Minnesota Monitor
Jim Boyd, who is stepping down as deputy editor of the Star Tribune's editorial page, says McClatchy instituted what staffers called the "codpiece" -- the "conservative of the day." Boyd says: "I’ve got to tell you, you run out of good ones real quick. You've got
Steve Chapman, whom I really like, who’s a libertarian and a good guy. ...But you kind of held your nose when you ran
Mona Charon or
Debra Saunders. I mean, good grief.
Jonah Goldberg? Finally, we were able to get rid of that bugger." Current owner Avista "is much less of a micromanaging outfit than McClatchy was," says Boyd. ||
A response from SF Chron editorial page editor
John Diaz.
