Tuesday, April 19, 2005

The Education Wonks: They've Gotta Be Better Than The Real Thing

The Education Wonks: They've Gotta Be Better Than The Real Thing: "More than 1,000 Oregon high school students participated in the three-day Model United Nations
conference, which concluded Saturday at the University of Oregon. The
event was sponsored by the Oregon High School International Relations
League, a state tradition since 1948."

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The Education Wonks: Students' So-Called Prank Results In Police Officer's Death

The Education Wonks: Students' So-Called Prank Results In Police Officer's Death: "On Saturday, the students' plan went awry from the start, when they
spotted a custodian as they 'forcibly opened' the door to the school's
sports center about 1:20 a.m. Saturday, police said. The custodian
called police and the students fled, but two of them returned later to retrieve bolt-cutters they left behind, police said."

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CNN.com - Harvard Law School reprimands professor - Apr 15, 2005

CNN.com - Harvard Law School reprimands professor - Apr 15, 2005: "BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- Harvard University reproached law
professor Laurence H. Tribe for failing to properly credit another
author's work in a book published two decades ago."

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Vodkapundit - Good Thing They Have All Those Editors

Vodkapundit - Good Thing They Have All Those Editors

Good Thing They Have All Those Editors
Posted by Will Collier ยท 15 April 2005

The Boston Globe got caught making up a story about a seal hunt in Canada that didn't actually happen, and had issue a retraction and fire the freelancer who wrote it--although the story about the phony story comes from Reuters, so for all we know, the paper in question might actually have been the Birmingham News or Podunk Post.

But assuming that Reuters is accurate for a change, a question: what happened to the editors who approved it? Fact-checkers? You know, all those valuable tools (and I mean that in every sense of the word) who allegedly make Big Media "journalists" superior to us pajama types? Are they still on the payroll? And why weren't their names publicized along with that of the fired freelance reporter?

Somebody notify Alex Beam. There's print dreck in his paper.

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