Categories: OLD Media Moves

Hartford paper’s lawsuit story excludes that it’s defendant

George Gombossy of CTWatchdog.com reports that a Hartford Courant story about a lawsuit failed to mention that the paper was a defendant in the case upon orders of the publisher.

Gombossy, a former business editor at the Courant, writes, “The Jan. 12 story (reprinted in full below) makes no mention of the fact that The Courant was named in the Nov. 17 suit, nor it does it include that Wells Fargo Advisors was also mentioned in the suit.

“It all might have been innocent omissions, but according to a source familiar with the suit, Courant Publisher Richard Graziano ordered Courant editor Naedine Hazel to make sure that both facts were kept out of the story.

“The source also said that Hazel directed business editor Dan Haar to make sure that business reporter Ken Gosselin made no mention of those facts as he was writing the story.

“Both Haar and Gosselin declined to comment, including providing an explanation on why those facts were not mentioned.”