WSJ earns an F in student politics

Posted on March 10, 2009, 8:00 am, by Craig Silverman, under Newspapers.

wsj2Students at the University of Rochester recently met in a single school building for several hours to show solidarity with Gaza, and they did so under normal university procedures. A de gustibus column on Feb. 27 mistakenly said students had “occupied buildings” and a March 3 letter to the editor mistakenly characterized the event as a “riot.” Link

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  • jeff

    Do papers typically issue corrections of how a letter to the editor characterized something?

  • CraigSilverman

    Yes, it's relatively common. A paper will often correct factual errors in published letters, and it appears as though the WSJ considered this characterization to be a factual error.

  • jeff

    Do papers typically issue corrections of how a letter to the editor characterized something?

  • http://www.regrettheerror.com CraigSilverman

    Yes, it's relatively common. A paper will often correct factual errors in published letters, and it appears as though the WSJ considered this characterization to be a factual error.

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