He doth protest a heckuva lot

Go listen to the latest On The Media to hear a mind-boggling interview with Cleveland Plain Dealer Editor Doug Clilfton about his decision not to publish two stories based on leaked government docs in the aftermath of the Judith Miller jailing (sorry but the link to the segment doesn’t work and transcripts aren’t up yet but it’s in the beginning of the MP3 atop this page). I wish I could quote and characterize it to give you a sense of what happens there but you have to listen because it’s just bizarre. Clifton snaps at interview Bob Garfield and at The New York Times for reasons that aren’t entirely clear.

Democracy Guy writes about the interview here.

2 responses to “He doth protest a heckuva lot”

  1. Tim Russo Avatar

    Thanks for the link, Jeff. Cleveland bloggers have been chawin’ on this for some time, here’s a good discussion from today at Brewed Fresh Daily (some might call it the Cleveland blog of record)
    http://www.brewedfreshdaily.com/2005/07/18/jeff-jarvis-on-doug-clifton/

  2. John Avatar

    I happened to listen to that interview on the radio Sunday. It was a helluva listen. Raw nerves exposed and everything. Clifton clearly has had it up to here on everyone assuming he’s just rolling over on this. The interviewer, in my relatively objective opinion, came across as sounding smug and condescending and Clifton just let out with a “That pisses me off!” It’s rare to listen to radio that exciting.