5.01.2004
Veracity of Apology
Make of this what you will:
A poster at the Daily Jolt message boards, identifying himself as a "collegianworker," wrote this: "hey, I work at the collegian, he is not sorry he knew exacty what was going to happen when he wrote that editoral."
It was in response to a post highlighting the news item of the Daily Collegian guest columnist apologizing for his controversial Tillman column.
The Boston Herald reports he's been getting death threats.
MORE: The Washington Times' "Inside the Beltway" decides to paint with a broad brush when it writes: "As the school year winds down, parents of college students may wonder what they are getting in return for all that tuition money. One answer: Student newspapers that ridicule American soldiers killed in combat..."
And, of course, there's the New York Post: "COWARD FEELS HEAT FOR SLIMING HERO."
Elsewhere, Dimmy Karras' predictions are coming true. (See comments section.)
Over at Irrational Bush Hatred (title tongue-in-cheek, the author notes): "I realize that this is a very isoltaed incident and doesn't reflect on the beliefs of anyone else, but it still grates on me..."
MORE: "Freedom of speech. Freedom of the press," writes Nick Canepa of the San Diego Tribune on the column controversy. "Certainly, being a hero is open to interpretation. But in this country, with this job, I also have the right to consider Gonzalez a selfish jackass, out for the outrageous, to make a name by being the opposite of right and basically worthless, William Hung without pathetic portfolio..."
A poster at the Daily Jolt message boards, identifying himself as a "collegianworker," wrote this: "hey, I work at the collegian, he is not sorry he knew exacty what was going to happen when he wrote that editoral."
It was in response to a post highlighting the news item of the Daily Collegian guest columnist apologizing for his controversial Tillman column.
The Boston Herald reports he's been getting death threats.
MORE: The Washington Times' "Inside the Beltway" decides to paint with a broad brush when it writes: "As the school year winds down, parents of college students may wonder what they are getting in return for all that tuition money. One answer: Student newspapers that ridicule American soldiers killed in combat..."
And, of course, there's the New York Post: "COWARD FEELS HEAT FOR SLIMING HERO."
Elsewhere, Dimmy Karras' predictions are coming true. (See comments section.)
Over at Irrational Bush Hatred (title tongue-in-cheek, the author notes): "I realize that this is a very isoltaed incident and doesn't reflect on the beliefs of anyone else, but it still grates on me..."
MORE: "Freedom of speech. Freedom of the press," writes Nick Canepa of the San Diego Tribune on the column controversy. "Certainly, being a hero is open to interpretation. But in this country, with this job, I also have the right to consider Gonzalez a selfish jackass, out for the outrageous, to make a name by being the opposite of right and basically worthless, William Hung without pathetic portfolio..."
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