Reply #6: Geov Parrish... [View All]

I don't have time to give you the whole story, but let me shoot for a brief summary. I used to be one of Parrish's biggest fans. He even shook my hand and thanked me for all the praise when I attended an endorsement interview with the Seattle Weekly. Shortly after that, he followed the Weekly's lead in stabbing me in the back.

So I decided to take a closer look. I had a tough time spotting the propaganda in his articles, but I gradually began to understand his strategy. I talked to Parrish on the phone one time, urging him to write more about public education. He told me he wasn't interested in that issue.

Yet Parrish now writes about education quite frequently. But his education articles are absolutely clueless and deceptive. More telling yet are his election campaign endorsements. For example, he once snubbed a school board candidate who wasn't really polished. (I think his name was David Lewis.) I met with the guy, and it's true - he wasn't a professional con man like the corrupt incumbent, Don Nielsen - the most conservative member of the school board. How could Parrish not support ANYONE against Nielsen???

This year, Parrish heartily endorsed four Seattle School Board candidates, describing them as "outsiders." You can see one of his endorsement articles at http://www.eatthestate.org/08-04/Election2003With.htm

Reality Check: NONE of these creeps are outsiders! Irene Stewart is actually a member of Greg Nickels' administration , and she was also recruited by the school board for a committee relating to their last big financial blunder. Why would the school board recruit an outsider???

Another example is Doug Schafer, the attorney who brought down the notorious "Cadillac Judge," then ran for public office twice. The first time around, I don't think he was even mentioned by either the Seattle Weekly or Eat The State. During his last bid, the Weekly mentioned him - but they didn't endorse him; they made a ridiculous comments about an election campaign being a bizarre way to fix the system! If you visit their archives and type in Doug Schafer, you can probably find that comment pretty easily; it's absolutely irrational. See if you can find any mention of Schafer on Eat The State.

I've given Parrish many, many tips about Seattle's "education mafia" and pointed out errors in his writing, but he just ignores me. I'm working on a website that will feature all of the evidence I've dug up that indicts him. Some of it might not immediately make sense to people who aren't familiar with Seattle politics or public education, but it's all very logical when examined carefully.

It makes you wonder how many other corporate operatives are posing as leftists. Mediawhoresonline.ocm (Mediawhores.com?) does a great job of exposing conservative media whores, but they do have their liberal counterparts - and they're far more dangerous.