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Bureau Of Transportation | One more mouth to feed.4 comments
November 11th, 2009
Washington Co. DA’s Office | Abusing a domestic violence law.24 comments
November 4th, 2009
University Of Oregon | Who’s killing Rudolph?7 comments
October 28th, 2009
Metro | A blowhard answer to global warming? 6 comments
October 21st, 2009
Michael Ruppert | Peak trouble for an Oregon author.23 comments
October 7th, 2009
Beaverton Police | Zero tolerance for video recorders.11 comments
September 30th, 2009
Lynn Peterson | C’mon, Dems. Are Kitzhaber and Bradbury that formidable?3 comments
September 23rd, 2009
Denny Doyle | Beaverton mayor hits a foul ball.3 comments
September 2nd, 2009
Oregon Bankers Association | For bailouts, then against them.6 comments
August 19th, 2009
Wal-Mart | Save money. Live worse.9 comments
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[December 24th, 2008]
When WW makes a factual error, we run a correction.
When we make an error of judgment? A lump of coal in our stocking. So why are we the Rogue ? Because WW’s marketing and promotions department recently agreed to put on an inauguration party Jan. 20 along with the Democratic Party of Oregon at Holocene.
Dumb. Dumb. Dumb. We have no specific problem with the DPO; it’s just not a group we should be in bed with.
“Put it this way,” political reporter Jeff Mapes wrote accurately on his blog at oregonlive.com last week. “If the Oregonian co-sponsored an inaugural party celebrating any politician’s victory, you can be sure Willamette Week would be all over it.”
Even worse, WW’s editorial department didn’t know about the co-sponsorship until Mapes wrote about it on Dec. 17.
For journalists, getting in bed—or appearing to get in bed—with any Party (with a capital P) isn’t just plain wrong. It’s downright unethical.
Roll Call, a Washington, D.C.-based newspaper covering politics and Capitol Hill, linked the Democratic Party of Oregon’s announcement to our coverage this fall of U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.), whose frozen-food plant has employed undocumented workers. Smith lost, but not before his staff accused WW of pushing a “left-wing agenda.”
Editor Mark Zusman told Roll Call he was embarrassed by WW’s co-sponsorship with the Dems. And on Dec. 18, WW decided to back out of the party and find a more appropriate way to mark the inauguration.
But for this week, we have met the Rogue. And it is us.
RECENT COMMENTS ON “Willamette Week”
Second the motion. Skip the seppuku, host the feast. Pass the hat. Invite the Dems. Everyone wear Utilikilts.
Geez, even a toddler to could see this is a blatant phony attempt to pretend the WW isn't biased with a liberal agenda. Nice try! How about a little balance in 2009 for a change?
Since when is WW concerned about ethics? If I wanted ethics, I would turn to The Mercury, Tribune or Oregonian.
WW is, and always has been a tool for the FAR left wing.
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