CJ: No transparency discussed here

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Louisville Courier-Journal

The Courier-Journal, the largest newspaper in Kentucky and a longtime advocate of leftward politics, in a generally conservative state, is seeking to replace its longtime conservative editorial columnist after he quit when its editor spiked a column he turned in. The reason I bring this up is because of what was in his column that caused the editor to spike it: transparency in Courier-Journal editorial writers. Because I don’t want this site to be a right/left, I’m linking to a story of the editor’s response. Continue reading

Open Records now has serious pushback

Visitors who poke around the pages here will know that I’m for transparency, that is opening a window into the U.S. news media that writes news stories about us and our business. So as this story develops, I’ve got to share some insight into how the Journal News in White Plains, New York not only felt there was news interest in finding out how pervasive the number of legal handgun owners were in their two-county area, but also in the pushback as a blogger published the names and home addresses of the employees of the Gannett-owned property.

Now the next shoe has dropped as I expected they would and the management felt that they had to protect their employees at work from unknown elements. Continue reading