Reporter suspended after protest arrest (S.F. Chronicle writer joined anti-war demonstration)

San Jose Mercury News ^ | 28 March 2003 | Dan Reed

[CounterCounterCulture]

A San Francisco Chronicle business and technology reporter has been suspended for at least two weeks without pay for getting arrested during ``peaceful civil disobedience'' in an anti-war demonstration.

Henry Norr, a four-year veteran of the paper and author of the weekly column ``Tech 21,'' was among the more than 1,400 protesters arrested March 20, when he, his wife and his daughter helped block the intersection of Market and Sansome streets in San Francisco, near Citicorp offices.

[CounterCounterCulture]

FYI :-)

[attydjv]

Does this really count as news?? Thats like saying "Muslim declares eternal hatred for Jew."

[NetValue]

Since Iraq is a sworn enemy of America who would destroy us, the term "anti-war" means "anti-American". If I were king, this reporter and his ilk would be placed on a boat and put out to sea....made into people without a country. See how thay like that!

[armymarinemom]

Any warm body will do bird brain or idiot reporter.

[Mister Baredog]

ROTFLMAO

[tuna_battle_slight_return]

"peaceful civil disobedience"

oxymoron of the day.

[JeeperFreeper]

Where's the outrage and criticism from the Columbia School of Journaliberalism?? If this had been a Fox reporter, there would have been great wailing and gnashing of teeth.

[CounterCounterCulture]

Does this really count as news??

Well, yes...only ONE? C'mon now. ;-)

[attydjv]

I guess it really is news...he was actually suspended and not promoted...

[DeFault User]

Mercury News' policy, for example, says no general assignment reporter ``should ever work for a political campaign, either for pay or as a volunteer, because it could be interpreted by the public as Mercury News involvement in the campaign.''

A reporter pushing a partisan position? Horrors! Why, they'll never live down the shame.

[talleyman]

"peaceful civil disobedience" -oxymoron of the day.

I thought "oxymoron" was acne medication for Democrats...

[Billthedrill]

You can't take sick leave for time spent in jail anywhere that I'm aware of - the union boys are blowing smoke. Pretending that it's OK unless management comes back and tells you it isn't is garbage.

[PoisedWoman]

``The Chronicle does not forbid employees from engaging in political activities but needs to prevent any appearance of any conflict of interest.''

Typical Chronicle doublespeak. Every word you read in that rag--and most others--has to be filtered through your BS meter. Like the entire Clinton administration, the presstitutes believe that appearances mean more than truth.

[RonF]

Maybe so, but it seems to me that the usual procedure would be for one's supervisor to tell you, "Hey, you can't take that as sick time, you need to put it down as personal/vacation time." A suspension seems like someone's got an agenda. It's not like this guy tried to deceive them as to what he was doing.

[ArcLight]

Absolutely a no-no. I don't cover military or political affairs, but as a newspaper reporter, I feel obligated not to take part in public protests, so as to avoid giving an impression of bias to our readers. The paper was right to suspend him.

[holyscroller]

So much for unbiased objective newspaper types. I've yet to meet one, (1), (I), (uno) that truly is unbiased. There sure aren't any in Washington state.

[jrawk]

typical left thinking.

1. Depends on what the definition of Sick is...

2. It is someone elses resposibility to keep me honest in reporting my time.

3. I FEEL it was the right, therefore you must agree with me.

4. I can only be objective, if I am critizing. (the right)

-- lates to this loser

[Conspiracy Guy]

Journalist used to cover the news. Now they try to be the news or slant the news. That doesn't meet the definition of Journalism.

[Ku Commando]

Separated @ birth !!??