“A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.”
- Thomas Paine
THE DATA
From 2008 to 2024, the Ohio state record blue catfish increased in size by 87.2%, or nearly doubled in size, from 54 pounds to 101.11 pounds.
From 2008 to 2009, the Ohio state record blue catfish increased in size by 77.7%, or nearly doubled in size, from 54 pounds to 96 pounds.
In 2008, Keith Setty caught the first-ever Ohio state record blue catfish. It weighed 54 pounds.
Ohio fish management supervisor Doug Maloney walked the first, only, and biggest blue catfish ever caught in Ohio back to merely “good-sized”.
That is an example of the propaganda technique known as “damning with faint praise”.
Doug didn’t offer any suggestion as to why Ohio had suddenly created an entirely new category in their fish records.
That is an example of the propaganda technique known as “stonewalling”.
In 2008, the blue catfish winked into existence in Ohio for the first time in history, in the Ohio River. It weighed 54 pounds.
From July 2009 to April 2024, the Ohio state record blue catfish increased in size by 5.3%, from 96 pounds, to 101.11 pounds.
In 2009, Chris Rolph caught the Ohio state record blue catfish in the Ohio River. It weighed 96 pounds.
In 2009, or soon after, the blue catfish disappeared from the environment in Ohio. It would remain absent for almost fifteen years.
In April 2024, Jaylynn Parker caught the Ohio state record blue catfish. It weighed 101.11 pounds, and was the largest fish ever caught in Ohio.
Outdoor News’ Tom Cross walked it back to “giant”, and averred that it was “most likely the biggest fish ever caught in the state of Ohio in modern times.”
You can tell he’s lying by his use of the words “most likely”, and because he didn’t provide a specific example of a larger fish.
In April 2024, after an absence of almost fifteen years, the blue catfish winked back into existence in Ohio, at a weight of 101.11 pounds, which was 5.5% larger than the 96 pounds at which it had last manifested there in 2008.
THE ARTICLES
JULY 2008
On July 11, 2008, the Toledo Blade said “Record blue catfish taken in Ohio”.
Where the uncredited author omitted the word “state” from “state record”, and gymnastically separated “record” and “Ohio”, to avoid plainly stating “new Ohio state record”.
They said “taken” to reinforce the false meme that far larger blue catfish had been out there in Ohio, all along, only nobody had pursued them with the proper skill or assiduousness, previously.
For those unaware, anytime an author is uncredited, it is proof that said author is an Intelligence operative.
The article goes on to say “The fish is definitely a blue catfish," confirmed Doug Maloney, fish management supervisor for Ohio Wildlife District 5 at Xenia.
Setty, of Lynchburg, Ohio, caught the monster in the early hours of June 29 and had it offically weighed at the local post office the next day. Then he headed for District 5 headquarters for verification - all 45 1/2 inches and 57 pounds, 3.2 ounces of it. It had a 32 1/2-inch girth.
“That’s a good-sized fish,” said Maloney, acknowledging that it becomes the first entry in the new blue catfish category, which carried a 45-inch minimum length, weight aside, to qualify. Records hereon, however, as with all other species, are determined by weight only.”
Where Ohio fish management supervisor Doug Maloney walked the first, only, and biggest blue catfish ever caught in Ohio back to merely “good-sized”.
That is an example of the propaganda technique known as “damning with faint praise”.
Doug didn’t offer any suggestion as to why Ohio had suddenly created an entirely new category in their fish records.
That is an example of the propaganda technique known as “stonewalling”.
In July 2008, Keith Setty caught the first-ever Ohio state record blue catfish. It weighed 54 pounds.
(Keith Setty with the first-ever Ohio state record blue catfish, from July 2008. It weighed 54 pounds.)
JUNE 2009
On June 21, 2009, the Columbus Distpatch published “Outdoors notebook: Record-setting catfish hooked from Ohio River”.
Where, under the false guise of familiarity, the uncredited author omitted the word “state” from “state record”, and moved “Ohio” off onto a different subject, to avoid plainly stating “new Ohio state record”.
They said “hooked” to reinforce the false meme that far larger blue catfish had been out there in Ohio, all along, only nobody had pursued them with the proper skill or assiduousness, previously.
For those unaware, anytime an author is uncredited, it is proof that said author is an Intelligence operative.
The uncredited Intelligence operative from the Columbus Dispatch went on to say “Rolph’s monster, 54 1/2 inches in length and 36 inches in girth, weighed 96 pounds on a certified scale. It outweighed the standing Ohio record, a 54-pounder taken from the Ohio by Keith Setty of Lynchburg.”
Where the general “outweighed” was used in place of the specific margin between the old record and the new.
As a bonus, the spook writing the article omitted the year of the previous record, and omitted the word “river” from “Ohio River”, to make the subject less searchable.
Those are examples of the propaganda technique known as “compartmentalization”.
In some obfuscated year, Keith Setty caught the Ohio state record blue catfish. It weighed 54 pounds.
JULY 2009
On July 2, 2009, outdoornews.com said “96-pound blue catfish a new Ohio state standard”.
Where the uncredited author deviantly used “standard” in place of “record”, to avoid plainspokenly stating “new Ohio state record”.
That is an example of the propaganda technique known as “compartmentalization”.
For those unaware, anytime an author is uncredited, it is proof that said author is an Intelligence operative.
The uncredited Intelligence operative from the State propaganda organ known as outdoornews.com went on to say “Meldahl Dam, Ohio – Two southern Ohio fishermen had their hands – and later their boat – filled with a state record 96-pound blue catfish. Chris Rolph of Williamsburg, and, Jon Owens, of Amelia, fishing buddies of 33 years, set out June 10 in the Ohio River for catfish about a mile upstream from Schmidt’s…”
The rest of the article is behind a paywall.
Which makes me unable to document when the record prior to 2009 was set, and who set it, and where, and the weight of that prior record.
That is an example of the propaganda technique known as “compartmentalization”.
But now I have the angler’s name.
And will look up another article.
In 2009, Chris Rolph caught the Ohio state record blue catfish in the Ohio River. It weighed 96 pounds.
(Chris Rolph with the Ohio state record blue catfish, July 2009, 96 pounds, 78% larger, or almost twice the size of the previous 54-pound record holder from just a year earlier.)
AUGUST 2017
In August 2017, Fisherman’s Warehouse-Cols on Facebook said “On 6/11/09 angler Chris Rolph shattered the Ohio blue catfish record when he landed this 96lb monster! Chris was fishing the Ohio River near Cincinnati when he broke the previous record by almost 40lbs. #funfact #fishing”
Where the uncredited author replaced the percentage increase between the old record and the new with the lurid-but-general “shattered” and “by almost 40lbs”, and omitted any mention of when the previous record was set, or who set it, or the weight of the previous record.
Those are all examples of the propaganda technique known as “compartmentalization”.
So, I had to look up another article.
APRIL 2024
On April 15, 2024, outdoornews.com said “Ohio 15-year-old catches giant blue catfish, likely setting new state record”.
Where author Tom Cross did what little he could to hedge by gymnastically separating “Ohio” and “state record”, to avoid plainspokenly stating “new Ohio state record”.
That is an example of the propaganda technique known as “compartmentalization”.
In journalistic parlance, Tom “buried” this in an unsearchable photo caption seven paragraphs down: “Jaylynn Parker, 15, of New Richmond, is shown with her record-breaking 101.11-pound blue catfish from an Ohio River tributary in Clermont County. It is most likely the biggest fish ever caught in the state of Ohio in modern times.”
Where Tom used the general “record breaking” as a hedge against the specific percentage increase between the old record and the new.
That is an example of the propaganda technique known as “compartmentalization”.
Tom hedged again by stating that the fish was only the biggest in Ohio “in modern times”, to avoid saying “the biggest fish ever caught in Ohio in history”. You can tell he’s lying by his use of the words “most likely”, and because he didn’t provide an example of a larger fish.
I have exposed his duplicity by using what was known in the old days as “fact checking”.
In April 2024, Jaylynn Parker caught the Ohio state record blue catfish. It weighed 101.11 pounds, and was the largest fish ever caught in Ohio.
(Jaylynn Parker with the Ohio state record blue catfish, from 2024. It weighed 101.11 pounds and was the largest fish of any kind ever caught in Ohio.)
Outdoor News’ Tom Cross walked it back to “giant”, and averred that it was “most likely the biggest fish ever caught in the state of Ohio in modern times.”
Tom “buried” this another thirteen paragraphs lower in the article: “Jaylynn’s big catfish officially weighed on certified scales at 101.11 pounds, easily beating out the current state record blue catfish, which weighed 96 pounds.
Where Outdoor News’ Tom Cross walked the biggest catfish in the history of the state of Ohio back to merely “big”, and then replaced the specific margin between the old record and the new with the general “easily beating out”.
As a bonus, Tom omitted any information on when the previous was set, or who set it, or where it was set.
Those are all examples of the propaganda technique known as “compartmentalization”.
So I had to look up another article.
There are no photos of Tom Cross online, none. Until I am presented with evidence to the contrary, Tom Cross is a pseudonym which a variety of uncredited Intelligence operatives publish under.
APRIL 2024
On April 8, 2024, foxweather.com said “Ohio teen pulls in ‘massive’ 101-pound blue catfish setting new state record”.
Where the uncredited author from Fox Weather did what little he could to hedge by gymnastically separating “Ohio” and “state record”, to avoid plainspokenly stating “new Ohio state record”.
That is an example of the propaganda technique known as “compartmentalization”.
The technique is identical to that used in the outdoornews.com article which we just reviewed previously.
They are examples of what is known as “Horizontal Propaganda” or “Integration Propaganda”.
For those unaware, anytime an author is uncredited, it is proof that said author is an Intelligence operative.
Then they walked the biggest blue catfish in the history of the state of Ohio back to merely “massive”, and put the word “massive” in quotes to call it into question.
They said “pulls in” to reinforce the false meme that far-larger blue catfish had been out there in Ohio, all along, only nobody had pursued them with the proper skill or assiduousness, previously.
“Pulled in” is also a slur against the young female angler, who caught the fish fair-and-square on a jugline.
The uncredited Intelligence operative from the State propaganda organ known as foxweather.com “buried” this eighteen paragraphs down:
“According to the Ohio State Record Fish List, this could be the largest fish caught in state history. The previous blue catfish record was 96 pounds, set in 2009.”
Can you see how the name of the person who caught it and the location of the catch are omitted?
Those are examples of the propaganda technique known as “compartmentalization”.
So I had to look up another article.
Jeff Miller, Honolulu, HI, July 3, 2024
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