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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLas Vegas newspaper staffers stand up to new owner, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson
In a front-page editorial Sunday, the papers editors, in soaring rhetoric, told readers they would remain vigilant to ensure coverage was not slanted and that any potential conflicts with Adelsons businesses and political interests would be fully disclosed.
You can be assured that if the Adelsons attempt to skew coverage, by ordering some stories covered and others killed or watered down, the Review-Journals editors and reporters will fight it, the editorial read. We will fight for your trust. Every. Single. Day. Even if our former owners and current operators dont want us to.
They had reason for concern. On the night of Dec. 10, Taylor, the publisher, had stopped the presses to delete a quote from Schroeder in the papers first story about the sale. Taylor, who did not respond to a request for an interview, apologized the next morning for his action, two employees said.
By Tuesday night, Adelsons new management team had begun to take the reins, firing back in their own editorial, which ran on Wednesdays front page, that they would publish a newspaper that is fair, unbiased and accurate.
You can be assured that if the Adelsons attempt to skew coverage, by ordering some stories covered and others killed or watered down, the Review-Journals editors and reporters will fight it, the editorial read. We will fight for your trust. Every. Single. Day. Even if our former owners and current operators dont want us to.
They had reason for concern. On the night of Dec. 10, Taylor, the publisher, had stopped the presses to delete a quote from Schroeder in the papers first story about the sale. Taylor, who did not respond to a request for an interview, apologized the next morning for his action, two employees said.
By Tuesday night, Adelsons new management team had begun to take the reins, firing back in their own editorial, which ran on Wednesdays front page, that they would publish a newspaper that is fair, unbiased and accurate.
The complete story is at http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20151223-las-vegas-newspaper-staffers-stand-up-to-new-owner-casino-mogul-sheldon-adelson.ece .
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Las Vegas newspaper staffers stand up to new owner, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Dec 2015
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NobodyHere
(2,810 posts)1. What's a newspaper?
Is it some kind of app?
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)2. It might as well have been sold to Rupert Murdock
Pretty much the same ideology.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)3. load of bull
The R-J has always been a right wing rag...not like being owned by one of the worst people on the planet will make much of a difference.