Where Is Henry Norr ?

Please spread the word about the following action:



WHAT
Flyering/picketing at "A Gourmet Evening with Phil Bronstein"

(Bronstein is executive editor of the SF Chronicle)



WHEN
Friday, May 16, 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.



WHERE

California Culinary Academy, 625 Polk St., San Francisco

(corner of Turk & Polk, 5 blocks from Civic Center BART)



WHO

Sponsored by Friends of Henry -- an ad hoc group organized to support Henry Norr and other silenced journalists



WHY

Tech columnist Henry Norr was fired from the San Francisco Chronicle for participating in protests against the Iraq War. The Chronicle's action has prompted a blizzard of complaints from readers -- thousands of letters and emails. The purpose of this action is to sustain the protest and to counter the Chronicle's dubious rationales defending the firing.



CONTACT

[email protected]



BACKGROUND

For years, Henry Norr�s columns on computer technology have been a popular feature of the San Francisco Chronicle. But in March, 2003, the columns suddenly disappeared after Norr took part in anti-war protests on the day after the U.S. invasion of Iraq began. On April 23 he was officially fired.

Norr�s case, unfortunately, is not unique. While major networks have brazenly adopted a pro-war stance, reporters and columnists who have expressed skeptical views or views in opposition to war have been fired or silenced, including MSNBC�s Phil Donahue; Brent Flynn of the Lewisville Leader in Texas; Ed Gernon, an independent producer working with CBS; Kurt Hauglie of Michigan�s Huron Daily Tribune; and Peter Arnett of CBS.



Democracy Now's Amy Goodman interviews Henry Norr:

www.democracynow.org...



Journalist Scott Rosenberg explains how time cards REALLY work at the Chronicle:

blogs.salon.com...



The pertinent sections of the California State Labor Code - sections 1101 and 1102, which state that it is illegal to fire someone for their political activities:

www.leginfo.ca.gov...

www.leginfo.ca.gov...



Stanford Professor John McManus critiques the ethics of the Chronicle's "ideological cleansing" of the newsroom:

www.gradethenews.org...

Statement by the Northern California Media Workers Guild

www.gradethenews.org...

Henry Norr outlines his legal position:

www.gradethenews.org...


Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) describes the case of other silenced journalists:

216.239.53.104...:GADZda_YQ1YJ:www.fair.org/press-releases/iraq-censorship.html+FAIR+Henry+Norr&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

216.239.53.104...:GADZda_YQ1YJ:www.fair.org/press-releases/iraq-censorship.html+FAIR+Henry+Norr&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

You See?

Nans, you seem to have alot of knowlage. I have been over looking some of your posts. Very open.

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The man sounds like a total fruitcake. I mean, emailing his supervisors the night before and telling them he wouldn't be in because he was going to be arrested?

And then putting in for sick time on his timecard?

The newspaper had every right to fire him. He has to prove it was for political reasons. They can prove timecard fraud. They will win.

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