Denman Island Bus Service Employee Threatened to Withdraw Advertising Over Editorial Policy

governance · August 2023 · Denman Island Bus Service

Bronwyn Schuster, an employee of the publicly funded Denman Island Bus Service (DIBS), threatened to withdraw publicly funded advertising from The Islands Grapevine unless its editorial policy was changed. The publisher refused to change policy and invited Schuster to submit a letter instead. Schuster later apologized but did not fulfill the agreement to post the apology publicly.

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• “TEAM TIG’S Aug.10 article, Threats, Lies, and the Misuse of Public Funds, was about a written threat by the publicly funded employee of the non-profit Denman Island Bus Service (DIBS), Bronwyn Schuster, to withdraw publicly funded advertising from The Islands Grapevine (TIG) if its Publisher/Editor Mike Van Santvoord did not change its editorial policy.” — The Islands Grapevine – August 31st, 2023 (August 31st, 2023)

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