Category Archives: Joel’s J School

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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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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“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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Slantmeisters of the Times

Posted on July 28, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell [donation] Good morning. Welcome to another lecture at Joel’s J School, where we teach the principles of news gathering and writing as they are actually practiced in the real workaday world of Journalism. Here at Joel’s J … Continue reading →

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Rebellion at joelontheroad.com

Posted on July 27, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell [donation] Oh boy. Have I got trouble. The staff at joelontheroad.com is up in arms. Absolutely PO’ed. Nobody’s writing articles. They’re all griping about me. Luke Warm, my roving reporter, is boiling mad, and that’s not like … 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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‘Sources say’ — Free Press mantra

Posted on July 24, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell [donation] I don’t give a rat’s ass whether the governor of Michigan called a federal prosecutor. But I’m sick and tired of the Detroit Free Press dumping on the world its daily tabloid-style rants dressed up as … Continue reading →

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