Posted 11/24/08 THE MEDIA BLOCKADE
I checked my account at iUniverse Publishing Services and to November 2008--sold 4 copies of my book: Why the Reagan and Bush Tax-cuts are Unfair--despite an advertising campaign. First, I sent 14 copies of the first edition, published in 2005 and 14 copies of my 2006 updated version: to people in the media: no reviews, no comments, no replies...I was hoping people in the media would make my message public. Those people are named in the second edition.
I also tried to advertise my books on the Internet--using Ad Words without success.
When, I published the second edition with the 2006 and 2007 update in October of 2007--I sent twenty more promotional copies to the following people--in the media:
1. David E. Sanger, NY Times
2. Pete Williams, NBC News
3. Jeffrey Birnbaum, Washington Post
4. Charlie Rose
5. Brian Williams, NBC News
6. Senator Harry Reid
7. James Warren, editor of Chicago Tribume
8. Eleanor Cliff, Newsweek
9. David Brancaccio, PBS
10. Hugh Hewitt, Townhall
11. John Harris, Politico
12. Linda Robinson, US News
13. David Ignatius, Washington Post
14. James Kilfied, National Journal
15. John Dickerson, Slate Magazine
16. Ed Schultz
17. Tucker Carlson, MSNBC
18. Tony Blankley, The Mclaughlin Group
19. Robert Scheer, Truthdig
20. Al Gore
I continued to send out letters with the front and back covers of my book or the Frontpage of my new website: thetaxguardian: to about 250 people in the media and government. Of those--about 70 were editors of top newspapers. Here is a list of Senators and Representatives.
Senators: Patty Murry, Jack Reed, Jeff Bingaman, Christopher Dodd, Daniel Akaka, Barbara Boxer, Tom Harkin, Kent Conard, Joe Lieberman, Jay Rockeffer, Robert Bryd, Dick Durbin, Dianne Feinstein, John Kerry, Edward Kennedy.
Representives: Nancy Pelosi, Dennis Kucinich, Charles Rangel, Sander Levin, Bob Etheridge, Pete Stark, Lloyd Dogget, Jim McDermott, Rahm Emanuel
Others: Allan Sloan, Newsweek; Professor Eleanor W. Brown, Regent University School of Law; John Roberts and Brent Baker, News Busters; David Cay Johnson, NY Times; Leo Linbeck Jr., Americans for Fair Taxation; Joan Claybrook, Public Citizen; Ralph Nader, Citizen Works; Gerald Prante, The Tax Foundation; Tavis Smiley, Arianna Huffington, Tom Gjelten, NPR; Danielle Brian, Taxpayers for Common Sense; Barbara Slavin, USA Today; Bill Moyers, Paul R. Krugman, Princeton University; Criag Brown, Common Dreams; Hamilton Fish, the Nation Institute; Scott Klinger, United for a Fair Economy; Willian G. Gate and Peter R. Orszag, The Brookings Institute; Gary Bass, OMB Watch; Leonard Burman, Urban Institute; Rich Cohen, NCRP; Betty Ahrens, Iowa Citizen Action Network; Anita Dancs, National Priorities Project; Isaish Poole, Institute for American's Future; Robert Reich, University of California; Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research; Jim Lehrer, Mara Liasson, NPR; David Wessel, Wall Street Journal; Marc Ash, Truthout; Patrick J. Buchanan, the American Cause; John McLaughlin, James Barnes, National Journal; Alexis Simendinger, National Journal Group, David Brock, Media Matters for American; Gloria Borger, CBS/US News; Katrina vandal Heuvel, the Nation; Gwen Ifill, Washington Week; Alexander Cockburn & Jeffrey St. Clair, Counter Punch; Chuck Collins, Responsible Wealth; Bob McIntyre, Citizens for Tax Justice; Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Mark Halperin, Time Magazine; Johah Goldberg, Natinal Review; Edmund L. Andrews, New York Times Company; Dan Balz, Washingtn Post; Charlie Savage, Boston Globe; George Stephanopoulas, ABC News; Kenneth Paulson, USA Today; Bill Keller, LA Times, Jack Z. Smith, Ft. Worth Star-Telegram; Robert Bixby, Concord Coalition; Cheryl Hall, Dallas Morning News; Dennis Prager, Townhall; T.D. Coo Nguyen, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy; Jeff Milchen, Reclain Democracy.org; Andrea Mitchell, NBC News; Karen Tumulty, Times Magazine; Stever Rendall, FAIR; Tom Brokaw, NBC News; Amy Goodman, Democracy Now; Michael Scherer, The Nation; Duane Parde, NTU; Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Annenberg Public Policy Center; Greg Mitchell, Editor and Publisher; John Walcott, McClatchy Newspapers; Michelle Cottle, The New Republic; Nichelle Bernard, Independent Women's Forum; Scott McConnell, the American Conservative; Rick Stengel, Time Magaine; Don Feder, Bosten Herald; Donna Brazile, Brazile & Associates; Mort Zuckerman, US News & World Report; Wolf Blitzer, Fox News; Brent Bozell, Media Research Center; E.J. Dionne Jr. NPR; Bob Drogin, LA Timnes; Bill Kristal, Weekly Standard; Byron York, American Spectator; Candy Crowley, CNN; Kim Genardo, WNCN - TV; Nina Easton, The Boston Globe; Judy Woodruff, WETA-TV; Brian Lehrer, WNYC Radion; Joe Conason, New York Observer; Matthew Rotschild, The Progressive; Cathey Madison, The Utne Reader; Charles Peters, Washington Monthly; Jeff Zeleny, New York Times; John Maggs, National Journal; Charles Green, Natinal Journal; Ellen Miller, The Sunlight Foundation; Martin Baron, The Goston Globe; Michael Cooke, Chicago-Sun-Times; Pat Matchell, PBS; Jane Mayer, The New Yorker; Jim Naureckas, FAIR; Dean Baker, CEPR; Bob Herbert, NY Times; Maureen Down, NY Times; Laura Flanders, Counterspin; Jim Hightower; David Corn, The Nation; Ben A. Franklin, Washington Spectator; William Whitworth, Altantic Monthly, Professor James Edward Maule, Villanova University School of Law; Chris Field, Townhall Magazine; Walter E. William, George Mason University; Gerald Marzorate, New York Times; Ben Bradlee, Washington Post; Dean Baquet, NY Timnes; David Mark, The Politico; John Judis, The New Republic; Chris Wallace, Fox News; Clarence Page, Tribune Media Service; Monika H. Bauertain & Marcia D. Grienberger, Mother Jones Magazine; Michael Duffy, Time Magazine; Lawrence Mishel, EPI; Ryan Ellis, ATR; Clay Waters, Media Reserach Center; Brit Hume, Fox News; Norah O'Donnel, MSNBC; Joe Klein, Time; Howard Fineman, Newsweek; Keith Olberman, NBC; Eugene Robinson, Washington Post.
Of these about 300 people: I got no response--except for the following:
1. Book to Tonly Blankley and Tucker Carlson were returned to me.
2. Twenty-one letters were returned to me: Charles Babington c/o Washington Post; Michael Martin, NPR; Isaiah Poole, Institute for America's Future; Editor of the Grand Rapid Press; Jim Hightower, David Moore, The Sunlight Foundation; Cynthia Tucker c/o Universal Press Syndicate; William Whitworth, Atlantic Monthly; Duane Parde, NTU; Charles Peters, Washington Monthly; Jim Naureckas, FAIR; Ben A. Franklin, Washington Spectator; Jane Mayer, The New Yorker; Charlie Savage c/o The Boston Globe; Judy Woodruff c/o WETA-TV; Dennis Cauchon c/o USA Today; Mort Zuckerman c/o US News & World Report; Robert Novak, CNN Crossfire; Doyle McManus, LA Times; Martin Baron, the Boston Globe; Pat Mitchell c/o PBS.
3. I got a letter from the editor of the Herald-Tribune, Dianne Feinstein, Peter G. Peterson, and Senator Joe Lieberman. He said, "Regrettably, due to the huge volume of mail that I receive, I am only able to research and address comments sent to me from Connecticut residents."
4. And, I got a letter from Al Gore, he said: he looked forward to reading my book.
This is one version of my letter:
My name and address
Name of organization
Date
Dear (name of person),
I am sending you a copy of the FrontPage of my new website--thetaxguardian--to enlighten the public on tax issues. It shows the front and back cover of my book: Why the Reagan and Bush Tax-cuts are Unfair (Second Edition). And it has important updates--at the end. Check it out: I exposed the federal budget deception, accused President Bush with misrepresentation, defended the Death Tax, showed the difference between McCain and Obama on taxes, etc.
If, my website and my book: contain truths, allegations, and revelations--that the public desire to know; then, it is the responsibility of the media--to tell them. It has failed to do that.
Walter F. Picca
Based on the sale of my book--to November 2008--4 copies and the low number of people visiting my website: my advertising campaign--has had very little impart. There are two possible answers:
1. The media believes the information is unworthy--to be made public.
2. It is a media blockade--because, they have opposite views--about taxes.
I believe the information in my books and website should be made public: the editors and journalists of the mass media--do not.
I checked my account at iUniverse Publishing Services and to November 2008--sold 4 copies of my book: Why the Reagan and Bush Tax-cuts are Unfair--despite an advertising campaign. First, I sent 14 copies of the first edition, published in 2005 and 14 copies of my 2006 updated version: to people in the media: no reviews, no comments, no replies...I was hoping people in the media would make my message public. Those people are named in the second edition.
I also tried to advertise my books on the Internet--using Ad Words without success.
When, I published the second edition with the 2006 and 2007 update in October of 2007--I sent twenty more promotional copies to the following people--in the media:
1. David E. Sanger, NY Times
2. Pete Williams, NBC News
3. Jeffrey Birnbaum, Washington Post
4. Charlie Rose
5. Brian Williams, NBC News
6. Senator Harry Reid
7. James Warren, editor of Chicago Tribume
8. Eleanor Cliff, Newsweek
9. David Brancaccio, PBS
10. Hugh Hewitt, Townhall
11. John Harris, Politico
12. Linda Robinson, US News
13. David Ignatius, Washington Post
14. James Kilfied, National Journal
15. John Dickerson, Slate Magazine
16. Ed Schultz
17. Tucker Carlson, MSNBC
18. Tony Blankley, The Mclaughlin Group
19. Robert Scheer, Truthdig
20. Al Gore
I continued to send out letters with the front and back covers of my book or the Frontpage of my new website: thetaxguardian: to about 250 people in the media and government. Of those--about 70 were editors of top newspapers. Here is a list of Senators and Representatives.
Senators: Patty Murry, Jack Reed, Jeff Bingaman, Christopher Dodd, Daniel Akaka, Barbara Boxer, Tom Harkin, Kent Conard, Joe Lieberman, Jay Rockeffer, Robert Bryd, Dick Durbin, Dianne Feinstein, John Kerry, Edward Kennedy.
Representives: Nancy Pelosi, Dennis Kucinich, Charles Rangel, Sander Levin, Bob Etheridge, Pete Stark, Lloyd Dogget, Jim McDermott, Rahm Emanuel
Others: Allan Sloan, Newsweek; Professor Eleanor W. Brown, Regent University School of Law; John Roberts and Brent Baker, News Busters; David Cay Johnson, NY Times; Leo Linbeck Jr., Americans for Fair Taxation; Joan Claybrook, Public Citizen; Ralph Nader, Citizen Works; Gerald Prante, The Tax Foundation; Tavis Smiley, Arianna Huffington, Tom Gjelten, NPR; Danielle Brian, Taxpayers for Common Sense; Barbara Slavin, USA Today; Bill Moyers, Paul R. Krugman, Princeton University; Criag Brown, Common Dreams; Hamilton Fish, the Nation Institute; Scott Klinger, United for a Fair Economy; Willian G. Gate and Peter R. Orszag, The Brookings Institute; Gary Bass, OMB Watch; Leonard Burman, Urban Institute; Rich Cohen, NCRP; Betty Ahrens, Iowa Citizen Action Network; Anita Dancs, National Priorities Project; Isaish Poole, Institute for American's Future; Robert Reich, University of California; Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research; Jim Lehrer, Mara Liasson, NPR; David Wessel, Wall Street Journal; Marc Ash, Truthout; Patrick J. Buchanan, the American Cause; John McLaughlin, James Barnes, National Journal; Alexis Simendinger, National Journal Group, David Brock, Media Matters for American; Gloria Borger, CBS/US News; Katrina vandal Heuvel, the Nation; Gwen Ifill, Washington Week; Alexander Cockburn & Jeffrey St. Clair, Counter Punch; Chuck Collins, Responsible Wealth; Bob McIntyre, Citizens for Tax Justice; Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Mark Halperin, Time Magazine; Johah Goldberg, Natinal Review; Edmund L. Andrews, New York Times Company; Dan Balz, Washingtn Post; Charlie Savage, Boston Globe; George Stephanopoulas, ABC News; Kenneth Paulson, USA Today; Bill Keller, LA Times, Jack Z. Smith, Ft. Worth Star-Telegram; Robert Bixby, Concord Coalition; Cheryl Hall, Dallas Morning News; Dennis Prager, Townhall; T.D. Coo Nguyen, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy; Jeff Milchen, Reclain Democracy.org; Andrea Mitchell, NBC News; Karen Tumulty, Times Magazine; Stever Rendall, FAIR; Tom Brokaw, NBC News; Amy Goodman, Democracy Now; Michael Scherer, The Nation; Duane Parde, NTU; Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Annenberg Public Policy Center; Greg Mitchell, Editor and Publisher; John Walcott, McClatchy Newspapers; Michelle Cottle, The New Republic; Nichelle Bernard, Independent Women's Forum; Scott McConnell, the American Conservative; Rick Stengel, Time Magaine; Don Feder, Bosten Herald; Donna Brazile, Brazile & Associates; Mort Zuckerman, US News & World Report; Wolf Blitzer, Fox News; Brent Bozell, Media Research Center; E.J. Dionne Jr. NPR; Bob Drogin, LA Timnes; Bill Kristal, Weekly Standard; Byron York, American Spectator; Candy Crowley, CNN; Kim Genardo, WNCN - TV; Nina Easton, The Boston Globe; Judy Woodruff, WETA-TV; Brian Lehrer, WNYC Radion; Joe Conason, New York Observer; Matthew Rotschild, The Progressive; Cathey Madison, The Utne Reader; Charles Peters, Washington Monthly; Jeff Zeleny, New York Times; John Maggs, National Journal; Charles Green, Natinal Journal; Ellen Miller, The Sunlight Foundation; Martin Baron, The Goston Globe; Michael Cooke, Chicago-Sun-Times; Pat Matchell, PBS; Jane Mayer, The New Yorker; Jim Naureckas, FAIR; Dean Baker, CEPR; Bob Herbert, NY Times; Maureen Down, NY Times; Laura Flanders, Counterspin; Jim Hightower; David Corn, The Nation; Ben A. Franklin, Washington Spectator; William Whitworth, Altantic Monthly, Professor James Edward Maule, Villanova University School of Law; Chris Field, Townhall Magazine; Walter E. William, George Mason University; Gerald Marzorate, New York Times; Ben Bradlee, Washington Post; Dean Baquet, NY Timnes; David Mark, The Politico; John Judis, The New Republic; Chris Wallace, Fox News; Clarence Page, Tribune Media Service; Monika H. Bauertain & Marcia D. Grienberger, Mother Jones Magazine; Michael Duffy, Time Magazine; Lawrence Mishel, EPI; Ryan Ellis, ATR; Clay Waters, Media Reserach Center; Brit Hume, Fox News; Norah O'Donnel, MSNBC; Joe Klein, Time; Howard Fineman, Newsweek; Keith Olberman, NBC; Eugene Robinson, Washington Post.
Of these about 300 people: I got no response--except for the following:
1. Book to Tonly Blankley and Tucker Carlson were returned to me.
2. Twenty-one letters were returned to me: Charles Babington c/o Washington Post; Michael Martin, NPR; Isaiah Poole, Institute for America's Future; Editor of the Grand Rapid Press; Jim Hightower, David Moore, The Sunlight Foundation; Cynthia Tucker c/o Universal Press Syndicate; William Whitworth, Atlantic Monthly; Duane Parde, NTU; Charles Peters, Washington Monthly; Jim Naureckas, FAIR; Ben A. Franklin, Washington Spectator; Jane Mayer, The New Yorker; Charlie Savage c/o The Boston Globe; Judy Woodruff c/o WETA-TV; Dennis Cauchon c/o USA Today; Mort Zuckerman c/o US News & World Report; Robert Novak, CNN Crossfire; Doyle McManus, LA Times; Martin Baron, the Boston Globe; Pat Mitchell c/o PBS.
3. I got a letter from the editor of the Herald-Tribune, Dianne Feinstein, Peter G. Peterson, and Senator Joe Lieberman. He said, "Regrettably, due to the huge volume of mail that I receive, I am only able to research and address comments sent to me from Connecticut residents."
4. And, I got a letter from Al Gore, he said: he looked forward to reading my book.
This is one version of my letter:
My name and address
Name of organization
Date
Dear (name of person),
I am sending you a copy of the FrontPage of my new website--thetaxguardian--to enlighten the public on tax issues. It shows the front and back cover of my book: Why the Reagan and Bush Tax-cuts are Unfair (Second Edition). And it has important updates--at the end. Check it out: I exposed the federal budget deception, accused President Bush with misrepresentation, defended the Death Tax, showed the difference between McCain and Obama on taxes, etc.
If, my website and my book: contain truths, allegations, and revelations--that the public desire to know; then, it is the responsibility of the media--to tell them. It has failed to do that.
Walter F. Picca
Based on the sale of my book--to November 2008--4 copies and the low number of people visiting my website: my advertising campaign--has had very little impart. There are two possible answers:
1. The media believes the information is unworthy--to be made public.
2. It is a media blockade--because, they have opposite views--about taxes.
I believe the information in my books and website should be made public: the editors and journalists of the mass media--do not.
This is the front and back cover of my book sent to the Editors of top newspapers:
Update: 2/25/2019 The Mass Media thinks Picasso, the painting pig, is more news worthy, than The [my]Tax Guardian Blog!