Why Won’t the Media Report on Karen Velie’s Mental Instability and Abuse?
Aaron Ochs is the author of “Defamers: How Fake News Terrorized a Community & Those Who Dared to Fight It,” a nonfiction uncovering the defamatory, deceptive and criminal practices of online tabloid CalCoastNews.
Every time I read San Luis Obispo County media outlets like New Times or The Tribune fact-check or follow up on stories first reported by CalCoastNews, I notice they prefer to correct or clarify what was originally reported. But they mostly leave the snide up to the anonymous New Times “Shredder.” But every time they mock CCN, they never take into account the depths of CCN co-founder Karen Velie’s depravity.
Velie has undoubtedly become a prominent figure in a countywide conversation, being the “reporter” that’s exclusively reported on “scandals” that are either ridiculously overblown, embellished to the point that readers are unable to discern between clear fact or fiction, or the “scandal” they manufactured is completely bunk. Reminding readers that Karen Velie has a less-than-stellar accuracy record is one thing, but it’s another to constantly overlook her downright pathological and psychotic behavior.
And while it’s crucial to contextualize what she does by mentioning her $1.1 million libel lawsuit loss, it’s even more important to explain why she lost, why…
