WSJ earns an F in student politics

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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This entry was written by Craig Silverman, posted on March 10, 2009 at 8:00 am, filed under Newspapers and tagged , . Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.
  • jeff
    Do papers typically issue corrections of how a letter to the editor characterized something?
  • 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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