Self high-five of the day
June 23, 2008 at 11:34 am by Scott Freeman in NewsIn today’s AJC, John Hollis reports from Clayton County about Sunday’s political forum that hosted most of the 26 candidates running for the school board.
In the third paragraph, the story flatly asserts: “The candidates’ responses could be instrumental in helping voters choose as the July 15 election approaches.”
Why’s that? The story doesn’t say.
But maybe the answer comes in the last paragraph of the story: “The candidates’ forum was sponsored by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WSB-TV, which are both owned by Cox Enterprises.”
A-ha.
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June 23rd, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Oh, Scott, you’re just so cynical. IF the AJC doesn’t print it, it doesn’t exist.
June 23rd, 2008 at 12:39 pm
I was wondering why I didn’t get an invitation. Not cool, media monolith!
June 23rd, 2008 at 2:00 pm
And, BTW, the AJC article was of a type that ensured you knew less after reading it than before. I mean, who cares who was late (other than the reporter). The article starts off saying board wannabes criticized the superintendent — but neglects to mention that that’s largely irrelevant. John Thompson is there and there isn’t much the new board can do until he reaches the end of his 14 month contract. That may not be an ideal situation, but the only alternative for the board will be to buy Thompson out of his contract. What the AJC, in organizing this debate and in reporting on it, should have forced the candidates to confront is how the new board will meet the conditions to keep accreditation.
June 23rd, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Good point, John. You realize, of course, that Thompson says he’s going to make sure Clayton gets its accreditation.
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:00 pm
When asked by a parent during a recent forum at Lovejoy High School what would happen should Clayton County lose its accreditation, he searched for words, paused, and then said he wasn’t going to answer the question. Why?
“Because that’s not going to happen,” he said. “We’re not losing our accreditation.”
That’s a pretty gutsy thing to say.