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Because I've canceled my subscription to the Daily News, and not for the first time, I didn't read the article Joe refers to. <br><br>One of the reasons I don't subscribe to the DN is because its coverage on many issues involving our town has been lacking, biased, and poorly written -- all symptomatic of a disregard for simple, classic journalism. I know a bit about print journalism and reporting, and I can say with some measure of expertise and experience that its coverage of Wilson, etc., has been particularly egregious on all three points.<br><br>But if the paper suggested that "community members" who oppose Wilson's work and words vandalized ("took to" vandalizing) Christ Church-owned businesses and property, without a shred of evidence demonstrating, unequivocally and with full attribution, three things, it's become more of an affront to print journalism than usual. Those three things are simple, Journalism 101-type stuff: Did vandalism actually happen? Did the vandal have any agenda whatsoever? And was that person linked to others, like myself, who have publicly spoken out against Wilson? <br><br>Answer those questions, with evidence and attribution, and you might be on to something. But for the DN to toss that out without the building blocks of true journalism -- accuracy, evidence, attribution, etc. -- is just so much heaving rocks through the windows, so to speak, of its readership. I don't expect all readers to notice the fault, but I do expect those who commit it to acknowledge that they're in the wrong field.<br><br><font style="" color="#8064a2"><font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3"><font style="" face="Verdana">Keely<br>www.keely-prevailingwinds.com<br></font></font></font><br><br><br><br>> Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 08:00:38 -0800<br>> From: thansen@moscow.com<br>> To: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> Subject: [Vision2020] Daily News Got It Wrong<br>> <br>> Courtesy of today's (January 5, 2010) Moscow-Pullman Daily News with<br>> thanks to Joe Campbell.<br>> <br>> --------------------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> Daily News got it wrong<br>> <br>> The paper's account of Moscow's recent history (Jan. 2 & 3) was less than<br>> fully accurate.<br>> <br>> For instance, in discussing Doug Wilson's "Southern Slavery: As it Was,"<br>> the paper claims "community members took to vandalizing businesses owned<br>> by people associated with Christ Church and Wilson" due to controversy<br>> over the book.<br>> <br>> There is not one instance where it was discovered that a community member<br>> vandalized "businesses owned by people associated with Christ Church." The<br>> only confirmed case of "vandalism" was an offensive comment written in<br>> chalk on public property in Friendship Square. And no one knows who did<br>> that. The Daily News account is irresponsible in the same way that it<br>> would be irresponsible for the Daily News to speculate that members of<br>> Christ Church vandalized the atheist billboard on U.S. Highway 95.<br>> <br>> Also, the controversy about Wilson's book was not merely ideological. Some<br>> of the controversy was because the book was plagiarized.<br>> <br>> Lastly, the paper writes that NSA "had been on South Main Street since<br>> 2002, but changes to city law required the school - and other educational<br>> institutions - to obtain a conditional use permit to operate in the<br>> downtown business district."<br>> <br>> But if you look at the law in question, the change was made "to allow<br>> schools, commercial schools and/or educational institutions by conditional<br>> use permit in certain commercial and special zoning districts."<br>> <br>> NSA began in a residential neighborhood, in violation of the city zoning<br>> code. It was duly and clearly informed of its violation. It moved<br>> downtown, first to one location near Main Street and then to its current<br>> location. Each time its new location violated city code and each time NSA<br>> was duly informed. The change in law allowed NSA to remain downtown,<br>> contrary to the city code. It was not a burden but a gift from the city to<br>> NSA.<br>> <br>> Joseph Keim Campbell<br>> Moscow<br>> <br>> --------------------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> Thanks, Joe.<br>> <br>> Seeya round town, Moscow.<br>> <br>> Tom Hansen<br>> Moscow, Idaho<br>> <br>> “I’ll just speak for our church, in Christ Church. If I found out that a<br>> member of our church or a church officer was lying to non-believers in the<br>> community, as a way to get by or protect themself or protect his<br>> reputation, yes, he’d be disciplined.”<br>> <br>> - Doug Wilson (January 31, 2007)<br>> http://www.tomandrodna.com/protest/Doug_Wilson_Liers_013107.mp3<br>> <br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> http://www.fsr.net <br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br> <br /><hr />Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/' target='_new'>Get it now.</a></body>
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