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

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**Created:** [April 14, 2006, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-radical-journalist-cant-write-for-the-village-voice-where-can-he-write/352650 "2006-04-14T12:55:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-radical-journalist-cant-write-for-the-village-voice-where-can-he-write/352650/1 "2006-04-14T12:55:08Z")

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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. [James Ridgeway - Wikipedia](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](http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/13/145245)

Response from _VV_ staffers: [http://villagevoice.com/specials/0615,15letters,72844,7.html](http://villagevoice.com/specials/0615,15letters,72844,7.html)

What the eff is going on here?!

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**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-radical-journalist-cant-write-for-the-village-voice-where-can-he-write/352650/2 "2006-04-14T14:16:35Z")

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

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**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-radical-journalist-cant-write-for-the-village-voice-where-can-he-write/352650/3 "2006-04-14T14:26:08Z")

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This just in: Indymedia bought by AOL Time Warner, hires Michael Powell as “ideological quality control czar.” News at 11.