|
By John Dela Rosa
Don’t be fooled by cheap imitations…
While imitation is the highest form of flattery, the development of a new website intended to look identical to GuamNewsFactor.com is clearly meant to mislead the people of Guam. Guam News Factor clearly has made some in our community uncomfortable with the coverage we have lent to issues that are relevant and meaningful. The attempt by one member of a family with significant media interests on Guam to launch a website under the domain name “guamnewsfactors.com” with a logo identical to the Guam News Factor logo, is clearly intended to counteract the impact our website has had on their often selective news coverage.
See the imposter "guamnewsfactors" home page.
According to Network Solutions whois search results, www.guamnewsfactors.com is registered to E.C. Development and John Calvo is listed as the Administrative and Technical Contact.
See guamnewsfactors registration information at Network Solutions' whois search.
Click here to see the PDF of the registration information page from Network Solution's whois search results captured today by the Guam News Factor team.
While we are uncertain of the motivation behind this imposter website that seeks to confuse the people of Guam and mislead them into thinking they are us, we are more puzzled at the lengths to which a member of the Calvo family would go to mislead anyone. The family owns KUAM and www.kuam.com. Already they have the means to cover news from whatever perspective they choose. The addition of this imitation website appears intended to separate itself from their news organization, yet given its near identical appearance to GuamNewsFactor.com, we can only assume it will cover news and issues.
The obvious ploy to confuse and mislead people leaves us wondering if Mr. Calvo may be lashing out against members of Marianas Media for a number of issues. Is it because of Marianas Media’s support of the Anti-Prop A campaign which contributed to Bridge Capital, financier of the Prop A campaign, pulling out of Guam and the departure of two members of the Calvo family, including Mr. John Calvo from Bridge Capital? Could it be that our recent coverage of the Guam Medical Society’s efforts to raise cigarette taxes threatens the lucrative cigarette distributorship (Mid Pacific Distributors) business, where he is now employed? Or perhaps Guam News Factor’s recent coverage of potential Mini-Hatch Act violations of announced Gubernatorial candidate Eddie Calvo and his running mate Ray Tenorio and our observation that KUAM news appears to selectively and positively cover interests beneficial to the family, such as the Calvo-Tenorio campaign. If Mr. Calvo's intentions are simply to direct people away from GuamNewsFactor.com, then his motives are tantamount to censorship, seeking to shut out an alternative voice in Guam media.
Whatever the reason for starting this imposter website, we have great confidence in the people of Guam and their hunger for new perspectives on the issues that are important to our island. The Guam News Factor remains committed to bringing that perspective to you and to add meaningfully to the dialogue of relevant topics on our island.
Guam News Factor has been clear from the start about who we are and what we do.
Guam News Factor is a privately owned multimedia news website dedicated to (1) the timely relay of current events affecting the U.S. Territory of Guam and (2) the lending of additional perspective to unfolding Guam news stories through the interactive website GuamNewsFactor.com.
GuamNewsFactor.com seeks to provoke thought and discussion on happenings within the island of Guam and on activities directly affecting Guam. Through consideration of the context and consequences of stories published and broadcast daily by multiple news and information outlets. Through the shedding of new light on topics that are in the interest, convience and necessity of our public audience. And through direct links to stories published online.
Together, GuamNewsFactor.com and the Guam News Factor brand comprise one of several media assets owned and operated by Marianas Media. This corporation also owns and operates Channel 4 -- Guam's first fully digital commercial broadcast television station and an affiliate of The CW, a network owned by CBS and Time Warner Communications. Marianas Media is a multimedia production, news and entertainment company specializing in broacast production, broadcast programming & distribution, creative advertising and marketing solutions, live events and promotions, public relations consultation, media planning and execution, web development, and multimedia layout and graphical design through facilities in Guam and Manila and contacts throughout the United States, Asia and the Western Pacific.
See Guam News Factor's About Us page.
Some have tried to challenge our credibility by questioning our reasons for not publishing bylines on our articles, however, all Guam News Factor stories are developed through collaborative effort of the Guam News Factor staff of writers, under the editorial direction of the Marianas Media management team, who have been covered extensively in other local media.
Related news items:
Newer news items:
Older news items:
|
Top Stories 
