I find it astonishing that writer Michael Miner would use such slipshod journalism in his column disparaging another publication’s journalistic methodology [Hot Type, October 20]. Miner did make one lackluster effort to contact me, but then did not respond to my returned phone call. He made no effort whatsoever to contact the person most qualified to correct several inaccuracies: CEO Christopher Miglino. Willie Gault is neither an owner of Conscious Choice nor Charles Shaw’s boss. Gault is a partner in IBS, a company that helped secure capital funding for the purchase of the four magazines from Dragonfly Media. Conscious Choice’s parent company is Conscious Enlightenment Publishing, a subsidiary of Conscious Enlightenment, LLC.
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Marla Donato was editor of Conscious Choice only, not of Common Ground. Charles Shaw wasn’t hired until after the September issue, in which the offending David Ray Griffin interview appeared, was well into production. In fact, had Shaw been on board sooner he could have declined running the piece. In a departure from Dragonfly policy, local editors make decisions in their respective markets as to what national features they will include. But more to the point, why does a critique of Conscious Choice veer into a referendum on Shaw’s journalistic history?
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One other thing. In addition to Jim Slama, whom I mentioned, Conscious Choice was founded by Ross Thompson, whom I should have mentioned. Thompson is now technology director of Conscious Enlightenment Publishing.
