Three months is not necessarily a long time, unless perhaps you are having to hold your breath. But it has been long enough to attribute some stories that have gotten covered and/or covered in such a way by the CT Post that it had to be purposeful or directed.
I like to think Bob Fredericks was responsible for some of this execution. That is necessary for this community where acceptance of whatever rolls out of City Hall is ‘situation normal,’ but far from ‘condition healthy, wealthy and wise.’
Come to think of it, the loss of a Managing Editor needs attention more than the longer absence of a Bishop for the Diocese of Bridgeport. A good editor has enough independence and courage to ask necessary questions and to expect good answers. A good editor has the character to follow up wherever a story goes and to employ necessary resources.
In these times by way of contrast, an ordained man, ontologically raised to a position above the remainder of Catholic Christians, with a desire to rise further practices political skills, develops relationships with the wealthy and comfortable, and may be busier with daily coverups of sins (by those who pledge obedience to him) where current revelation of such wrongdoing may prove to be criminal in nature or at least certainly scandalous.
Freedom of the press! Religious freedom! Two critical American freedoms. We can only hope the people who hold these responsible positions may find their highest calling in pursuit of the truth, for without the truth the community cannot heal completely from that which is suffered. Time will tell.
I am a newspaper junkie and like many, had been very unhappy with the CT Post. Thought they were just “mailing it in” for quite some time. It seemed to me all their CT papers were profitable even with scant editorial, so why invest in editorial?
With the new team in place for a while now, they seem to be hitting their stride. They seem to be successfully working out having reporters on CT stories that can run in Greenwich, Stamford and Bridgeport.
I think Bob Fredericks was a part of that plan. Hate to see him go. Regardless, the paper is demonstrably better the past several months and I expect this will continue.
Best luck to Bob.
On another note, with no doubt in my mind, he would be slashing John Marshall Lee’s copy to shreds!
Three months is not necessarily a long time, unless perhaps you are having to hold your breath. But it has been long enough to attribute some stories that have gotten covered and/or covered in such a way by the CT Post that it had to be purposeful or directed.
I like to think Bob Fredericks was responsible for some of this execution. That is necessary for this community where acceptance of whatever rolls out of City Hall is ‘situation normal,’ but far from ‘condition healthy, wealthy and wise.’
Come to think of it, the loss of a Managing Editor needs attention more than the longer absence of a Bishop for the Diocese of Bridgeport. A good editor has enough independence and courage to ask necessary questions and to expect good answers. A good editor has the character to follow up wherever a story goes and to employ necessary resources.
In these times by way of contrast, an ordained man, ontologically raised to a position above the remainder of Catholic Christians, with a desire to rise further practices political skills, develops relationships with the wealthy and comfortable, and may be busier with daily coverups of sins (by those who pledge obedience to him) where current revelation of such wrongdoing may prove to be criminal in nature or at least certainly scandalous.
Freedom of the press! Religious freedom! Two critical American freedoms. We can only hope the people who hold these responsible positions may find their highest calling in pursuit of the truth, for without the truth the community cannot heal completely from that which is suffered. Time will tell.
I am a newspaper junkie and like many, had been very unhappy with the CT Post. Thought they were just “mailing it in” for quite some time. It seemed to me all their CT papers were profitable even with scant editorial, so why invest in editorial?
With the new team in place for a while now, they seem to be hitting their stride. They seem to be successfully working out having reporters on CT stories that can run in Greenwich, Stamford and Bridgeport.
I think Bob Fredericks was a part of that plan. Hate to see him go. Regardless, the paper is demonstrably better the past several months and I expect this will continue.
Best luck to Bob.
On another note, with no doubt in my mind, he would be slashing John Marshall Lee’s copy to shreds!