It is unclear to which paper Taylor was referring. A January 1842 JS revelation stated that the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles should “take in hand the Editorial department of the Times and Seasons.” Accordingly, on 3 February 1842 Wilford Woodruff and Taylor were chosen to manage the paper under JS’s direction. In November 1842 JS resigned as editor and Taylor took his place. In December 1842 Taylor also became the editor of the Wasp, a weekly Nauvoo paper that previously had been edited by William Smith; in April 1843 Taylor announced plans to replace the Wasp with a more extensive paper called the Nauvoo Neighbor. (Revelation, 28 Jan. 1842; Woodruff, Journal, 3 Feb. and 7–12 Nov. 1842; JS, “Valedictory,” Times and Seasons, 15 Nov. 1842, 4:8; “Valedictory,” and “Introductory,” Wasp, 10 Dec. 1842, [2]; “Prospectus of a Weekly Newspaper, Called the Nauvoo Neighbor,” Wasp, 5 Apr. 1843, [1].)

Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.

Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.

The Wasp. Nauvoo, IL. Apr. 1842–Apr. 1843.

At the previous council meeting, Young had similarly stated, “He has also heard a complaint that allmost all the articles sent by individuals for publication are altered in the office. If a man is a fool and writes a piece for the paper with his own [name?] to it, he would let it go.” (Council of Fifty, “Record,” 22 Mar. 1845.)