Question about standards of media management

[Ed Anger]

Wut

[Grey Fox]

Wut

Your phyrric victory.

[Ed Anger]

Ah. I wasn't fired though. I gloriously quit and stole everything company owned in my desk.

[crazy canuck]

Isn't editorial independence a thing in the US/Canada as well?

Yes, but this has nothing to do with editorial independence. 

[Jacob]

Yeah, given the particulars I don't see any issues with firing the journalist and the editor who tried to protect him.

[Scipio]

It would depend on the corporate charter/by-laws and contracts.  But is it a shitty news org?  Sure.

[dps]

It would depend on the corporate charter/by-laws and contracts.  But is it a shitty news org?  Sure.

Well, if the editor had a contract that gave him complete control and discretion about the content and management of the magazine, his firing might be actionable under contract law, but that has nothing to do with standards of editorial independence--it would just be about his individual contract.

[crazy canuck]

It would depend on the corporate charter/by-laws and contracts.  But is it a shitty news org?  Sure.

Well, if the editor had a contract that gave him complete control and discretion about the content and management of the magazine, his firing might be actionable under contract law, but that has nothing to do with standards of editorial independence--it would just be about his individual contract.

Correct