Farewell To 'Stud The Loser'. The following is the first post on the Freepress
Saturday, January 13, 2007
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PITY CITY HALL OR THE LOSER
On January 8, 2007, while I was at New York's City Hall, covering
Mayor's Bloomberg news conference in the Blue Room, I went to ask an
assistant press secretary what was the mayor's announcement. I stood up
by the door leading to the mayor's press office and I asked what was the
subject matter of the newsconference to assistant press secretary Mike
Kelly. Suddenly, the mayor's press secretary came with an angry look
screaming from the top of his lungs, and his eyes about to explode out
of his cornea. shouting at me to get out of there and threatening me
that he will take my press card away from me. The echo of his shouting
resounded all over the main floor of City Hall.
After 20-years covering news conferences at City Hall this is the first time in my memory that a Mayor's Press Secretary has been disrepectful to a member of the press. That date, I wondered why Mr. Loeser, behaved in such a provocative matter. I was wondering wheather, it was my being a Puerto Rican instead of an anglo from the mainstream media. The position of a mayor's press secretary is an important one, and very demanding, however, there is no excuse to be belligerent and intimidating.
I am well aware, that the mayor and his press entourage don't like the questions that I asked during news conferences. My questions, to New York City mayors, from Mayor Dinkins, Mayor Giuliani and to Mayor Bloomberg, are questions relevant to issue affecting the people of this great city, especially, to Latinos, Blacks, and Asians.
I have never seen Mr. Loeser threatening a white reporter. Perhaps, his last name described him appropiately—a LOSER.
The mayor's aides say as much about him as his ties. There is an old adage that says "If you sleep with dogs, you get fleas" Hopefully, Mayor Bloomberg will fumigate his staff before he is contaminated with infestation.
By: Rafael Martínez Alequín
After 20-years covering news conferences at City Hall this is the first time in my memory that a Mayor's Press Secretary has been disrepectful to a member of the press. That date, I wondered why Mr. Loeser, behaved in such a provocative matter. I was wondering wheather, it was my being a Puerto Rican instead of an anglo from the mainstream media. The position of a mayor's press secretary is an important one, and very demanding, however, there is no excuse to be belligerent and intimidating.
I am well aware, that the mayor and his press entourage don't like the questions that I asked during news conferences. My questions, to New York City mayors, from Mayor Dinkins, Mayor Giuliani and to Mayor Bloomberg, are questions relevant to issue affecting the people of this great city, especially, to Latinos, Blacks, and Asians.
I have never seen Mr. Loeser threatening a white reporter. Perhaps, his last name described him appropiately—a LOSER.
The mayor's aides say as much about him as his ties. There is an old adage that says "If you sleep with dogs, you get fleas" Hopefully, Mayor Bloomberg will fumigate his staff before he is contaminated with infestation.
By: Rafael Martínez Alequín
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