What goes around the Akers
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006
Some of you might wonder what happened to Justin Akers, the infamous Republican, neo-conservative writer with a knack for upsetting readers of The Daily O’Collegian. He quit the paper on Oct. 13 after the opinion editors refused to publish a column without him improving its content – requesting he add facts to his claims rather than “pulling it out of your ass,” the opinion editor wrote. She echoed the demand to all columnists in an e-mail, not singling Akers out. But Akers quit and drunkenly forwarded his response to the staff, rather than the editor only.
Akers: editor in chief a “spine-less coward”
The O’Colly’s editor in chief is a “spine-less coward,” he wrote, and the paper censored his writing based on the complaints of readers in their letters to the editor. He apologizes in another e-mail, blaming the incident on drinking, but stood by his call to quit.On Nov. 1, I post his statements on his weblog. Within hours, he removes the posts. Is Akers censoring?By the grace of G-mail, Akers’ infamous “drunken” e-mails are available for the world on this site. To be fair, they are uncensored. You should be rolling on the floor laughing by the end.