Andy Martin scoops the mainstream media with Sunderland family scam story

Andy Martin’s ContrarianCommentary.com was the first to expose the Sunderland family as “reality TV” scammers. Other media are now following Andy’s lead and reporting how the crass Sunderland family adults have used (and abused) their children as pawns in their financial shenanigans. “We were first,” Andy says. “Blogger Nation wins another race against the bloated, incompetent and totally misleading mainstream media. I am more convinced than ever that Abby Sunderland’s ‘rescue’ was nothing more than a stunt to hype their financial promotions, after the original ‘story’ elicited little public or media response. So they staged a rescue. Crass, Criminal. People are getting tired of whacko families that let their kids risk their lives for fame.”

Martin calls the Sunderland family the new “Munsters” of reality TV

Andy Martin’s ContrarianCommentary.com is the first to expose the Sunderland family’s scams

The “Internet Powerhouse” scores another investigative first as Contrarian Commentary scoops all of the nation’s media

Martin says Abby Sunderland’s “rescue” appears to have been a staged reality TV scam

The Sunderlands appear to be the latest in a long line of reality TV scammers

ContrarianCommentary.com
“The Internet Powerhouse”

Andy Martin
Executive Editor

“Factually Correct, Not
Politically Correct”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:


Andy Martin says the “rescue” of Abby Sunderland may have been staged to promote her reality TV series: “We have “Balloon Boy II,” Martin says

Martin was the first to expose that the Sunderlands were engaged in a reality TV scam

Andy Martin says the mainstream media are feeding the reality TV scammers by treating them as legitimate news events instead of commercial exploitationists and fraud artists

(NEW YORK)(June 14, 2010) Andy Martin, Executive Editor of ContrarianCommentary.com, who is called the “Internet Powerhouse” for exposing Barack Obama’s personal lies and Congressman Mark Kirk’s fabricated military record, and well as other “firsts” and “exclusives,” was the first to blow the whistle on Abby Sunderland and her Sunderland family reality TV scams.

“I am convinced that the ‘rescue’ was staged to obtain media publicity,” Martin says. “We were the first to expose the ‘Sunderland shenanigans’ on Friday and again on Sunday morning.

“By Monday morning (today) the New York Post had followed our lead and jumped on the story. The Sunderlands are creeps that are abusing their children and should be prosecuted by California authorities.

“Once again the ‘Internet Powerhouse’ has scooped—and embarrassed-the mainstream media by exposing a reality TV scam long before ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC wisened up. That’s why people turn to Blogger Nation and ContrarianCommentary.com for the first facts and first analysis. The mainstream media follow us.

“We are proud to have been the first media source to expose the Sunderlands as scam artists. We believe closer examination of this family and an interrogation of Abby Sunderland will show her parents sent her into harm’s way as part of a reality TV promotion. The ‘rescue’ was staged to gain media attention after initial attempts to attract interest were unsuccessful.”

Martin suggests that California law enforcement and child protection authorities seize the tapes/films of the Sunderlands and open a criminal investigation.

“I renew what I said last Friday: these parents belong in jail, and the children belong under state supervision,” Martin says.

“The timing of our stories (Vienna time) are marked by our Internet postings:

http://www.pr-inside.com/andy-martin-abby-sunderland-and-her-r1944384.htm

http://www.pr-inside.com/is-abby-sunderland-just-another-reality-r1945647.htm

Jay Leno and David Letterman, are you paying attention?
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Andy Martin is the legendary New York and Chicago-based muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask” and his Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com. Martin comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of investigative experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).

UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSAwww.facebook.com/AndyMartin Andy's columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com. contrariancommentary.typepad.com[NOTE: We try to correct any typographical errors in this story on our blogs; find our latest edition there.]

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Is Abby Sunderland just another reality TV scammer?

There is increasing evidence that the Sunderland family will take its place along side other recent scammers such as “balloon boy” and the Salafis (White House crashers). Andy Martin says reality TV producers are creating these strange people and deranged family ventures.

Andy Martin asks whether the entire Sunderland family is a reality TV scam

Martin says Abby Sunderland’s “rescue” may have been orchestrated by her father

The Sunderland appear to be the latest in a long line of reality TV scammers

ContrarianCommentary.com
Andy Martin
Executive Editor

“Factually Correct, Not
Politically Correct”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:


Andy Martin says the mainstream media are feeding the reality TV scammers by treating them as legitimate news events instead of commercial exploitationists

(NEW YORK)(June 13, 2010) The Sunderland family, led by “Octomom” Marianne and her loopy father, appears to be just another reality TV scam. Someone has suggested that Octomom Sunderland, who has four teenage children, is pregnant again. All the better to provide quality time for her commercial brood.

I was alerted to the commercialization of this 16 year-old by a reader, who furnished me with a link to Magnetic Entertainment, which is shopping reality TV shows about the Sunderlands:

http://www.magneticent.com/html/projects.htm

A little more digging let me to a sponsorship page, with a price list of sponsorships for the 16 year-old, also linked to Magnetic Entertainment:

http://abbysunderland.com/images/sponsors/abby_sponsorship.pdf

First we had the balloon boy scam floating into space. Then we had the Salafis crashing the White House. Now the Sunderlands look as creepy as any of these whackos. When and where does it end?

Why is there no critical analysis from the mainstream media. The “rescue” of Abby Sunderland is treated as a legitimate news event. It appears to have been a crass commercial exploitation. The Sunderlands even advertised that their daughter was sailing into the “fearsome rigors of the southern seas.” What kind of a parent would expose a child to that kind of danger, alone, for months? Only a deranged parent. Only a sicko.

After Abby’s initial masthead problems her father, who claims to be an experienced mariner, had to have known that she was in increasing danger. But he egged her on. It sounds like an increasingly staged and artificial “rescue.”

After being rescued, Abby’s snide remarks about her age and the dangers of the high seas have a Hollywood-like veneer to them.

And, by the way, why is Abby not in school? What kind of a scam did the Sunderlands pull to get their daughter out of school for a year, sailing alone? Is she "home schooling" herself? Hello, California officials?

The Sunderlands smell. But then the entire reality TV universe stinks as well.

Jay Leno and David Letterman, are you paying attention?
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Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask and his Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com. Martin comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).
UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSAwww.facebook.com/AndyMartin Andy's columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
contrariancommentary.typepad.com[NOTE: We try to correct any typographical errors in this story on our blogs; find our latest edition there.]
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2010
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