’This sort of transparency for a newspaper is as refreshing as it is rare’
Add comment December 10th, 2008
We’re getting national attention regarding today’s front page, which is different than any other I’ve seen on Newseum’s site. We used a note handwritten by the governor on our 2002 endorsement and made it our lead image.
Here’s an excerpt from the first link above. Alan Mutter, former newspaper editor and blogger, said: “In publishing the autographed editorial, the newspaper not only captured the bitter irony of the governor’s downfall but also owned up to its modest role it putting Blago into office in the first place. This sort of transparency for a newspaper is as refreshing as it is rare. It’s also the sort of thing that lets a paper stand tall in a community, even when it took a position that it wishes it could take back.”
In 2006, we endorsed Rich Whitney, the Green Party candidate.
(Check out our special report for all you want on the Blago story.)
