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Sheldon Adelson is running into some resistance at his new newspaper (Image:AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The folks at the Las Vegas Review-Journal have sent out a clear message that they will not lie down and roll over for their new boss, Sheldon Adelson. In fact, it seems they\u2019re spoiling for a fight.<\/p>\n

Since Adelson was revealed as LVRJ\u2019s mysterious owner following an investigation by the newspapers\u2019 own journalists last week, it has since published three articles that reflect negatively on their new boss.<\/p>\n

The most damning of these articles reports that in the weeks before Adelson purchased the paper, top brass demanded, without explanation, that journalists monitor three local judges.<\/p>\n

One of these was Elizabeth Gonzalez, who is presiding over a high-profile wrongful termination suit brought against Adelson\u2019s LVS by the company\u2019s former Macau chief-exec, Steve Jacobs.<\/p>\n

Despite protests from LVRJ editor Michael Henge that he simply didn\u2019t have the time or resources to perform the task, he was told to \u201cdrop everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

“We’ve simply been told we must do it, and it must start on Tuesday,” came the orders.<\/p>\n

Intrigue <\/b><\/h2>\n

More sinister yet was the fact that not a single word of the 15,000 written by reporters on the three judges was published by the LVRJ; however, an article criticizing judge Gonzalez did turn up in a small Connecticut-based newspaper, the New Britain Herald. <\/span><\/p>\n

LVRJ reporters found that the New Britain Herald<\/i> is operated by Central Connecticut Communications, a company owned by one Michael Schroeder, who is the manager of <\/span>News + Media Capital Group, the company incorporated for the acquisition of LVRJ by Adelson.<\/p>\n

“I still think it was a waste of time, but now I wonder what really was behind it,” said Henge this week.<\/p>\n

Rubbing It In<\/b><\/h2>\n

Meanwhile, LVRJ gaming correspondent Howard Stutz opted to write a piece about the recent congressional hearing on the Restoration of America\u2019s Act, and how disastrous it had been for that legislation so beloved of Adelson. It was an act of defiance that will not have pleased his new paymaster.<\/p>\n

John L Smith, who was once sued by Adelson for libel, challenged the casino mogul to prove the doubters wrong over his suitability to own the newspaper by dropping libel action against Wall Street Journal journalist Kate O\u2019Keefe. Adelson is suing her personally for calling him a \u201c“scrappy, foul-mouthed billionaire from working-class Dorchester.”<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Wrong Person\u201d <\/b><\/h2>\n

\u201cAdelson has every right, and certainly the bankroll, to buy this newspaper,\u201d wrote Smith. \u201cIn theory, at least, a local ownership group might bring an improved sensitivity to the needs of the community in one of America’s most complex company towns.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBut Adelson is precisely the wrong person to own this or any newspaper. His disdain for the working press and its prickly processes is palpable, and easily illustrated by his well-known litigiousness.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201c\u2026Adelson can’t purchase the credibility of an independent press<\/span>,\u201d he added. \u201cThat has to be earned every day on the street by reporters, columnists and editors who must be able to throw elbows without fear or favor, even at the new boss.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The folks at the Las Vegas Review-Journal have sent out a clear message that they will not lie down and roll over for their new boss, Sheldon Adelson. In fact, it seems they\u2019re spoiling for a fight. 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