Sawyer interview with the ‘transgendered’
Bruce Jenner – which aired this past Friday, a few of your staff expressed
their shock with Mr./Ms Jenner’s stated political
affiliation with the Republican political party. I must admit that it came as
quite a pleasant surprise to hear your host Steve Edwards then counter and admit
that there exists a ‘libertarian branch’ of the Republican political party. Of course, it then came as no surprise that
the comment which immediately followed Mr. Edwards’ statement expressed the
typical intolerance towards any member of the Republican political party. Nevertheless, to hear a Los Angeles news
reporter (Mr. Edwards) potentially admit that not all Republicans are intolerant
and also potentially admit that many Republicans may not even care what others
do with their lives and their time here on earth was somewhat unique and
refreshing, I must admit. However, it
was also no surprise that Mr. Edward’s point was quickly followed with the voiced
sentiment from another of your on-air staff that maybe Mr./Ms. Jenner may soon ‘transition’
from his preferred ‘condition’ of being a Republican as well – implying that
such a ‘condition’ of being a Republican was also an unnatural and undesirable condition
for Mr./Ms. Jenner.
While I commend your Mr. Edwards for apparently being the first-ever
member of the press in California to mention that many Republicans are in fact
libertarians, the intolerant statements towards Republicans from your other news
personnel seem to be in keeping with the current political climate and
witch-hunt whereby all California Republicans are essentially being run-out of
the state to be replaced by the onslaught of would-be socialists and communists
from south of the border – thereby possibly ensuring that California remain a
tax-loving ‘blue state’ and potentially so for generations to come. Returning to my main point, such an
intolerant statement towards Republicans in general from news media personnel
in California should come as no surprise (such as the follow-on statements by
your personnel this morning), because nearly anyone who can think for themselves
is aware that it seems all news media outlets in California nearly always denigrate
others for being a member of the Republican party – even if the Republican happens
to be a libertarian, as are most all of the Republicans who I have known.
To repeat, despite Mr. Edwards’ insightful and unusual yet
truthful comments on the existence of libertarian Republicans, it seems your
station or morning show nevertheless continues to promulgate intolerance
towards Republicans even if those targeted by your intolerance are libertarian
Republicans. Such intolerance towards Republicans
in general, of course, seems the norm for many socialist-leaning Californians
and nearly all news media outlets in the state as well.
What’s more, despite the unique insight of your Mr. Edwards,
the immediate follow-on comments of intolerance towards Republicans from others
of your staff make me think that I should be tuning to other local morning news
shows such as KTLA 5 or morning news shows from other news networks – which may
please those intolerant ones of your staff in the end, of course. Regardless, any reply or comments to the
issues herein are welcome.
Sincerely,
Adam Trotter
