I don't get paid to report the news, or for my opinions.
I don't have access to people in power.
I do know the difference between reporting and editorializing .
The front page is reserved for what is known as straight reporting, also known as the 5 W's-Who, What, When, Where, and Why.
The editorial page is reserved for the opinions of the editorial board and columnists.
To insert opinion in the guise of an objective report is the definition of editorializing.
If there were any doubt The Huntsville Times tells the public what they want us to know, instead of what we need to know in order to make informed decisions about the public school system, look no further than Sunday's front page, banner headline 'COMMAND AND CONTROL' Wardynski's first year, complete with a 5 column, half page color picture of the Commandant, I mean superintendent, and two side by side articles anointing him King. All they couldn't squeeze on the front page continued on the top half of page A6, with a 3 column black and white photo of Wardynski, and the full page on A8, complete with a color picture of the Super surrounded by students of color at Lee High School. Snark
Let The Huntsville Times along with the Mayor, chosen board members and even the Huntsville Representative of the Alabama Education Association spin it, Wardynski just can't understand why the system is still under a desegregation order, is retoring fiscal responsibility the district, he listens to recommendations of the Huntsville Education Association, and the children is learning now that the dreadful Dr. Anne Roy Moore is no longer in charge. Snark.
If you want know know what's really going on in the school system, log on to the internet and click on Geek Pavaler, Merts Center Monitor, Havealittletalk, RedEye's Front Page, or even Left in Alabama. The Huntsville Times caters to the segment who want to operate and maintain segregated public schools because black children lower the test scores, because they are well....black, which in turn lower property values, and God knows that wouldn't be fair. Snark.
"Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe"~Fredrick Douglas
Casey you have to break the mold and prove you're not afraid of minorities, democrats, liberals, aclu types and the entire entitlement crowd! Do that, and you'll be doing the job you were hired to do! Oh yeah, not to mention striking down all racial transfers. And that includes allowing not allowing whites to racially transfer either. If you don't like where your child goes to school, move to where they can be zoned into a school of your preference, that's what I had to do!~allin13times
And much of the public buys into the message thatour schools are finally being run by people who do things the right way, who follow the rules, who don't just put their friends, regardless of their inexperience or incompetence into highly paid positions of power.~Geek Pavaler
It's too late, the contracts been signed, and nothing I say is going to change anything.~havealittletalk
The public gives us their two most precious resources; their children and their taxdollars. We must protect both to the best of our ability.~Casey WardynskiToday's Must Reads
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2 comments:
Well said, RedEye. Thanks.
In your post you noted the absence of parental input in the two articles, I would like to not the absence of student input and the lack of diversity in Sunday's articles. The Times is entitled to it's own opinions but they aren't entitled to pass off their opinions as facts.
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