By the time it was published in today’s Democrat-Gazette, some 45 newsroom staffers signed the letter briefly posted here earlier objecting to the editorial department’s publication of Mike Huckabee’s op-ed critical of reporting by Seth Blomeley on the governor’s destruction of computer hard drives and other final-hour actions as governor.
As the letter notes (text on the jump), Huckabee was inaccurate in the course of complaining about the Democrat-Gazette’s reporting. He was also inaccurate in a reference to the Arkansas Times and I hope the newspaper will soon publish a short letter I submitted on the erroneous statement.
UPDATE: The letter in the Democrat-Gazette today was shorter than the version sent to us originally, perhaps edited to meet the word limit on the letters page. So I’ve substituted the longer version.
Copy and paste this link to see the letter as printed in the Democrat-Gazette.
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Editorial/180463/
UPDATE II: A newsroom ceremony was held at 1 p.m. for Reporter Blomeley by Frank Fellone, the deputy M.E. Blomeley was given a bonus check for “excellence in reporting.” And we have here a genuine copy of the list of 45 names on the letter published this morning (and some others may have wanted to sign, but were unable to on account of not being at hand). The honor roll:
Rick McFarland, Brandon Tubbs, Amy Schlesing, Jack Schnedler, Bob Wigginton, Karen Martin, Laura Steves, John Deering, Sandra Tyler, Nell Smith, Philip Martin,Celia Storey, Kristin Netterstrom, Linda Satter, Jay Grelen, Joe Riddle, Noel Oman, Laura Brown, Heather Wecsler, Glen Chase, Van Jensen, Garry Hoffmann, Steve Keesee, Daniel Nasaw, mtyler, John Lynch, Katherine Marks, Bill Simmons, Alyson Hoge, Jack Mitchell, Laura Kellams, Jake Sandlin, Michael Wickline, Kyle Brazzel, Jack Weatherly, Matthew Cate, Charlie Frago, Jack Hill, Michelle Hillen, Rick Fires, Andrew Davis, Jim Brooks, C.S. Murphy, Amy Upshaw, Cathy Frye.