Tag Archives: censorship

Of pizzas, pools and prosecutors: or, how the ‘Free’ Press (once again) muzzled itself

Posted on November 29, 2009 by hro50ta1

The Wall Street Journal‘s revelation that my onetime employer, The Detroit [Self-Styled] Free Press, had invited advertisers to participate in the reporting and editing process came as no surprise to me. I worked at the Free Press 23 years if … Continue reading →

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Who scotched the tale?

Posted on November 9, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell [paypal-donation] You never know who scotched the tale, Only that it didn’t run. No space! No space! You know that’s bull. You never know why the yarn got spiked, Only that it didn’t run. No space! No … Continue reading →

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Big Ed’s ghost

Posted on November 4, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell [paypal-donation] We at JOTR are firm DISBELIEVERS in any kind of occult happenings, yet the appearance of an e-mail purportedly from the Other World piqued our curiosity. Its claim to have come from the late Wayne County … Continue reading →

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Varnishing Detroit’s ‘Free’ Press

Posted on November 3, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell [paypal-donation] There was a time back in the 1980s when The Detroit Free Press killed not one, not two, but THREE editorial cartoons lampooning then U.S. Attorney General Ed Meese. Bosses were afraid those unvarnished drawings might … Continue reading →

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That hole in their story, again

Posted on May 27, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell According to the May 21, 2009 Detroit Free Press, five lawyers involved with last year’s Kwamegate text message scandal have been charged with violating the lawyers’ canon of ethics and some may even have committed crimes in a coverup. … Continue reading →

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The censor from Franklin

Posted on May 17, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Who the bleep is Mitch Albom? Oh, I know, he’s the highly-paid Detroit Free Press sports guru who writes opinions about everything under the sun. Kind of like me, except for the sports and being highly-paid. I … Continue reading →

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Jeff Daniels: “Unplugged” gets new urgency

Posted on December 3, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Censorship wears many guises. Sometimes, it masquerades as a beneficent desire to save a writer from his or her own poor judgment. So it happened that Mark Twain long ago submitted his work to his wife for … Continue reading →

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Free Press editor: “Everybody does it”

Posted on September 16, 2008 by admin

[donation] By Joel Thurtell In previous posts (see my blog category JC & Me), I wrote about how the Detroit Free Press clamped down on my reporting on ways U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Detroit abused his congressional staffers … Continue reading →

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Ethics ‘paralysis’ charade: II

Posted on August 6, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell [donation] Okay, here’s the essay I wrote about in yesterday’s column — the one the Free Press refused to publish and forbade me to publish anywhere else: The Ethics “Paralysis’ Charade By Joel Thurtell The new Democratic … Continue reading →

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Ethics “Paralysis” Charade: I

Posted on August 5, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell All of a sudden, journalists are dissing John Conyers. Time was when no reporter in his or her right mind would criticize the congressman from Detroit, the second-most-senior member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Time was … Continue reading →

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