The Free Press

The Toledo Free Press apparently has a plagiarism problem. The Toledo Blade highlights once such instance uncovered by a University of Toledo professor, Mary Linehan. Ms Linehan discovered some unattributed work in the Free Press and informed TFP's publisher and president Tom Pounds in a letter. The letter went unanswered by Mr Pounds, but instead found it's way into the hands of the author of the plagiarized work--Gregg Schwartz. What happened next, is beyong the pale.

Wow, a lot of things have happened in the last week. If you have not caught your breath, I don't blame you.

I was aghast after reading The Free Press editor's column titled "Contempt for Court." Mr. Murphy was responding to a comment by Judge Ray in a hearing to determine whether the media should "have access to the trial" of Robert Jobe, the man accused of killing Police Detective Keith Dressel.