by Dan Wees | Aug 24, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“When I did a series on The Central Utah [water] Project [CUP], it was killed by my editors and publisher because some of the brethren in the Church apparently felt it could be potentially damaging to future [federal] government funding… “It’s even more interesting...
by Dan Wees | Aug 24, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“It is hard to investigate in Utah without turning up a Mormon connection. The Church either owns, or has substantial influence in, banks, department stores, insurance, real estate, agribusiness, and energy and utility companies. “The Pinpoint Team looked into real...
by Dan Wees | Aug 24, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“[A]s the Mormons entered national politics the [LDS] hierarchy either openly or privately controlled prominent Democratic, Republican, and politically independent newspapers of Utah’s two most populous cities.” D. Michael Quinn, The Mormon Hierarchy, 1832-1932: An...
by Dan Wees | Aug 24, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Church attempts to influence Deseret News readers have sometimes backfired. During the 1936 presidential campaign, Church President Heber J. Grant (who detested the Democrats’ New Deal policies) had another member of the Church’s First Presidency write an unsigned...
by Dan Wees | Aug 23, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“The Deseret News continues to routinely send all editorials to LDS Church headquarters at 50 E. North Temple before publication, where they are usually seen by Elder Gordon B. Hin[c]kley, member of the Council of the Twelve, and president of the Deseret News...
by Dan Wees | Aug 23, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“While the buck stops at [William B.] Smart’s desk [Deseret News editor] for most important policies that affect the News, including most editorials, in the public eye he is often regarded as merely an extension of the Church. And in one of the most highly significant...
