Category Archives: Subpoenaed reporters

Not just my opinion

Posted on March 13, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Over dinner, an old friend who’s a journalist quizzed me about the case of David Ashenfelter, the Detroit Free Press reporter ordered by a judge to reveal the U.S. Department of Justice sources for his story that … Continue reading →

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JOTR to judge: Tell Dave to stick it

Posted on March 4, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell All through the Kwame thing, we heard this drumbeat from the Detroit Free Press: This newspaper represents the public interest.  We need this or that record so we can better represent the public. We need judges to … Continue reading →

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Holes in their story

Posted on February 24, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell I’m happy to see that finally the Detroit Free Press in its February 12, 2009 version of the David Ashenfelter and Richard Convertino saga has started referring to lawyers on the paper’s side as “Free Press attorneys” … Continue reading →

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Off guard: Prosecution by newspaper

Posted on January 22, 2009 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Motives are important, even in the newspaper business. And in newspapers, business is a prime motive, though often unspoken. There’s that glass wall between business and editorial, right? Advertising people don’t talk to editors and vice versa. … Continue reading →

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Off guard and then some

Posted on December 14, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell If somebody offered me a fifth of my favorite single-malt Scotch, I’d take it. But I hope I never have to take the fifth the way ace Detroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter took it on December … Continue reading →

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Off guard: The Free Press and the leakers

Posted on December 8, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Several weeks ago, I began writing an essay about the case of former federal prosecutor Richard Convertino, who’s suing my former paper, the Detroit Free Press, to force Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter David Ashenfelter to name the … Continue reading →

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