Comments on Advance Indiana™: Holladay Modifies Her Account Of Tolbert's Death Again

Good info.Herbal Man

2006-10-04T17:39:00.000-05:00

Prior to Mr. Tolbert's death, it was a company pol...

2006-08-13T15:20:00.000-05:00

Prior to Mr. Tolbert's death, it was a company policy NOT to dial 911. It was a contraversial policy as well, I attended management training at the Star and it was questioned but the Building Management felt that it was the appropriate thing to do.

There were some reasons:
1. There is only one elevator in the building that a gurney could fit in. That is only accessible through the rear employee entrance.
2. By leaving it to security to call, they could open gates and give the emergency personnel directions to the rear entrance.

It was not a matter of calling 911 or dialing 9... that's not something that an employee is going to take a 'test run' at. The policy was the policy, period.

The policy has since been revised, leaving the question of whether it was a policy worth having in the first place. Ruth's tenacity at trying to get to the truth should be rewarded. If it were not her prior employer and not the newspaper, would we really be grilling her? I think not.

Additionally, Ruth has posted responses and facts as she's been finding them out. I didn't feel her initial blog was fair to the good staff at The Star, either. But I commend her in trying to ensure Mr. Tolbert's death was not in vane.

Respectfully,
Doug

Oh, I find it hard to believe that employees of th...

2006-08-08T16:40:00.000-05:00

Oh, I find it hard to believe that employees of the Star don't know to dial 9 to get an outside line. Duh...

What's the time frame between her post and when she resigned?

Doug--that was one of Ruth's earlier corrections. ...

2006-08-08T09:29:00.000-05:00

Doug--that was one of Ruth's earlier corrections. She originally said the editors and writers couldn't make 911 calls from the newsroom. She later corrected it to say their phone system required the workers to dial 9 to get an outside line before placing the 911 call.

I'm just wondering what the actual deal is with th...

2006-08-08T08:34:00.000-05:00

I'm just wondering what the actual deal is with the Star's phones and 911. Are there any oddities or can you pick up any phone in the building and dial 911? Or is it a little trickier and you have to hit "9" to get an outside line? Or is there a bigger wrinkle than that?

This seems like a pretty objective piece of information that should be easy to obtain and confirm. Maybe it's already been reported and I didn't notice because I've only half been paying attention.