[lbo-talk] SF Chronicle Reporter Fired for Anti-War Activism

Thomas Seay entheogens at yahoo.com
Thu Apr 24 14:08:01 PDT 2003


This is about as blatant as it gets...and in San Francisco of all places! ----------------------------------------------------- SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A San Francisco Chronicle reporter suspended after being arrested at a rally opposed to the U.S. invasion of Iraq (news - web sites) lost his job on Wednesday, a spokesman for the paper said. The Chronicle suspended technology reporter Henry Norr, 57, last month, after he was among more than 1,300 people arrested for blocking public streets the morning after the Iraq war started.

"He no longer works at the Chronicle, effective today," spokesman Joe Brown said. He declined to give a reason for the action. Norr was not immediately available for comment.

Unlike many U.S. newspapers, the Chronicle does not bar its reporters from participating in political events, but a memo distributed internally by the paper last month advises its staff to be cautious and gain approval from superiors first.

Norr has said in the past that he was unfairly treated and that no one should expect complete objectivity from a journalist. The paper originally told Norr, who organized marches during the Vietnam War before becoming a journalist, he was being suspended for claiming a sick day to attend the anti-war protest.

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