Blade wants to mention Weaver worked for justices but no mention yet that Wilkowski works for Block Comm

By chrismyers - Posted on September 17th, 2008

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But yet has disclosed in any story that Keith Wilkowski works for Block Communications.

"In addition to being an attorney, Mr. Weaver is a Republican campaign strategist who has worked for two of the sitting justices, Justice O'Connor in her 2002 campaign and Justice Paul Pfeifer in 1992"

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080917/NEWS02/80...

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http://www.toledofreepress.com/?id=8434

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Submitted by historymike on Wed, 2008-09-17 21:39.

The Blocks were also quite content when their politics columnist Fritz Wenzl was simultaneously in the employ of the Republican Party in 2005. BCI and the Blocks are some of the most sanctimonious hypocrites one could imagine, and they think nothing of conflict of interest when it involves The Blade or any other BCI property.

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From Block Communications'

Submitted by jayott on Thu, 2008-09-18 00:03.

From Block Communications' own words, regarding the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette and by inference, is applicable to the Blade as well, there should be no doubt in anyone's mind that Block is either willfully deceptive, or Block is incapable of abiding by the standards it has set up for itself..

Whichever case it may be, these are mere words that have very little weight other than to show Block's hypocrisy.

Upon the death of Paul Block in 1941, his sons, William and Paul Block, Jr., became co-publishers.

Under their [Block's] leadership, the Post-Gazette campaigned vigorously for "Pittsburgh Package" legislation that paved the way for the city's renaissance in the late 50s. . . . The Post-Gazette, under Block ownership, has been liberal on civil rights issues and conservative on budgetary and economic matters. Its basic editorial policy is expressed in the words of former Post-Gazette editor Frank Hawkins.
This newspaper puts the public welfare above any special interest. It cannot, therefore, be the instrument of any group, sect or political party. In its news columns the Post-Gazette strives to be accurate, thorough and impartial.

"Its freely formed editorial opinions are limited only by a conviction that it is the newspaper's duty to build and preserve rather than destroy the good character of the individual and his institution." (emphases added)