(Outrageous nonsense from a crappiest newspaper in the state. - promoted by ctblogger)
Progresssive columnist Sarah Littman, whose essays are carried in Greenwich Time and Stamford Advocate, was fired by publisher John Dunster on Thursday for having written a column critical of Loony Lee Whitnum while having held a "meet-and-greet" for Jim Himes last year. According to Sarah, Dunster said that having criticized Loony Lee while having supported Jim Himes campaign "compromised the integrity of the paper".
What's the truth? This is a right-wing rag that has been shilling for Whitnum for months. In virtually every article about Jim Himes, Greenwich Time's political reporter Neil Vigdor has been boosting Whitnum's candidacy, covering up her whacky utterances and essentially portraying Whitnum as a courageous fighter against the Democratic machine.
But this appears to have been nothing but a pretext. In an appearance before the Greenwich Retired Men's Association about a month ago broadcast on Greenwich Community Television channel 79, Dunster, responding to a complaint about "liberal" Sarah Littman, admitted that he personally "on the conservative side of the spectrum", and said that he was going to make changes in the editorial page.
It is absurd for Dunster to have fired Littman, because she's not a reporter who is required to be objective, but in fact is paid to give her subjective take on political and social issues. Does anyone believe that David Brooks, George F. Will, or the editors of the Wall Street Journal don't contribute to political candidates? Of course they do. And George F. Will has actually served as an advisor to Republican candidates in the past.
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