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October 28, 2009 - 08:56 pm
NEWS FEED: Blog for Arizona

Where did Gila Courier get that phony op ed?

By David Safier

by David Safier

Tedski makes a good point at R-cubed. The conservative Gila Courier -- self titled "Arizona's leading political news site" -- put a bogus version of an op ed on its site, an adulterated version of the one Lisa Suarez wrote for the Star praising Prop 200. I commented yesterday that it showed a lack of blogger/journalistic integrity for the Courier not to post an apology for putting up erroneous information.

But Tedski takes it to the next level and wonders where the email they published came from. He's right. The Courier not only owes Suarez and their readers an apology, but they should explain how the misinformation made it on the site. Did someone with an agenda "leak" bad information to them?


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October 27, 2009 - 10:00 pm
NEWS FEED: Blog for Arizona

Gila Courier and blogger/journalistic integrity

By David Safier

by David Safier The Gila Courier, a right wing blog/news site (take your pick) printed what it thought was a version of an op ed Lisa Suarez published in the Star saying people should vote for Prop 200. The version...

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October 27, 2009 - 09:55 pm
NEWS FEED: Blog for Arizona

Gila Courier and blogger/journalistic integrity

By David Safier

by David Safier

The Gila Courier, a right wing blog/news site (take your pick) printed what it thought was a version of an op ed Lisa Suarez published in the Star saying people should vote for Prop 200. The version on the Courier site had Suarez making a comment implying City Manager Mike Letcher drinks too much.

Jim Nintzel at the Weekly caught it and got an email from Suarez saying she didn't write that version.

The Gila Courier made a mistake for reasons that may be perfectly innocent. Then again, maybe it had ulterior motives. I have no idea either way.

So what did the Courier do? It took the version of the op ed down from the website without explanation or apology, at least not one anyone can find.

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