Although at this point, hardly anyone one still cares. Or reads it any more.
Oh, the Mayor of Hartford just got arrested again on corruption charged. They did manage to report that – but then, he’s not an advertiser.
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From George Gombossy, who was recently fired from the Courant because he wanted to run a story about the Connecticut Attorney General investigating Sleepy’s, a big advertiser. Scrappy JI accuses Courant of blatant, systematic plagiarism, joining other papers in blasting state’s largest news outlet ‘At best plagiarism, at worst outright theft,’ one newspaper publisher [...] The Courant recently fired 42 year veteran reporter George Gombossy because he wanted to run an article about the Attorney General investigating one of the Courant’s biggest advertisers. Perhaps the craven, ethically-challenged executives at the Courant should have considered what would happen after they went up against an actual, seasoned reporter. Gary Weiss Today [...] George Gombossy The Hartford Courant, a once-fine newspaper, recently fired 40 year employee and consumer watchdog George Gombossy because he was about to print an article critical of an advertiser. While the NYT article maintains neutrality, it’s devastating to the Courant especially since the story has now gone national. Gombossy was fired because of [...] Because of course, any of their journalists who exposes problems at one of their biggest advertisers needs to be fired. The Courant has been circling the drain for a few years now while Hartford has been spiraling down for decades. (I grew up near Hartford and we lived near there in 2006.) The Courant started [...] The Hartford Courant, founded in 1764 and publishing ever since, just announced draconian cutbacks. They will layoff 100 workers, leaving just 135, about half the number they had at the start of 2008. One wonders if the Courant can survive at all or if it will just slowly fade away, reprinting news wire stories [...] |  | ||||
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