Monday, December 16, 2013

The Ugly Mindset That Led Denver Post to Sanitize Arapahoe Shooter’s Political Beliefs | Mediaite

The Ugly Mindset That Led Denver Post to Sanitize Arapahoe Shooter’s Political Beliefs | Mediaite: "This was not an unsupported bit of reporting. The Associated Press backed up the Post’s findings. “Students said Pierson held communist views and liked to discuss current events and issues, offering his own solutions,” the AP reported. “None said Pierson was bullied for his beliefs.”

When confronted about the decision to stealthily cleanse the piece on this shooter’s politics, Denver Post senior editor Lee Ann Colacioppo revealed a particularly insidious mindset behind the decision: “We decided not to have another student apply a label to the shooter — a label the student likely didn’t even understand,” she wrote."

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