Last year, I did some freelance work for David Arnett of Tulsa Today.
In October of 2014, David Arnett called to ask me to do a story on the state superintendent's race. I told him I would do the story provided I could write it down the middle in other words not take sides. David said that would be fine. I did write the story which you can see on the link below. One of the things he took out of my story was the fact that Linda Murphy, who was the 1994 Republican nominee for superintendent, had chosen to endorse Dr. John Cox the Democrat in the race because of his opposition to Common Core. Mrs. Murphy posted her endorsement on her facebook page. I submitted this story to David and he called and said,
"Ted, I'm not getting PAID for what you have written." He then told me he would pay me $25 dollars instead of the $100 he promised me.
I told him to take my byline off the story and he did. In mid-December David called me to say he had my $25. I told him to keep it. He then hemmed and hawed about how he hoped we could work together again someday. I simply said,
"Merry Christmas" and hung up.
