A Washington News Council report says that in covering a big downtown development over a period of 10 years, the newspaper was unduly influenced by the developer – who happened to be the S-R's owner.
In a phone call made a month after he was let go, John McKay says, a top official's aide threatened public criticism by the attorney general himself if McKay didn't keep quiet about his firing.
At times, Tim Eyman's efforts to get attention for his initiatives have bordered on the comic, such as when he showed up at a 2006 press event dressed as Darth Vader.