Craig Redding Fired for Joke at Santa Barbara Paper
There’s no joking at the Santa Barbara News-Press, at least not when pals of the owner, Wendy McCaw(ful) are involved.
Cliff Redding, a veteran copy editor, felt the wrath of Wendy, when he authorized a mock-up of the paper’s front page as a gag gift for departing copy editor Lara Milton. He got fired.
The joke page featured a column from “Dr. Lara”, referencing the all-too real Dr. Laura Schlesinger column. Due to a glitch, the fake column spilled into the real one on the website.
Redding was one of the few, the very few, African-American
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