Thursday, April 07, 2011

Blind Item | Lifestyles of the rich and aged

Which newspaper editor scolded a reporter for accurately reporting the age -- 70 -- of a local socialite and philanthropist, then told said reporter to write her a letter of apology after she complained to the paper?

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15 comments:

  1. Anonymous4/07/2011 4:19 PM

    Carolyn Washburn about Stella Okoli

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  2. Jim Hopkins4/07/2011 4:37 PM

    No.

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  3. Anonymous4/07/2011 4:55 PM

    Wilmington's David Ledford?

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  4. Jim Hopkins4/07/2011 5:04 PM

    4:55 That is what I was told.

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  5. Anonymous4/07/2011 5:10 PM

    A better question would have been: At which Gannett paper has this kind of thing NEVER happened?

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  6. Anonymous4/07/2011 6:08 PM

    Zero?

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  7. Jim Hopkins4/07/2011 7:20 PM

    I hear she's a du Pont. And did the paper really send her flowers, too?

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  8. Jim Hopkins4/07/2011 7:27 PM

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  9. Anonymous4/08/2011 12:22 AM

    Seems legit: The Du Pont family still runs Delaware.

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  10. Anonymous4/08/2011 12:38 AM

    Yes, it's all true. And yes, there were flowers.

    That Ledford. He's got a spine of steel.

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  11. Anonymous4/08/2011 3:38 PM

    Total bullshit! How can anyone wonder why Gannett is where it is today?

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  12. Anonymous4/08/2011 10:14 PM

    Jim: Your additional, gleeful comments serve no other purpose than to be cruel. It is unethical and disgusting. Irony.
    David has flaws, yes. But he's one of the better editors in this messed up media world.

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  13. Jim Hopkins4/09/2011 12:14 AM

    10:14 I agree on my comment @7:27, and have now removed it.

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  14. Anonymous4/09/2011 2:30 AM

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  15. Anonymous4/13/2011 10:03 PM

    Not only does this happen at every paper, but in every business, especially these days. God forbid someone pull funding from a struggling business. These are the new politics, kiss the asses of people with money. Oh wait, there is nothing new about that.

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