Tag Archives: Detroit Free Press

Holes in their story

Posted on February 24, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell I’m happy to see that finally the Detroit Free Press in its February 12, 2009 version of the David Ashenfelter and Richard Convertino saga has started referring to lawyers on the paper’s side as “Free Press attorneys” … Continue reading →

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Gloating mugs

Posted on February 12, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell That photo of reporter David Ashenfelter and attorney Herschel Fink in the February 11, 2009 online Detroit Free Press said it all. They look like they dodged a big fat bullet. Well, it was Dave who dodged … Continue reading →

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Screwed by Gannett, again and again

Posted on January 28, 2009 by admin

By Joel Thurtell You’d think the owner of the Detroit News and Free Press would want to snuggle up to the public. You know, in hopes paying readers won’t junk them when they dump most home delivery in March. Somehow, … Continue reading →

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Off guard: Prosecution by newspaper

Posted on January 22, 2009 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Motives are important, even in the newspaper business. And in newspapers, business is a prime motive, though often unspoken. There’s that glass wall between business and editorial, right? Advertising people don’t talk to editors and vice versa. … Continue reading →

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Get another job!

Posted on January 15, 2009 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Just call me me Mitch. Ever notice that trick the Bard of the Free Press uses to drive home a point? In a church hymn, it’s called a refrain. Well, I heard yesterday that Gannett, the nation’s … Continue reading →

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Mitch: “This is my city”

Posted on January 11, 2009 by admin

By Joel Thurtell I saw the small-capital-letter headline in today’s (January 12, 2009) Detroit Free Press, “MITCH SENDS A MESSAGE FROM DETROIT” followed by the big red lower-case head, “We’re not gum on America’s shoe.” I wondered where he REALLY … Continue reading →

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Muni ripoffs — same old same old

Posted on January 9, 2009 by admin

By Joel Thurtell I was perplexed this morning, January 9, 2009,  as I read a New York Times story claiming to offer “a rare glimpse into a long-simmering investigation of…wrongdoing throughout the municipal bond business.” The practice of bond sales … Continue reading →

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Another Free Press first: Lay off

Posted on January 6, 2009 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Lookit what came in my email today — a memo, ostensibly from Detroit Free Press Editor Paul Anger — notifying the staff of a staff position that’s been erased. Which means, if this note is not a … Continue reading →

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The new deep pockets

Posted on January 2, 2009 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Time was when government officials would whine that citizens’ lawsuits were busting their budgets, that litigants were aiming at the perceived money-lined deep pockets of governments. Now it’s the governments, strapped for cash in a lousy economy … Continue reading →

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Where are those “cosmo” readers?

Posted on December 18, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Back in 1991, I went to a meeting of Detroit Free Press editorial staff in that very impressive, wood-panelled room with the mural where imprtant meetings were held. This happened back when the Free Press still worked … Continue reading →

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