On Beasley's advice, he refused. Presumably it refers either to his decision to sell the Bevilacqua profile to National Catholic Reporter , or to publicly criticize the Inquirer in City Paper and the Washington Post . Beasley says that whatever the reasons, the Inquirer has only complicated its problems by firing Cipriano. The story is that he'll be asked to resign, and offered a position with Knight-Ridder. He has my complete confidence.
Confidence is in shorter supply in the newsroom, however.
According to a source, Inquirer computer experts were working hard earlier this week to determine who leaked an unpublished version of Assistant Managing Editor Arlene Notoro Morgan's column on Cipriano's criticisms to City Paper . A different version was published in the Inquirer on Aug. 10. All rights reserved.