Posts Tagged ‘Hartford Courant’

America loses Watchdog columnist

Monday, August 17th, 2009

From http://www.watchdognation.com

DAVE LIEBER is the ultimate authority on fighting back. As THE WATCHDOG columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, he knows tips, tools and strategies to help you get your way.

Read the entire story about our own George Gombossy, “the hard-charging Watchdog columnist for the Hartford Courant, who was fired last week because, he says, of a dispute with his editors about covering negative stories about top advertisers. His career at the paper had lasted 40 years.”

The story can be found at America loses Watchdog columnist

Sleepy’s: The bedbug column The Courant refused to publish about its prime advertiser

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

Friday, August 14, 2009

By George Gombossy

This was my column, as approved by my editor, that the Courant refused to publish about one of its biggest advertisers. It was scheduled to run on Aug. 2 but was held without an explanation. This was the first time in my 40 years at The Courant that an investigation by the attorney general was withheld from the public.

State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says he has launched an investigation into consumer complaints that Sleepy’s sold mattresses or box springs that were used instead of new, and in one case infested with bedbugs.

Read all the details online at http://ctwatchdog.com – THIS STORY – Sleepy’s: The bedbug column The Courant refused to publish about its prime advertiser

Hartford Courant Losing Its “Watchdog”

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

The Laurel Club was an organization of Connecticut legislative reporters established in 1909. It was formed “To foster cooperation among legislative newspapermen; to promote better government by accurate and fearless reporting; to puncture the overinflated egos of legislators.”

The recent post at Hartford Courant Losing Its “Watchdog” says it all; read the full story online.

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