Point Counter-Point

ABOUT RONN OWENS, Rich, don't you think you show some sympathy; I mean, c'mon man. As I told some readers recently I'll show the same sympathy to Owens he showed his fallen colleagues the day after the initial KGO massacre. Let me embellish: I don't wish anyone ill health, Owens included. I'm sorry he's going through Parkinson's and hope he doesn't suffer. That has ZERO to do with my lament with his pathetic, lame, vacuous and frankly, embarrassing act on the radio after the massacre. It was shameful then and it's still shameful today. He had the gall to defend a company that destroyed a legacy station(s) --Owens sullied his career and cheapened himself and kissed a lot of ass in the process. Nobody asked him to quit; just that he show some balls and have some backbone. He whiffed and he whiffed badly. And I remember. And believe me, I'm not the only one.

*You're kinda rough on Neda Iranpour; No, just honest. She's good, decent and does a fairly solid job but I can't stand fake cackles and giggling. It comes across as phony and disingenuous. And her voice is rough. That's my opinion and that 's why you come here. If you don't like that maybe you should read Ben Fong Torres in the Chronicle.

*Why all the vitriol against KPIX and Dan Rosenheim? Because the station is an embarrassment. More specifically, their news operation is a joke and run by a guy who has no clue on how to manage a paper bag let alone a newsroom. KPIX is a CBS O and O station; you would figure, even in this day and age, they could find adequate reporters and anchors but instead they rely on Fresno trailer trash-looking mutants who don't even know the market. It's embarrassing. It's not indicative of a one-proud TV News station that had great talent and quality newscasts. KPIX has sunk to its lowest.

*Who do you like in the market? TV News, I'm a big Dan Ashley fan because he's consistently good and delivers a solid performance multiple times night after night. He also works hard and you can tell. I'm also a big Michael Finney fan because he's elevated the importance of Consumer Affairs and viewers love him. He's helped a lot of people too and has decades of work at one station. That's huge. I've become a Frank Somerville fan because I've finally found out that Frank is passionate and genuine and that his social media post come from the heart. I was late to the party on that but I'm in on it now. Frank is a pretty good anchor too and does a good interview. I have a lot of respect for Mark Ibanez too; he's been at KTVU almost 40 years and is the BEST writer in the market. And Mark is a good man too. Sandhya Patel makes weather interesting and is why I watch her weathercasts on KGO. She too works her butt off. Allie Rasmus and Cristina Rendon are up and comers at KTVU. When he first debuted, I had issues with Raj Mathai but I like him now and he's become a fixture at KNTV. Oh, I like Terry McSweeney too. Real solid and terrific at his craft.

*Why all the adulation over John Rothmann? Because he really does a great job and I love politics. Rothmann, especially in this Trump era, should be ON THE AIR every day; he knows what he's talking about I love listening to him; he's a walking encyclopedia on presidential politics and presidents in particular. Rothmann is refreshing too; plus the greatest set of pipes I've ever heard on radio. It's still mind-boggling the idiots that run KGO don't put him on their air but that's why KGO is nonexistent and irrelevant.

*Ray Taliaferro should be back on the air. I agree. But ain't gonna happen.

*You're always asking for donations and paid subscribers. Don't you think that's tacky? No, I don't. Believe it or not I have to pay bills too and have expenses like others. And it takes time and money to do this almost every day and therefore ask for money so I can keep doing this and have some money in the bank I don't think is tacky at all. What's tacky are all the people who give me shit about having the gall to solicit funds so I can eat every now and then. KQED is worth about $300 Million and they have pledge breaks every day --and my content is 10 times better then theirs.