Provo Daily Herald
Eric D. Snider reported on August 8 that Neil Simon's "Rumors" was killed in mid-production at a Utah theater after Simon's reps learned that profanity had been taken out of the script. The
Provo Daily Herald critic wrote: "How [Simon's people] learned of the alterations is a mystery worthy of Agatha Christie more than Neil Simon."
Well, not quite. It was Snider and a colleague who reported the script change. Herald editors write: "It is the policy of the Herald to make every effort to fully identify its sources and to make clear all relevant circumstances in news stories."
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Snider writes on his message board:
"Here's where I made my mistake, which cost me my job: I ought to have told my editors at the Herald that I had been involved, even though I believed my involvement to be ultimately irrelevant."
(ericsnider.com)
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Snider tells the Associated Press: "'I think if this had happened a year ago, I would still have my job."
(AP)
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Poynter's Steele sees several problems with Snider's behavior (SL Trib)
