As follow-up to Censorship And Propaganda: anatomy of the neutered media comes Sun files suit against Ehrlich. In the former link, Alterman and Leary conclude, in part, that:
Hamstrung by its commitment to objectivity and its desire to appear nonpartisan, the media have done a woefully ineffective job of defending themselves--and their constitutional responsibility to hold power accountable. In the end it is America's democracy that suffers most as a result. The blacklisting of two veteran reporters under Governor Ehrlich's watch provides just the latest example. By falsely terming the Sun "liberal," Ehrlich changes the topic from his own political decisions and gets himself off the hook from the kind of public scrutiny that would ensure the he carry out the people's business faithfully.
It seems as though The Baltimore Sun Co. heard these "voices" from the wilderness.