Oh, what's a few hundred thousand dollars after all? Worth more than the respect of readers, right? Pay-to-play is the new black.
Miami Herald Publisher Resigns Jesus Diaz Jr. said he resigned Tuesday as president of the Miami Herald Media Co. and publisher of the Miami Herald and its Spanish-language sister paper.Diaz said his decision to leave was crystallized by the recent revelation that some El Nuevo Herald journalists were paid for appearing on U.S.-government broadcasts aimed at promoting democracy in Cuba.
“While we are sorry to see [The] Jesus leave [obligatory Big Lebowski reference for Aunt Pat, some trivia here], we couldn't be happier about having such a talented and experienced leader perfectly poised to step into this important job,” said Gary Pruitt, McClatchy president and CEO.
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In a letter to readers, Mr. Diaz said the company would rehire two El Nuevo Herald reporters and a freelance contributor that he dismissed last month for getting paid by Radio Marti and TV Marti. He said six others who took payments wouldn't be disciplined.He said he believed the acceptance of payments “was a breach of widely accepted principles of journalistic ethics.” But he added “our policies prohibiting such behavior may have been ambiguously communicated, inconsistently applied and widely misunderstood over many years in the El Nuevo Herald newsroom.”
He said no one would be allowed in the future to accept money from the U.S. government-run broadcasters, and conflict-of-interest policies would be strengthened.
America's Cuban policy is wack, and has gotten worse since the Dauphin took office. More on that topic later....
