Seattle Times columnist Matt Calkins resigns after he says the newspaper removes a planned column defending Sophie Cunningham. According to the outlets, Calkins claims his op-ed was “spiked” by editors and that he does not accept being prevented from publishing his argument.
The reports frame the resignation as a dispute about editorial control and whether a writer’s views can be published in the paper’s opinion section. Calkins, after more than a decade with the paper, characterizes the decision as being “muzzled,” while other coverage centers on the fact that the column is not run as scheduled. The accounts agree on the core sequence of events—Calkins requests publication of an op-ed, editors remove it, and he later resigns—but they differ in emphasis, with one outlet focusing on his refusal to accept limits on publication.
