Stephen A. Smith’s column again running in Philadelphia Inquirer
Maynard Institute |
Feb. 8, 2010 5:44 p.m.
"Stephen A. Smith’s sports column appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Monday for the first time in more than two years after Smith agreed to the Inquirer’s demand that he remove political opinions from his Web site and agree to stop espousing them on cable news shows," Richard Prince writes, adding, "Smith’s agreement to the Inquirer’s ethics policy — which he contends has not been applied to other news employees — applies ‘until the dispute is resolved by an arbitrator,’ Bill Ross, executive director of the Newspaper Guild-Communications Workers Association of America Local 38010. While the capitulation, however temporary, silences Smith’s views on politics, it also removes the Inquirer’s rationale for not running his column."
