Michael Pascoe to file last column for Fairfax Media
Fairfax Media’s contributing editor Michael Pascoe will file his last column for the company on April 15.
Pascoe, who first joined Fairfax Media’s Australian Financial Review in 1979, has been contributing editor since 2008, writing for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. He also contributes to The Brisbane Times and WA Today.
Pascoe’s long-standing relationship with Fairfax Media is coming to an end
This decision smacks of a political decision to silence journalists who take on big business and conservative politicians. Pascoe has been one of the top-rating columnists for many years, easily outgunning many of his peers on the SMH and Age. As a contributor he would have been cheap as chips. No conincidence that the sacking comes so soon after Chessell’s appointment as editorial top dog.
His column today is a hard-hitting piece about toothless tiger ASIC in the wake of the Storm Financial case. Huge loss for the readers.
I think we will call this the Cato effect
Sooooo sorry to see Michael Pascoe go. A journalist of integrity, skill and depth and breadth of knowledge. I am at a loss to understand why the once mighty and once respected Fairfax could justify this decision. PLEASE don’t tell me it is yet another political decision by Chessell or others.
Michael pascoe was not as anti trump as Fairfax would like, hence the sacking