Tag: Paul Tash
Media Needs Open Books to Maintain Credibility

By Jim Bleyer The public has had enough. Mainstream media entities that purport to report unvarnished news must be held accountable for their transgressions—slanting coverage, contorting facts, omitting information. HAL 9000, the futuristic computer in the Space Odyssey series, would go haywire attempting to tally the mushrooming mountain …
Times Twisted Facts to Help Sell Vinik Transit Tax Scam
Graham’s Woeful Hillsborough Performance Reflects on Tampa Bay Times, Buckhorn
When it comes to #MeToo, the Tampa Bay Times Won’t Look in the Mirror

By Jim Bleyer The Tampa Bay Times won’t let go of Kevin King. Apparently still stung by backing the ill-fated Rick Baker in last year’s City of St. Petersburg mayoral race, the Times still publishes unproven, insane sexual harassment accusations against Mayor Kriseman’s chief of staff. Never mind that …
Debt-Ridden Tampa Bay Times Duping Employees, Subscribers , Advertisers, Suppliers

By Jim Bleyer With approximately $100 million in debt and operating nowhere near profitability, the Tampa Bay Times is in its death throes as a viable, traditional newspaper entity, Tampa Bay Beat has learned. The pension plan is in jeopardy. Assets have been mortgaged. Filing bankruptcy could very well …