Comments on: Jay “Folkbum” Bullock: admired by Paddy Mac

By: JS

JS — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:08:24 +0000

This is just a cover-up. Apparently Paddy Mac was recently busted by the editors for sending many of his columns to Charlie Sykes for editing to ensure they properly addressed all the relevant talking points. Paddy Mac should be retired or sent back to the page layout team.

By: Zach W

Zach W — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:51:42 +0000

Sonya, if you don’t see anything wrong with Paddy Mac sending out his columns to his conservative friends in advance of those same columns being posted online or in print, then so be it, but it sounds more than a little shady to me.

By: illusory tenant

illusory tenant — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:25:45 +0000

Because nobody really knows what to expect from P-Mac.

By: Sonya

Sonya — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:01:48 +0000

I think this may be a little bit of much ado about nothing…

First, the ethics agreement refers to articles, not columns. Second, depending on what time in the evening Pat e-mailed his column, it likely had already been typeset for print and probably even already published online. JSonline producers often have Editorial Board content — columns, editorials, etc. — posted by around 7 p.m. the evening before they’re in the paper.

Newswatch and JSonline both tend to disclose, on a daily basis, what will be published in the next day’s paper. So, perhaps it’s time for that policy to be updated…

And as a side note, the Newspaper Guild doesn’t officially recognize the ethics policy.

Sonya
Letters editor, MJS Editorial Board
First VP, Milwaukee Newspaper Guild Local 51