Monthly Archives: February 2014

Free Press motto

Old Detroit Free Press motto: “It is a newspaper’s duty to print the news, and raise hell.”* New Free Press motto: “A newspaper’s duty is to digitize, and enliven downtown.” * Editor’s note: Oh, come on! This motto was coined … Continue reading

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The lie under Matty’s ‘Twin’

By Joel Thurtell I’m tired of writing that Matty Moroun can’t build his much-ballyhooed twin to the Ambassador Bridge. By now, you’d think reporters would know that the city of Detroit owns the land on the US side of the Detroit … Continue reading

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