If a radical journalist can't write for the "Village Voice," where can he write?!

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The Village Voice recently having come under new ownership, the New Times Media chain, it is undergoing a shakeup. The new executive editor, Michael Lacey, has just fired James Ridgeway – the paper’s star reporter for the past 30 years. The one who, back in the early ‘60s, exposed General Motors’ surveillance of Ralph Nader. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ridgeway Several reporters have also resigned.

Coverage from the Democracy Now radio show, including an interview with Ridgeway: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/13/145245

Response from VV staffers: http://villagevoice.com/specials/0615,15letters,72844,7.html

What the eff is going on here?!

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It’s the ongoing plot to turn the U.S. into a third world country.

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