Morris Communications requires all of its newspapers to run anti-refugee editorial

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Source: Jim Romenesko

A staffer from a Morris Communications newspaper writes: “This xenophobic editorial position was mandated to run in Morris Communications newspapers across the chain. …Sometimes (Morris CEO and founder) Billy Morris (the senior) will insist that we run his editorials. But he signs them. This is the first time that it has happened in this manner since I came here.”

Morris owns the Florida Times-Union, Savannah Morning News, and ten other daily newspapers.

Read more: http://jimromenesko.com/2015/10/14/morris-newspapers-no-refugees-in-the-u-s/

To: [Morris Publishing Group editors]
Subject: ATTENTION: Cline OPINION Piece on Migration/Refugee Crisis

Good afternoon,

Mr. Morris asks that each MPG newspaper run the attached editorial on American responsibility toward Mideast migrants/refugees. You should run it as your own editorial (not a column or op-ed), or produce your own editorial BUT MAINTAINING THE SAME POSITION.

The editorial is for immediate release.

Please let me know if you have any questions. And please mail me a copy of the editorial as it appears in the newspapers.

Thanks,

Bob

Robert Gilbert
Vice President of Audience
Morris Publishing Group/Morris Communications

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Morris Communications newspapers:

Amarillo Globe-News
Athens Banner-Herald
The Augusta Chronicle
The Florida Times-Union
Juneau Empire
Log Cabin Democrat
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
The Peninsula Clarion
Savannah Morning News
The St. Augustine Record
The Topeka Capital-Journal