His predecessor, Mike Hengel, resigned just days after the Review-Journal assured readers in a front-page editorial that it would maintain its independence from Adelson and keep its reporting fair and balanced.
maintaining editorial independence with advice compliments of Roger AilesâŚ
Ah, âfair and balanced.â Yet another expression that has been morphing into Orwellian obfuscation.
Adelson buys silence it seems.
Deja vu all over again. Didnât this happen in Connecticut about two years ago?
I foresee a lengthy and incisive column about Adelson from Mr. Smithâs new station coming soon.
âIn Las Vegas, a quintessential company town, itâs the blowhard billionaires and their political toadies who are worth punching. And if you donât have the freedom to call the communityâs heavyweights to account, then that âcommentaryâ tag isnât worth the paper on which itâs printed,â
Never read one of your columns but that comment is spot on! Godspeed, good Sir.
Interesting how itâs a âconflict of interestâ for a columnist to write about a guy who tried to silence him with a SLAPP suit, but itâs not a conflict of interest for a billionaire to buy the newspaper that employs a guy he wants silenced and to instruct the editor to silence the guy.
When someone powerful sues you for writing about them, it means youâre doing something right. Itâs hardly a conflict of interest - otherwise all critics would be easily silenced.
6 months ago at the most.
No, he seems to bury it in court filings.
In my experience lawyers ainât cheap.