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Yeah but he had to have ran that story by an editor, and the editor approved. Right? So tired of the easiest scapegoats getting all the flak.
by yhoneycomb 7y ago
Yeah but he had to have ran that story by an editor, and the editor approved. Right?
So tired of the easiest scapegoats getting all the flak.
- mieseratte 7y agoReminds me of the VW emissions, blame it on a low-level engineer.
- creaghpatr 7y agoI think the editor mistakenly thought this was a now-acceptable way to make the story even bigger
- yhoneycomb 7y agoAnd I’m sure the reporter thought the same. So why was only one punished? For the record, I don’t think either should be punished as long as they give a legit apology.
- Fjolsvith 7y agoWell then lets do away with punishment and let everyone off with an apology.
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoKing posted stuff that was basically a civil discussion on /b/ circa 2012. His mistake was posting it on twitter. This is basically a normal teenage mistake. Calvin posted similar stuff more recently and while working as a reporter. This fails to meet the standard of behavior we expect adults who work in journalism to hold themselves to. Simply put, posting that kind of crap indicates he is not qualified to do his job. If he was working in a different industry it would be different (e.g. if your accountant is a neo-nazi it probably doesn't impact their ability to do their job) but the fact of the matter he is in a publicly facing role and in those kinds of roles being able to at appear neutral (or at least not too extreme) matters.
- danso 7y agoTo be fair, the story didn't run/go to print before Carson King went public with his apology. We don't know for sure that the editors and reporter would have included the tweets in their final draft of the story.