To the Editor,
I can't address all your "freedom of speech" quotes because, although they are all true, you seem to missing THE POINT. Yes, we have freedom of speech. Yes, newpapers should take a higher road and attempt to write factual articles, instead of running headlines to increase sales. And certainly, if the The Stamford Advocate Moxley Murder story fell short, or wasn't addressed properly, I sympathize with the family.
However, "freedom of speech", even in it's broadest definition, has limits. There should be a certain level of ethical professionalisn and, in just 2 days I have seen none. What I have seen is biased and unsubstatiated opinions. I have seen "slanderous statements". Is that "freedom of speech"? Or is that some sort of back stabbing retaliation because these bloggers didn't agee with the Advocate's former Editor.
I didn't agree with him 90% of the time. So, I didn't buy that paper.
Why does Geenwich have so many newspapers and websites anyway? Is Greenwich better than Stamford, Darien, or New Canaan? Is it because it has the closest Tiffany Jewelry Store or do it's residents think their town has so much impotant news, God forbid someone misses knowing Paul Newman was seen buying a Subway #3? I think the town of Greenwich has its fair share of Fairfield County's self-centered assholes, along with the equally repulsive residents who feel they are "ENTITLED" to do as they please, regardless of who they step on or who gets in their way. Every town down here is the same.
And Joe Pisani doesn't even live in Geenwich. So, why this blog issue is even important....I have no idea.
Signed,
Me (again)
Comment:
The Moxley story did more than fall a little short please see:
The Greenwich Time did a poor job of covering the Martha Moxley Murder on on October. 30, 1975.
In the early eighties the Greenwich Time attempted to revive it's poor image in the early 1980s by hiring investigative journalist Len Levitt to look into the unsolved murder case.
Levitt's story, based on more than 100 interviews and 400 pages of police documents turned over on the order of the state's Freedom of Information Commission, remained unpublished for nearly a decade.
The story was finally published over several pages in 1991.
When Levitt appeared in an Editor & Publisher cover story bashing the newspapers for the long delay in publishing his work, Pisani refused to talk to him.
Joe "The Censor" Pisani is more than welcome to submit a post to defend his record and I guarantee you he wont be censored here.
Trust me you do not know Mr. Pisani as well as many of the bloggers in Greenwich know Mr. Pisani. I also have been burned by Mr. Pisani too.
And it is not just Bloggers in Greenwich that have been censored for criticizing decisions made while Joe "The Censor" Pisani was Editor And Chief.
When Chris Who Blogs On The Stamford Based Blog Station Stops was critical of the Stamford Advocate for not publishing the photos of some criminals that beat and robbed a man he was banned from commenting on the Stamford Advocate Website.
Please see:
O5/08/08 - Stamford Advocate / Yellowich Time Once Again Can't Take The Heat
For the record, Greenwich Bloggers have never had a history of reporting things like," Paul Newman was seen buying a Subway #3."
But, they have heavily criticized Joe Pisani for promoting and encouraging that type of nonsense at the Greenwich Time and now exporting that waste of newsprint and bandwidth to the Greenwich Post.
And the sad part of this is that Joe Pisani likes this kind of garbage reporting.
Out of all the reporters and columnists that have recently been shown the door at the Greenwich Time, Joe Pisani has only brought his former student Susie Costaregni to the Greenwich Post.
When Sarah Littman was fired there people were outraged.
No one was outraged when Susie Costaregni was fired at the Greenwich Time, In fact I really don't think anyone noticed.
Joe Pisani did not bring Sarah Littman to the Greenwich Post.
No, Joe Pisani brought former student Susie Costaregni and her non-reporting to the Greenwich Post.
You are right that Joe Pisani doesn't live in Greenwich, but he spends a great deal of time editorializing here in Greenwich.
I can't address all your "freedom of speech" quotes because, although they are all true, you seem to missing THE POINT. Yes, we have freedom of speech. Yes, newpapers should take a higher road and attempt to write factual articles, instead of running headlines to increase sales. And certainly, if the The Stamford Advocate Moxley Murder story fell short, or wasn't addressed properly, I sympathize with the family.
However, "freedom of speech", even in it's broadest definition, has limits. There should be a certain level of ethical professionalisn and, in just 2 days I have seen none. What I have seen is biased and unsubstatiated opinions. I have seen "slanderous statements". Is that "freedom of speech"? Or is that some sort of back stabbing retaliation because these bloggers didn't agee with the Advocate's former Editor.
I didn't agree with him 90% of the time. So, I didn't buy that paper.
Why does Geenwich have so many newspapers and websites anyway? Is Greenwich better than Stamford, Darien, or New Canaan? Is it because it has the closest Tiffany Jewelry Store or do it's residents think their town has so much impotant news, God forbid someone misses knowing Paul Newman was seen buying a Subway #3? I think the town of Greenwich has its fair share of Fairfield County's self-centered assholes, along with the equally repulsive residents who feel they are "ENTITLED" to do as they please, regardless of who they step on or who gets in their way. Every town down here is the same.
And Joe Pisani doesn't even live in Geenwich. So, why this blog issue is even important....I have no idea.
Signed,
Me (again)
Comment:
The Moxley story did more than fall a little short please see:
The Greenwich Time did a poor job of covering the Martha Moxley Murder on on October. 30, 1975.
In the early eighties the Greenwich Time attempted to revive it's poor image in the early 1980s by hiring investigative journalist Len Levitt to look into the unsolved murder case.
Levitt's story, based on more than 100 interviews and 400 pages of police documents turned over on the order of the state's Freedom of Information Commission, remained unpublished for nearly a decade.
The story was finally published over several pages in 1991.
When Levitt appeared in an Editor & Publisher cover story bashing the newspapers for the long delay in publishing his work, Pisani refused to talk to him.
Joe "The Censor" Pisani is more than welcome to submit a post to defend his record and I guarantee you he wont be censored here.
Trust me you do not know Mr. Pisani as well as many of the bloggers in Greenwich know Mr. Pisani. I also have been burned by Mr. Pisani too.
And it is not just Bloggers in Greenwich that have been censored for criticizing decisions made while Joe "The Censor" Pisani was Editor And Chief.
When Chris Who Blogs On The Stamford Based Blog Station Stops was critical of the Stamford Advocate for not publishing the photos of some criminals that beat and robbed a man he was banned from commenting on the Stamford Advocate Website.
Please see:
O5/08/08 - Stamford Advocate / Yellowich Time Once Again Can't Take The Heat
For the record, Greenwich Bloggers have never had a history of reporting things like," Paul Newman was seen buying a Subway #3."
But, they have heavily criticized Joe Pisani for promoting and encouraging that type of nonsense at the Greenwich Time and now exporting that waste of newsprint and bandwidth to the Greenwich Post.
And the sad part of this is that Joe Pisani likes this kind of garbage reporting.
Out of all the reporters and columnists that have recently been shown the door at the Greenwich Time, Joe Pisani has only brought his former student Susie Costaregni to the Greenwich Post.
When Sarah Littman was fired there people were outraged.
No one was outraged when Susie Costaregni was fired at the Greenwich Time, In fact I really don't think anyone noticed.
Joe Pisani did not bring Sarah Littman to the Greenwich Post.
No, Joe Pisani brought former student Susie Costaregni and her non-reporting to the Greenwich Post.
You are right that Joe Pisani doesn't live in Greenwich, but he spends a great deal of time editorializing here in Greenwich.
