Comments on: Florida’s Gannett Papers Ignore Nikki Fried’s Financial Disclosure Story

By: Leslie A Hopkins

Leslie A Hopkins — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 21:27:11 +0000

This is hardly news. More interested to know why GQP is not addressing spying on Americans just because Trump was President. Amazing how nothing has changed with that party since Nixon. Just as corrupt today as 50 years ago.

By: Jerry Alan Kimbro

Jerry Alan Kimbro — Sat, 12 Jun 2021 13:21:37 +0000

I worked at the Tallahassee Democrat and they are as biased as hell. Not the way you’d expect though. For example- They panned Lawton Chiles (D) as a hillbilly (he was a beloved Governor.) But then JEB! get elected and they LOVE him. Why? Because he was sitting on the board of Knight Ridder who owned the Democrat.

It has not changed in twenty odd years since Gannett took over. They were from Chicago- Obama’s home town ,and they fawned and pandered to him like he was Pharaoh. Then Trump got elected and they have since descended into TDS in the worst way. i am embarrassed for their bias now.

By: Snidely Whiplash

Snidely Whiplash — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 01:25:24 +0000

That hole in my heart just got fixed. Maven’s back!!!!

By: News Maven

News Maven — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 20:32:08 +0000

Thanks, Hope!
There is a reason for my digital resurrection today, but disclosure would be imprudent.
And Steve forgot to mention the Naples Daily News in his list above. They are also a Gannett paper, and have not reported on Nikki Weed’s financial forgetfulness. There’s only 4 metro-sized papers that I know of left in the entire state – Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando and Tampa Bay (St. Pete) that are not owned by the Evil Empire. This monopolization, as Abernathy and Proffitt note above, is a terrible thing for Floridians – it has predictably resulted in the equivalent end-product to state-run media in Russia, Venezuela or China.

I agree that she could be disbarred over this, because it’s been a recurring pattern for her.

By: Hope

Hope — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 17:52:54 +0000

What a miraculous and blessed day that News Maven has returned! By popular demand no less!

Not only are you on the list for a book, News Maven, the book will be dedicated to you!

By: Edward Lyle

Edward Lyle — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 16:51:44 +0000

Welcome back Maven.

By: News Maven

News Maven — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 15:07:53 +0000

The Maven alerted y’all many years ago to a shady financial scheme Gannett was employing to shed employees by raiding the state’s taxpayer-funded unemployment compensation program, which is funded by your taxes. When Gabordi started making longtime employees “walk the plank” he offered them a buyout. For example, a 20-year employee might have been offered a $20K package to leave, if they would just “sign the paperwork.”

HOWEVER, a portion of those buyouts was coming from the state’s unemployment compensation coffers! They were NOT 100% Gannett-funded. So, you partially paid for Gannett to downsize. (Hey small business-owners, have you ever gotten the state to fund your mismanagement screw-ups? Of course not.)

He wasn’t the only one doing this – it was done at Pensacola, Fla. Today, Ft. Myers – likely Gannett-wide in other states where this loophole could be advantaged.

For example, if they could get the state to fund $8,000 UC dollars of the $20,000 in the example above, they only had to cough up $12,000. The problem is, buyouts are designed for people retiring and UC is designed for people who want to return to work! How this is not criminal is beyond my comprehension.

I know this was going on around 2015-16, because someone I know who WAS retiring refused to sign the paperwork because she/he was not going to look for a job and thought it was fraud. I would love to see AG Moody file a discovery process with state records (which they possess) and if proven, file charges against Gannett and fine them millions of dollars for their financial shenanigans. (And/or sentencing any of Gannett’s enablers to prison, which would be icing on the cake.)

Hey Hope, put me down for your book pre-sale as #1 on the list!

By: Hope

Hope — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 14:16:54 +0000

Fake news reads this publication they share it and Charlie Crist is relishing in it that it is not him, but his opponent in the hot seat. Everyone reads this publication! Good job, TR!

But the powers that be no pun intended when a ethics report is filed on one of the state’s cabinet members to ignore it is irresponsible journalism and corruption in and of itself. If they want to operate on evilness it is in God’s hands and we can only control what we do… and that we do not participate in evil ourselves.

Anyway it will be interesting to see who will the first entity to break out of the evilness and do their job and report on this?

By: Staff

Staff — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 13:45:12 +0000

In reply to Zebo. That was from 2020 and is related to a campaign report not Fried's amendment of her financial disclosure reports last month.

By: Georgia 20

Georgia 20 — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 13:38:53 +0000

The Tallahassee Democrat has always had one good usage , ……..wrapping dead fish!