By Tom McGhee
The Denver Post
Published 9/23/2007
Excerpt:
After the editorial appeared, McSwane posted a letter on the Collegian's
website, explaining the reasoning behind the editorial, which he said was
approved in a split vote by a seven-member editorial board. CSU president Larry
Edward Penley issued a statement condemning the editorial.
"I am disappointed that the Collegian's recent editorial choices do not
reflect the expectations we have of our student journalists nor the standards
that are clearly articulated by student media policies," he said.
The editorial was bound to raise hackles, said Bob Steele of the Poynter
Institute, a school for journalists, who advises newspapers on ethical issues.
"The best of editorials are evocative and provocative, but shocking readers
in itself is not necessarily good journalism, nor is the use of shock-therapy
editorial language the wisest expression of free speech."
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