Ducks Unlimited fires columnist critical of donor

摘要

A longtime contributor to Ducks Unlimited magazine was fired Monday over an article in another publication that the conservation group said was unfair to one of its former board members. In a letter to columnist Don Thomas, Ducks Unlimited editorial director Matt Young said the magazine was cutting ties with the freelancer over an article published in Outside Bozeman magazine that personally attacked "a member of the DU family." Media mogul and waterfowl activist Jim Kennedy, chairman of Cox Enterprises Inc., which owns dozens of news outlets, including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, was reportedly upset by the article, which said he was using his wealth to overwhelm legal challenges to fences he built around his Montana ranch denying public access to the Ruby River.