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Techn0Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 04:46 AM
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26. That's not quite correct is it....
Edited on Wed Sep-09-09 04:52 AM by Techn0Girl
First of all here is the actual source of the article which you did not actually point to:

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local-beat/Kids-Didnt-Hear-Obama-But-Will-Be-Bussed-for-Bush-57827022.html

(citing the entire website for NBC Dallas doesn't count - you should cite the actual news article as I did above. This gives proper credit to the actual author as well as allows people to check for inaccuracies)

Secondly , your title of the post and the actual title of the post do differ significantly. So you did NOT actually quote the article's title - the fault is your own. Your article title says "School refused to air Obama's speech...". The actual article says "Kid's didn't hear Obama..."

In point of fact the school did NOT refuse to air Obama's speech. The school district actually posted it in its entirety on the district's web site - as the actual article points out - for the children to hear.

I can go on but there is no need.
You were sloppy in your retelling of this event. Rather then get snippy to the people pointing this out , you should just acknowledge it and try to do better in the future.

I know this is the web and you are no journalist (nor am I).
But I have taken a few journalism courses in college and I was editor of an Ivy League newspaper for a time so perhaps these things jump out at me more.

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