Tag Archives: Detroit Free Press

Spin, spin, spin

Posted on April 27, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell The more you repeat a lie, the more it overwhelms the truth. They know that maxim well at the Detroit Free Press. It took four writers, two of them Puliltzer laureates, to put that old rule to … Continue reading →

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Newspaper or TV station?

Posted on April 20, 2009 by hro50ta1

This just in from Detroit Free Press editors: Folks, Please join us in welcoming Mike Brookbank to the Free Press. Mike will anchor our Free Press news segments on First Forecast Mornings on WWJ-TV from 5 to 7 a.m. weekdays. … Continue reading →

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Fixing Free Press A-C bias

Posted on April 16, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Normally, I’m not in favor of outsourcing, especially when it involves covering local news stories. How could reporters in, say, Bangalore, India have enough background, culturally and politically, to report accurately and concisely on an American news … Continue reading →

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The monopoly implodes

Posted on April 13, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell On the heels of what looks like a colossal screw-up in downsizing its once daily newspapers to a pair of failies, Gannett is dropping another shoe on Detroit. According to the Oakland Press, Gannett plans to close … Continue reading →

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Public interest or bunk?

Posted on April 13, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Odd bit of irony in the Sunday, April 12, 2009 Detroit Free Press article. The latest sport is skewering Detroit 36th District Judge Ruth Carter for caustic comments she made in text messages she sent on a … Continue reading →

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Chump again

Posted on April 10, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell I felt like a chump when I found out a friend was telemarketed by the Free Press and wound up paying half what I’m shelling out for the new threely home delivery and fourly e-mail set-up that … Continue reading →

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Turning customers into chumps

Posted on April 5, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell In a previous blog, I reported my difficulties subscribing to the new “threely” Detroit Free Press. Busy phone line. Dysfunctional computer sign-up. Finally, I got through Monday afternoon on March 30, 2009 and agreed to have my … Continue reading →

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I want my Free Press!

Posted on March 30, 2009 by hro50ta1

Update 7:40 one more time. I called 313-222-6500 and learned that the Free Press circulation person I talked to on Monday had it wrong. My Free Press will not automatically be e-mailed to me. Instead, for now I can log … Continue reading →

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The bomb under Matty’s bridge

Posted on March 29, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Stamper downplayed more specific concerns about the Ambassador bridge: that a fuel station near the bridge might be a hazard, for instance — saying it doesn’t pose a risk now and is being moved anyway, further away … 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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