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‘Freedom of information,’ except…
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
Posted in Bad government, Kwamegate
Tagged access to information, Add new tag, Coleman A. Young Building, common law, Detroit, Franz Kafka, Freedom of Information, hidden files, judges, Kwamegate, Len Niehoff, lightning, Michigan Constitution, Newspapers, openness, pollution, records, reporter, reporters, Rouge, s, secrecy, secret, The Trial, trial, University of Michigan Law School, Wayne County Circuit Court
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No files? It’s circus court
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
Posted in Bad government, Kwamegate
Tagged access to information, Coleman A. Young Building, common law, Detroit, Franz Kafka, Freedom of Information, hidden files, judges, Kwamegate, Len Niehoff, Michigan Constitution, Newspapers, reporter, reporters, secrecy, The Trial, trial, University of Michigan Law School, Wayne County Circuit Court
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Blame it on the geese!
By Joel Thurtell Don’t you hate it when politicians blame their wives for things they should take responsibility for? Once I had to listen to a certain bigwig Wayne County politician telling me he didn’t dare accept President Bill Clinton’s … Continue reading
Figuring it all out
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
Posted in Bloggery, Kwamegate
Tagged Add new tag, Detroit, Detroit Free Press, email, Internet, Kwame Kilpatrick, Kwamegate, mayor, New York Times, newspaper, Newspapers, perjury, trial
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Step aside, JC
By Joel Thurtell Remember back in 2002 when the FBI raided Ed McNamara’s offices in Detroit? How could that highly publicized piece of law enforcement be connected to Sludgegate? Well, there is a thread — In 2002, Detroit’s longtime U.S. … Continue reading
A TRUE ethics policy revisited
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
Posted in future of newspapers, Joel's J School
Tagged Add new tag, buyout, buyouts, Credibility, democratic, Detroit, Detroit Free Press, editors, Ethics, ethics in, future of newsspapers, Gannett, Knight-Ridder, managers, New York Times, newspaper, Newspapers, reporters, reporting, truth
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Joel on the road — but the roadmap has changed
By Joel Thurtell I’m on vacation, folks. Pecking away at my laptop in a Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario motel. It’s August 2, and I have fresh columns through August 6. Oh-oh. I promised I’d post something new every day. Many … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Bloggery, future of newspapers
Tagged blog, blogging, Boat, Boats, buyout, buyouts, Christmas, church, creativity, David Crumm, Detroit, Downriver, Gannett, journalism, Kelly Rinne, managers, muskrat, muskrat cook, Plymouth, readthespirit.com, retirement, Rouge, soundque.com
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Ethics ‘paralysis’ charade: II
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
Ethics “Paralysis” Charade: I
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
Posted in Bad government, censorship, JC & Me, Joel's J School, People
Tagged Add new tag, babysitting, buyout, buyouts, censor, censorship, Charles Diggs, Congress, criticism, democratic, Democrats, Detroit, editors, Ethics, freelance, House Ethics Committee, John Conyers Jr., Nancy Pelosi, reporter, reporters, reporting, Republicans
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Double standard at the good ol’ Freep
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
Posted in Bad government, censorship, JC & Me, Joel's J School
Tagged Credibility, Detroit, Detroit Free Press, editors, Ethics, John Conyers, Kwamegate, managers, newspaper, Newspapers, reporter, reporters, reporting, sources, unnmed sources
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