What’s being written elsewhere about West case

Here are links to other media reports on the Jim West case:

Wednesday, May 11

SFGate(San Francisco Chronicle web site) : The tormented Republican mayor of Spokane might have molested young boys. Boys like, well, Mark Morford

Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune : Casper newsman ran against embattled mayor

Seattle Weekly : The Wild, Wild West

Tuesday, May 10

KOMO-TV (Seattle) : Ken Schram Commentary: Where’s The State Investigation?

Editor & Publisher : Spokane Probe: Other Editors Say They Forbid Undercover Operations

Seattle Post-Intelligencer : Spokane Mayor: Not because he’s gay

Monday, May 9

National Public Radio : Paper Reveals Private Side of Spokane Mayor

Sunday, May 8

New York Times : A Mayor’s Secret Life Jolts a Northwest City

Seattle Times : West must resign as Spokane mayor

Associated Press : Mayor embroiled in sex scandal was known as a tough customer

The Oregonian : Spokane paper crosses line, but readers approve

Tacoma News Tribune : Solid Spokane story didn’t need subterfuge to spice it up

Saturday, May 7

KOMO-TV : Local Man Says Mayor In Sex Scandal Hit On Him

Seattle Times : Spokane Mayor West’s public and private lives contrast

Seattle Post-Intelligencer : Internet privacy is limited in this state, experts say

Friday, May 6

Seattle Post-Intelligencer : In the Northwest: Dark characters have peopled prim Spokane’s past

Tacoma News Tribune : West’s hypocrisy could be most damning revelation

Seattle Times : Sex-abuse claims set off “earthquake” in Spokane

Seattle Post-Intelligencer : Gay sex scandal rocks Spokane

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Did Spokane paper act properly?

Seattle Times: Newspaper’s ruse raises issue of journalistic ethics

Rocky Mountain News: Important ethical issue

The Advocate.com: Paper publishes excerpts from Spokane mayor’s Gay.com chats

Columbia Journalism Review : Steve Smith on Exposing a Mayor

The Olympian: Ex-Capitol leader in sex scandal

Thursday, May 5

Associated Press: After years of rumors, politicians react to West bombshell

Editor & Publisher: After 3-Year Probe, Spokane Paper Alleges Sex Abuse by Mayor

Editor & Publisher: Spokane Paper Hired Expert to Monitor Mayor Online