Tuesday, February 12, 2008

INDUSTRY: Editorial Flip-Flop

By David Resnick

It’s fitting that in the election season, there is a story of someone flip-flopping. Well, the Chicago Sun-Times didn’t exactly change its stance; it just modified it a bit. Photo is of John McCain by J. Phil McCarten (c) 2006 Associated Press

After endorsing Barack Obama and John McCain, people outside of the editorial board changed some of what was written.

This didn’t exactly sit well with editorial page editor Cheryl L. Reed. She resigned, stating that she was troubled by the fact the editorial endorsements could be rewritten. Photo is of Barack Obama by J. Scott Applewhite (c) 2005 Associated Press

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