tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post4052118840059541641..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: WUSA | Reporter gives school censorship lessonJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-57500065831535809952012-03-28T09:41:51.447-04:002012-03-28T09:41:51.447-04:00Shes a decent journalist in a tough position. I...Shes a decent journalist in a tough position. I'm not sure what I would do. I suspect her kids told her of the initial story. She did it and then felt the consequences from threats to her kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-68552126003425441442012-03-27T20:29:42.541-04:002012-03-27T20:29:42.541-04:00Agree with the last four posters. What a shameful ...Agree with the last four posters. What a shameful situation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-1534374343580597322012-03-27T20:14:03.408-04:002012-03-27T20:14:03.408-04:00This is another example of how journalists talk to...This is another example of how journalists talk tough but then wilt under the pressure every time. Every single time.<br /><br />As someone else said, a real parent would go to the principal and try to put a stop to this. Instead, she chose the weak way out. Great lesson to send to the kids.<br /><br />Mom score = 0. I predict failed upbringings ahead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-78429969272832924802012-03-27T19:33:29.360-04:002012-03-27T19:33:29.360-04:00I'd have done exactly the same thing, no regre...I'd have done exactly the same thing, no regrets. Hardly a major journalistic princiiple at stake here. Parent first, Gannett slave last.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-83036418246093401442012-03-27T16:37:31.314-04:002012-03-27T16:37:31.314-04:00Interesting how the "public's right to kn...Interesting how the "public's right to know" ends at her doorstep.<br /><br />As information about ANYONE becomes easier to attain, I suggest that reporters/bloggers/writers and other content generators will increasingly come under the same scrutiny applied to their subjects.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-83806739685801213132012-03-27T15:57:34.153-04:002012-03-27T15:57:34.153-04:00The criminals in this story are not the reporters ...The criminals in this story are not the reporters on the student newspaper; they're the little punks who are bullying her kids. She ought to be demanding that the principal do something about that, instead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-14444680057738631122012-03-27T15:14:42.777-04:002012-03-27T15:14:42.777-04:00Jim, I understand your point, but I also understan...Jim, I understand your point, but I also understand that as a mother you will go to great lengths to protect your children. Bullying is also a very serious issue and if I had to choose between my profession and my children, my children would win every time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com