Copy editor has pay docked, is taken off Iraq stories, for protesting war!

It's not the first time Pioneer Press has punished employees for political activism.

http://citypages.com/databank/26/1299/article13800.asp


While Mahoney was on the bus trip, a Pioneer Press editor called his home to find out if he was available to work that weekend. Hurricane Rita had just touched down on the Texas-Louisiana border and extra bodies were needed on the copy desk.

Upon learning that Mahoney had participated in the Washington peace march, some unnamed editor in the Pi Press chain of command launched an internal investigation to determine whether such activities constituted a breach of the paper's ethics policy. Mahoney was interviewed about the trip by his immediate supervisor. "It was kind of a friendly interview, so I thought they would drop it," he says. "It didn't seem like much of a case to me."
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Last week, however, Mahoney learned the outcome of the investigation: He was suspended from work for three days without pay. In addition, Mahoney was informed that he would no longer be allowed to edit any stories about the invasion and occupation of Iraq. It was also made clear, in a letter written by senior editor Mike Bulger, that participation in any similar political activities would result in his termination.

The decision has left Mahoney and many of his Pioneer Press colleagues flummoxed. "There is an issue of conscience, of religion," he says. "I'm not trying to put myself forth as any kind of pious person at all. I'm not. But it's a matter of personal belief. It seemed to me--and still does--completely harmless to the interests of the Pioneer Press."

for sleeping with Rush Limpballs or Andrea Mitchell whose married to Greenspan. Come on, this guy was on his free time.

I'm not from MN and have never, as far as I know, lain eyes on the paper. I do know whoever runs it is an idiot if they approve of this action.

who is now wrangling with the NYTimes over how much money she should get to go away.