Culture of corruption: Newspaper edition

By Michelle Malkin  •  November 17, 2009 02:25 PM

The printing plants of several newspapers in New York City were raided today as part of a corruption probe into union/Mob ties.

It will be interesting to see how vigorously the newspapers cover the story, no?

AP:

A law enforcement official says the New York Police Department raided circulation offices at some of the nation’s largest newspapers as part of a union corruption probe.

The official says the offices of The New York Times, the New York Post, El Diario and the Daily News of New York were raided Tuesday. The official spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.

The official says the newspaper delivery system around the city is under investigation. It was unclear whether the news operations were involved, although the official initially said they were not.

The 1,600-member union that delivers papers was previously accused by the Manhattan district attorney’s office of being run by the mob.

NYTimes’ blog:

The New York City police raided the offices of three major city dailies and El Diario on Tuesday morning as part of an investigation into allegations of corruption within the union that delivers newspapers in the metropolitan area.

A warrant was served at the printing plant of The New York Times in College Point, Queens, by New York City police officers working in conjunction with the office of the Manhattan district attorney, Robert M. Morgenthau, as investigators sought paperwork related to the work of the Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union, which bundles and trucks newspapers across the region.

The offices of The New York Daily News on West 33rd Street, The New York Post on Avenue of the Americas and the offices of El Diario, a Spanish-language newspaper, in the MetroTech center in Brooklyn, were also searched, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing.

No one was arrested, and the search warrants issued sought to collect records.

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  1. #1
    On November 17th, 2009 at 2:30 pm, Mark Harvey said:

    Crooks. Unions and newspapers. Where’s The One?

  2. #2
    On November 17th, 2009 at 2:32 pm, shimauma2 said:

    LOL! an propaganda machine run by a union with mob connections??? Say it ain’t soooo…./sarc

  3. #3
    On November 17th, 2009 at 2:36 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Physician heal thyself!

  4. #4
    On November 17th, 2009 at 2:38 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Will they still wonder why circulation is down?

  5. #5
    On November 17th, 2009 at 2:41 pm, RedDog said:

    Just business as usual. Probably somebody at city hall did not get his kickback on time.

  6. #6
    On November 17th, 2009 at 2:55 pm, letget said:

    Did any of these newspapers make a negative remark about this bho?
    L

  7. #7
    On November 17th, 2009 at 2:59 pm, babiesgrandma said:

    letget said:
    Did any of these newspapers make a negative remark about this bho?

    Shouldn’t that be bho-zo?

  8. #8
    On November 17th, 2009 at 3:00 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On November 17th, 2009 at 2:30 pm, Mark Harvey said:
    Crooks. Unions and newspapers. Where’s The One?

    I know, sounds like a photo-op to me.

  9. #9
    On November 17th, 2009 at 3:06 pm, letget said:

    babiesgrandma,
    Sorry to be ignorant, but what is bho-zo?
    L

  10. #10
    On November 17th, 2009 at 3:06 pm, txvet2 said:

    Paperboys are unionized? Times have changed since I got $.01 a paper.

  11. #11
    On November 17th, 2009 at 3:07 pm, Craig said:

    Who knew the Gray Lady’s last name was Soprano!

  12. #12
    On November 17th, 2009 at 3:13 pm, Misscheryl said:

    letget said:
    babiesgrandma,
    Sorry to be ignorant, but what is bho-zo?

    sound it out
    :)

  13. #13
    On November 17th, 2009 at 3:14 pm, TooMuchTime said:

    You are all mistaken. This was setup as a reason to increase circulation and readership. They want people to sympathize with “the plight of the media.”

    I’m sure someone will attempt to point out this investigation started during the Bush administation…

  14. #14
    On November 17th, 2009 at 3:44 pm, AmericaFirst said:

    60 percent of circulation went to the mob for resale at fish markets and the rest to Alzheimer patients who never subscribed to the NY Times. Now we know why circulation continues to fall. The union mob is keeping more newspapers for themselves in lieu of worthless Obama treasury dollars.

  15. #15
    On November 17th, 2009 at 4:07 pm, babiesgrandma said:

    Misscheryl said:
    letget said:
    babiesgrandma,
    Sorry to be ignorant, but what is bho-zo?
    sound it out

    Bho-zo as in “Bho-zo the Clown”

  16. #16
    On November 17th, 2009 at 4:10 pm, dan708 said:

    On November 17th, 2009 at 3:06 pm, letget said:

    babiesgrandma,
    Sorry to be ignorant, but what is bho-zo?
    L

    bho = Barack Hussein Obama

  17. #17
    On November 17th, 2009 at 4:26 pm, Savage24 said:

    Show me the difference between union goons running the printing plants and the Obama administration running the newspapers. Do you think the congress will investigate this?

  18. #18
    On November 17th, 2009 at 4:35 pm, letget said:

    dan708,
    When we talk about this bho-zo at our home, we use the H part.

    Thanks to all for your reply. Guess I need to read realll slow.
    L

  19. #19
    On November 17th, 2009 at 4:37 pm, WaterBoyz said:

    Is Chicago next … ? ? ?

  20. #20
    On November 17th, 2009 at 5:35 pm, zorro said:

    On November 17th, 2009 at 4:37 pm, WaterBoyz said:
    Is Chicago next … ? ? ?

    I’m hoping its Washington DC!

  21. #21
    On November 17th, 2009 at 6:37 pm, happy2behere said:

    The NYT article is proof positive they can stick to the facts without slanting them, if they want to, but they dont.

  22. #22
    On November 17th, 2009 at 6:46 pm, Dimsdale said:

    Meh. The mob is nothing. I worry about the communist and anarchist tendencies of the NYTimes.

  23. #23
    On November 17th, 2009 at 7:28 pm, nbarry said:

    Bear in mind that executing a search warrant is one of the final steps before summoning a grand jury for indictment.

  24. #24
    On November 17th, 2009 at 7:45 pm, Bicyea said:

    Mob= TAX EVASION!

  25. #25
    On November 17th, 2009 at 8:13 pm, Wyatt Earp said:

    The New York Times was involved? Oh, that’s a shame. (Heavy sarc)

  26. #26
    On November 18th, 2009 at 5:24 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    On November 17th, 2009 at 2:30 pm, Mark Harvey said:

    Crooks. Unions and newspapers. Where’s The One?

    Soliciting donations from Crooks, Unions and newspapers?

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