Romenesko

Chicago Reader
Chicago Tribune employees have to agree to this in order to collect a buyout: "You will not in any manner whatsoever denigrate, disparage, or otherwise convey or cause to be conveyed an unfavorable impression of the Company to a third party or parties." Michael Miner writes: "What journalists find so obnoxious about these terms is that after dedicating their careers to the First Amendment they're bribed and bullied to surrender their own right to free speech."