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**Eagle5US** · 11-03-2011, 15:18

Some e-mail traffic between he and I today, perhaps we need to have some additional "input" from folks other than just me?

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Good Morning Dave,

I wanted to touch base and see how your local investigation was coming. We look forward to reading the outcome.

Thank you for your continued attention to this matter.

respectfully,
Joe

On Nov 3, 2011, at 3:32 PM, Dave Winegarden wrote:

Hello Joe,

We’re looking into it. Also, I would like to be clear that we will not seek a pound of flesh for any exaggerations that may or may not have taken place here.

Perhaps a correction or clarification, but we have no intension of taking an aggressive posture here, unless some legal position is taken by some agency of the government for any misrepresentation.

Hope you understand.

Thanks,
Dave W

Dave Winegarden, Group Publisher
Morris Newspaper Corp. of CA / Central Valley Group

Manteca Bulletin / Turlock Journal / Ceres Courier
Oakdale Leader / Escalon Times / Riverbank News
dwinegarden@mantecabulletin.com
531 E. Yosemite - Manteca, CA - 95336
209.249.3503

Hi Dave,

A simple retraction and printing of the truth is all that we are after from your level. I would like to make certain that you understand that there was no exaggeration that took place here. Your journalist was, quite simply, lied to. Mr Cordoba was NOT in Special Forces. He was NOT a Green Beret, he was NOT a POW, and he did NOT escape from a POW camp. Those things are indisputable facts, he blatantly and purposefully lied about, that were printed as fact by the Mantecca Bulletin. As a result, he is playing on the sympathies and patriotism of your readership based on a fantasy that was purported as fact....

Thank you for your continued efforts regarding this issue. I do know that these are requests that I am making of you and your business, please do not think that they are demands in any form or fashion. I do not think honorable men need to resort to demands in the area of integrity; be it demonstrated, written or spoken. The integrity of your paper is found in the factual reporting that your readership enjoys. I would think that when you (through your reporter) have been lied to, it would be a priority to have the record set straight, lest it reflect negatively on your organization as a whole.

I do understand Dave. I hope that you understand the level of importance that this issue holds for the Special Forces Community as well.

very respectfully,

Joe

11-03-2011, 15:18	#43
Eagle5US Quiet Professional Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Tampa Posts: 2,536	Mr. Winegarden is acting strangely... Some e-mail traffic between he and I today, perhaps we need to have some additional "input" from folks other than just me?: Good Morning Dave, I wanted to touch base and see how your local investigation was coming. We look forward to reading the outcome. Thank you for your continued attention to this matter. respectfully, Joe On Nov 3, 2011, at 3:32 PM, Dave Winegarden wrote: Hello Joe, We’re looking into it. Also, I would like to be clear that we will not seek a pound of flesh for any exaggerations that may or may not have taken place here. Perhaps a correction or clarification, but we have no intension of taking an aggressive posture here, unless some legal position is taken by some agency of the government for any misrepresentation. Hope you understand. Thanks, Dave W Dave Winegarden, Group Publisher Morris Newspaper Corp. of CA / Central Valley Group Manteca Bulletin / Turlock Journal / Ceres Courier Oakdale Leader / Escalon Times / Riverbank News dwinegarden@mantecabulletin.com 531 E. Yosemite - Manteca, CA - 95336 209.249.3503 Hi Dave, A simple retraction and printing of the truth is all that we are after from your level. I would like to make certain that you understand that there was no exaggeration that took place here. Your journalist was, quite simply, lied to. Mr Cordoba was NOT in Special Forces. He was NOT a Green Beret, he was NOT a POW, and he did NOT escape from a POW camp. Those things are indisputable facts, he blatantly and purposefully lied about, that were printed as fact by the Mantecca Bulletin. As a result, he is playing on the sympathies and patriotism of your readership based on a fantasy that was purported as fact.... Thank you for your continued efforts regarding this issue. I do know that these are requests that I am making of you and your business, please do not think that they are demands in any form or fashion. I do not think honorable men need to resort to demands in the area of integrity; be it demonstrated, written or spoken. The integrity of your paper is found in the factual reporting that your readership enjoys. I would think that when you (through your reporter) have been lied to, it would be a priority to have the record set straight, lest it reflect negatively on your organization as a whole. I do understand Dave. I hope that you understand the level of importance that this issue holds for the Special Forces Community as well. very respectfully, Joe __________________ Primum non Nocere "I have hung out in dangerous places a lot over the years, from combat zones to biker bars, and it is the weak, the unaware, or those looking for it, that usually find trouble. Ain't no one getting out of this world alive. All you can do is try to have some choice in the way you go. Prepare yourself (and your affairs), and when your number is up, die on your feet fighting rather than on your knees. And make the SOBs pay dearly." The Reaper-3 Sep 04
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