Paper Editor Alters Column To Say Writer is 'Bitter Conservative' That

Warner Todd Huston
February 2nd, 2009 1:22 AM
This is why newspapers deserve to be buried in the dust bin of history, at least unless they clean up their act. For well over 20 years a southwest suburban Chicago newspaper called The Reporter has employed a columnist named Michael M. Bates -- who is also a long time NewsBusters contributor. He has been their local conservative columnist for many years until, that is, his latest column on…