Bob Rivard, Editor of the San Antonio Express-News, threatens the Esperanza Center because of my blog
On Friday, October 6, Bob Rivard, the Executive Editor of the San Antonio Express-News, the only major newspaper in San Antonio, sent an email to Graciela Sanchez, the director of the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, one of the most vanguard arts and cultural centers in the country, based in San Antonio. In this letter, he threatens to deny media coverage to the Center because of my blog. And while the email has a subject heading titled "A Private Communication," the CC line includes all the editors of the newspaper, see below: CC: "Thacker, Brett" "Bertling, Terry" "Richter,Bob" "Thomason, Craig" "Garcia, Guillermo" "Davidson, Bruce" I am not a staffmember of the Esperanza Center, but a consultant. I've responded to Graciela Sanchez, explaining that with this letter, Rivard violates all standards of ethical journalism and shows a tyrannical disrespect for free speech. Here is the letter from Rivard in i...