Meyers says editors delayed printing an investigative story he wrote which showed that Rochester ambulances were delivering soda for a commercial venture run by the ambulance company when they were suppose to be responding to medical emergencies.

"The story just languished and couldn't get in the paper," Meyers says. "They kept sitting on it. Giles was the chief handwringer. Weeks passed."

By the time the story was printed, so much time had gone by that the city had already begun an investigation into the company--in Meyer's opinion, because he had brought the problem to their attention during his research for the article.

"The article had the city going to bat when the city had been asleep," Meyers says.

Giles counters that his newspapers have always had aggressive coverage.

"My orientation as a newspaper editor is very much hard news," Giles says.

And while he says that he does not remember Meyer's story specifically, Giles notes that often editors must hold investigative stories so that more reporting can be done.

"There are a lot of reasons for holding up an investigative story if in the opinion of the editors it's not thoroughly reported or there are problems with sourcing," Giles says.