"S.F. Chronicle Editor Suspended for Kerry Donation"

[GreenPartyVoter]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A San Francisco Chronicle editor who gave Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) $400 has been placed on leave for possibly violating the newspaper's rules, the newspaper said on Wednesday.

The newspaper's letters editor, William Pates, reached at home by telephone, confirmed that he had contributed about $400 to the Kerry campaign but declined to comment on his paper's response. Pates said he had worked for the Chronicle for the past 35 years.

"He's on paid leave while we are investigating. We have not made any judgment at this point as to whether the policy was violated," said editorial page editor John Diaz.

"It would be a concern to have somebody who is involved in selecting letters make what amounts to a public demonstration of support for a particular candidate."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040721/media_nm/politics_kerry_journalist_dc

[bluestateguy]

The paper did the right thing

Take note Fox News.

[Guaranteed]

1. Oh yeah? LOL

We'll see what their SF readers think about that.

[Democat]

2. The NY Times is giving over a million dollars to help Republicans!

The N.Y. Times is coughing up approximately $1.5 million in various amenities to make Gotham fun for the (Republican) delegates.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=558109

[Caution]

3. Absolutely the right thing to do

By declaring partisanship as an editor, the bias of the paper must be questioned. While I appreciate the donation to Kerry and the support, journalistic integrity must be encouraged (i would have said maintained but unfortunately, Fox News exists).

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. "unfortunately, Fox News exists" *lol*

[Bleacher Creature]

5. All that needs to said is . . .

http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?NumOfThou=0&txtName=cavuto%2C+neil&txtState=%28all+states%29&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&txt2004=Y&txt2002=Y&txt2000=Y&Order=N