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This gentleman has character.

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Neutral Corner, Dec 25, 2015.

  1. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

  2. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    I'd say this guy showed more character than the subject of the thread:

    Three months before a mysterious article popped up in an obscure Connecticut newspaper criticizing a judge overseeing a lawsuit against Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson and his casino empire, freelance reporter Scott Whipple received a lucrative proposal from his old boss.

    Meeting at the small paper's New Britain offices, publisher and editor Michael Schroeder offered Whipple $5,000 to write a piece about Nevada judicial decisions.

    This was unusual, to say the least. Whipple, a veteran business reporter who had recently retired, had accepted some freelancing projects from his former employer, but Schroeder had never offered him a sum that large before. And the assignment seemed completely unrelated to the usual issues covered by the New Britain Herald and its sister paper, The Bristol Press.

    Whipple, who had spent 17 years at the papers, said in an interview that he asked Schroeder what the job entailed. Schroeder called it a "project" looking at Nevada judges who were handling business cases and mentioned Adelson's name. To get him up to speed, Whipple recalled, Schroeder gave him a 40-page dossier comprising court documents and some newspaper clips.

    After mulling the idea for a few days, Whipple decided to pass since the assignment didn't mesh with his reporting experience and sounded unorthodox.

    "I couldn't understand the relevance to Connecticut and the Herald," Whipple said with a touch of understatement. Schroeder, he added, asked if he knew of anyone else who might undertake the project. No one came to mind.


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  3. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    Good for him. Lot of layers to this have come out.
     
  4. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    It's 2016. Do people really think stuff like this isn't going to get out?

    Alright, I know the answer. But really, it's 2016. Get a grip.
     
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