Tag Archives: Newspapers

‘Freedom of information,’ except…

Posted on August 14, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell After all the hoopla about the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News’ battle to open more of the Kwamegate text messages to public view, I wanted to learn what the legal issues were. So I headed for … Continue reading →

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No files? It’s circus court

Posted on August 13, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Who ever heard of a court that works without files? Sounds like something Franz Kafka would make up. You know, that insane novel of his, “The Trial,” where a guy spends his life trying to make contact … Continue reading →

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Figuring it all out

Posted on August 11, 2008 by admin

Control. That’s what I wanted. Before we left for vacation on August 1, I wrote enough columns to post a new one each day that I was gone. Well, almost. True, I recycled one. Hey, Bob Talbert did that. Remember … Continue reading →

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A TRUE ethics policy revisited

Posted on August 8, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Still on vacation. Hope you don’t mind another retread. I think this essay on ethics is important and I plan to follow with more thoughts on what’s important and what’s not important to credibility for journalists. With … Continue reading →

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Double standard at the good ol’ Freep

Posted on August 4, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Back in 2003 when I was investigating U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr.’s abuse of staffers, I had anonymous sources for the first stories, and that was very okay with editors. Something changed, though, and I was prohibited … Continue reading →

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Message from the Messenger: You’re fired!

Posted on August 2, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Guess they showed me who’s boss. The door did not slam behind me — I got the news at home, by phone. After three months of writing for a liberal blog, I’m out. Liberal or conservative, it … Continue reading →

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Stifling Free Press Conyers coverage

Posted on August 1, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell [donation] On Nov. 21, 2003, The Detroit Free Press ran the first of what I believed would be a steady series of exposes of U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr.’s abuse of congressional aides to further his own … Continue reading →

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Kwamegate + Sludgegate = elitism, entitlement

Posted on July 31, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell A few minutes after six this morning, having brought the day’s issues of The Detroit Free Press and The New York Times in and while I measured coffee into the java machine, it occurred to me that … Continue reading →

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“Irrelevant” reporters?

Posted on July 30, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell [donation] Judges say the goofiest things. If I were Detroit Free Press reporters, I’d be mad as hell. Can you believe it? Wayne County Circuit Judge Robert Colombo Jr. said the paper’s ace reporters are irrelevant. That’s … Continue reading →

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joelontheroad, 24/7

Posted on July 26, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell [donation] With rumors that the Detroit Free Press is mulling a twice-weekly publication schedule in tabloid form, I want to assure readers of joelontheroad.com that no publication cutbacks are being planned here. Au contraire, I’m mulling (isn’t … Continue reading →

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