Subj : Re: ah, college newspapers...
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : TNW7Z7Z7Z12345
Date : Tue Sep 20 2005 15:02:16

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Nick wrote:
> 
> Tyler Trafford wrote:
> 
> > John I wrote:
> >> Tyler Trafford wrote:
> >>
> >>> http://tinyurl.com/cgpu3
> >>
> >> It's abotu that anne coulter wanna-be at UNC, isn't it?
> >
> > Oh:  http://rdu.news14.com/content/headlines/?ArID=74527
> 
> also http://www.dailytarheel.com/vnews/display.v/ART/432a4ce19fe9e


I think it's also important to read the editor's version of what
happened.  He makes it pretty clear that he didn't fire her for her
offensive comments.

<http://tinyurl.com/dk7b3>

I think the fact that the people she interviewed felt lied to and
betrayed holds some weight in this case.  She clearly wasn't acting as
an investigative reporter (investigative reporters are trying to nab
someone and of course leave some interviewees feeling betrayed).  Given
the fact that she wasn't investigating the interviewees or using them to
nab someone else, they shouldn't have been shocked by her use of their
quotes unless she seriously misled them.

And why would she bother to mislead 3 people, unless she knew that a
straightforward discussion of racial profiling would've brought up
caveats that might have hurt the simplicity of her argument. The column
alone (<http://tinyurl.com/8wy76>) wouldn't immediately make me think
she should be fired. The key is that 3 interviewees felt used and deceived.

Sad that someone just starting out in her career has chosen to emulate
Coulter in more than just humor and conservative bent.  Coulter abuses
footnotes, which when checked out, often do not support the claims
they're meant to verify. And certainly there are people on the left who
do the same. 

 
- TNW

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