In Editor & Publisher’s remarkable story, “Letter Reveals Reason for Firing of Vermont AP Chief,” the news cooperative’s explanation doesn’t begin to pass the smell test.
The story says Christopher Graff
“was terminated for distributing a column by Sen. Patrick Leahy that promoted open public records, according to his termination letter obtained by E&P today. “
Huh? As has been noted before, Graff did almost exactly the same thing last year with no problem. And what on earth is controversial about a press group printing a letter from a prominent public official in a week devoted to press freedom?
I suspect that something else is going on, and we’re not being told what that might be. Because this explanation doesn’t stand up to logical scrutiny.