Oregonian editorial page editor dies (after paying a college student for sex)

[Double Down]

Egads. I guess I give the Oregonian credit for publishing the details, even though it's obviously a terrible situation for this guy's family. Hard to argue the editorial page editor isn't a public figure, considering the power he wields within in the city/state.

http://www.oregonlive.com/tigard/index.ssf/2012/03/bob_caldwell_was_with_23-year-.html

Anyone think this is a "private matter" and they shouldn't have published the details of his death?

 

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The Oregonian previously erroneously reported that Caldwell had been found in his parked car on Saturday, based on information from a family friend.

Even if they wouldn't have initially reported the details, wouldn't this force the issue?

What an icky story. Sad for his wife and daughters.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

So what's the actual news?

Man pays for sex? No.

Man dies after paying for sex? Maybe, but probably not.

College student uses sex to pay for college? No.

Newspaper editor has enough money to pay for sex? Ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding!

 

[britwrit]

Not to sound cynical but maybe the guy just got under everyone's nerves...

 

[Boom_70]

The college student showed better judgement than Ted Kennedy. She dialed 911 even though she must have realized that it could cause her some difficulty.

 

[SixToe]

No, this is not a "private matter."

****. That sounds like some PR hack asking for "privacy in this time."

The guy was known. Details are part of reporting the news, real news.

Hate it for his wife and daughters, but this is a hell of a story. Makes you wonder how many years this guy did this with the college lasses.

 

[micropolitan guy]

The paper is known locally as "the big O."

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

What a ****ing scumbag.

Too bad it was his wife and kids who have suffer his ****.

 

[Ace]

What a ****ing scumbag.

Too bad it was his wife and kids who have suffer his ****.

I'm in this camp.

 

[Boom_70]

I'd love to see his editorial archive. I bet there is a wealth of hypocritical positions.

 

[Ace]

I'd love to see his editorial archive. I bet there is a wealth of hypocritical positions.

Doubt there are a lot of editorials tsk, tsking folks who pay coeds for sex.

 

[PaperClip529]

Got to feel awful for his wife and kids. I hope that they at least knew about this detail before it was published so they weren't reading about their derelict husband/father while scouring for the obit.

But I guess that it's better that the Oregonian reports it before a rival does.

 

[Double Down]

I'd love to see his editorial archive. I bet there is a wealth of hypocritical positions.

Would be pretty interesting to see what he wrote about David Wu, the Oregon Congressman Pelosi essentially forced to resign after an 18-year-old staffer said Wu pressured her into having sex.

He also was named the Oregonian's editorial page editor in 1995, the year Bob Packwood resigned. So you would think he weighed in there too.

 

[Zeke12]

So long as he shielded the children from Doonesbury, can he be all bad?

 

[Drip]

As Richard Pryor would say, he came and went at the same time.

 

[HanSenSE]

There's interacting with readers and then there's ...

 

[Boom_70]

There's interacting with readers and then there's ...

Mentoring?

 

[LongTimeListener]

Am I just grouping all these things together unfairly, and maybe these stories exist in bunches in other locales? Or does Oregon seem to have way more than its share of old-guy-caught-with-pants-down stories? Packwood; the former governor who raped his teenage neighbor and covered it up for 20 years; David Wu; the mayor of Portland was recently caught up in a scandal surrounding his sex life with a very young man ...

Blame it on the rain, maybe.

 

[da man]

What's the problem? He was just doing his part to promote higher education.

 

[MTM]

Job opening!