March 12, 2004

Eric Alterman for The Nation - Thu, Mar 11 (excerpt)

column | Posted March 11, 2004 STOP THE PRESSES by Eric Alterman The (Not So) Gay Old Times Perhaps you've heard that the New York Times fired a stringer named Jay Blotcher because he'd been a member of the anti-AIDS...

March 11, 2004

March 10, 2004 - The Village Voice (excerpt)

Press Clips by Cynthia Cotts Village Voice March 10 - 16, 2004 Times to Diagnose Its Doctor? Times Metro editor Susan Edgerley opened a can of worms in February when she informed stringer Jay Blotcher that he was being let...

March 4, 2004 - New York Daily News (excerpt)

Lowdown by Lloyd Grove New York Daily News Thursday, March 4, 2004 All fired up over Times Gay activist Larry Kramer, who gained celebrity status as founder of the militant AIDS awareness group ACT UP, has written The New York...

March 01, 2004

Michael Petrelis letter to the NY Times ombudsman (excerpt)

Mr. Daniel Okrent Public Editor The New York Times New York, NY Email: public@nytimes.com Dear Mr. Okrent: As you must know by now, a controversy has arisen over The New York Times’ decision to fire freelancer Jay Blotcher, who covered...

February 29, 2004

Larry Kramer Letter to the NY Times (excerpt)

Mr. Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. The New York Times 229 West 43rd Street New York, NY 10036 Dear Mr. Sulzberger, I am writing to protest the Times' ridiculous dismissal of Jay Blotcher, who was an upstate stringer for you, because he...

February 26, 2004

Expediency Dressed Up as Ethics (excerpt)

GAY CITY NEWS VOLUME 3, ISSUE 309 | February 26 - March 3, 2004 COCK AND BULL Expediency Dressed Up as Ethics Jay Blotcher, a freelancer with an AIDS advocate's past, bounced by The Times By DUNCAN OSBORNE The New...

February 23, 2004

Howard Kurtz's Media Notes (excerpt)

Media Notes By Howard Kurtz Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, February 23, 2004; 8:52 AM Tightening Standards Freelance reporter Jay Blotcher says he enjoyed being an Upstate stringer for the New York Times for more than two years -- until...
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