City Times editors respond to Zenger's
City Times Editorial Board
Issue date: 3/17/09 Section: Opinion
Editorial Board
City Times
It has come to the attention of the City Times editorial board that an article has been published in Zenger's Newsmagazine titled "Forty Years Later, Gay Lib Pioneer Still Struggles; Zenger's Associate Editor Challenges Homophobia at City College."
The article, written by Leo Laurence, claims that "San Diego City College is launching an investigation into alleged homophobia at the campus newspaper, City Times."
The online version of the article is accompanied by a photo snapped by Laurence during an open class staff meeting. The photo is captioned, "A rare look inside a staff meeting of the City Times newspaper at City College, currently under investigation for alleged homophobia."
The editorial board for City Times wants to set the record straight and confirm that at the time Laurence's article was published in Zenger's, no such investigation had been launched against City Times publication.
According to the Board of Trustees administration office and City College officials, however, Laurence informed the board in his address before them on March 12 that he has since filed a formal complaint with the district.
The serious implications made by Laurence have shocked and shaken the editorial staff of City Times. The inaccuracies portrayed in the publication have raised concern and confusion among the editorial staff.
The claims Laurence made against City Times, whether as whole or aimed at certain individuals, were all one-sided and not supported by any quotes or factual evidence for his claims.
Laurence neither contacted nor questioned any City Times staff members for his article, which was also published in an online news Web log, and distributed throughout San Diego in areas such as Hillcrest and Kensington, and even on City College campus.
In his article, Laurence claims that the City Times news editor "was taking me off the FAGS beat and would cover the organization herself, but no article about them has appeared in the City Times since then."
City Times
It has come to the attention of the City Times editorial board that an article has been published in Zenger's Newsmagazine titled "Forty Years Later, Gay Lib Pioneer Still Struggles; Zenger's Associate Editor Challenges Homophobia at City College."
The article, written by Leo Laurence, claims that "San Diego City College is launching an investigation into alleged homophobia at the campus newspaper, City Times."
The online version of the article is accompanied by a photo snapped by Laurence during an open class staff meeting. The photo is captioned, "A rare look inside a staff meeting of the City Times newspaper at City College, currently under investigation for alleged homophobia."
The editorial board for City Times wants to set the record straight and confirm that at the time Laurence's article was published in Zenger's, no such investigation had been launched against City Times publication.
According to the Board of Trustees administration office and City College officials, however, Laurence informed the board in his address before them on March 12 that he has since filed a formal complaint with the district.
The serious implications made by Laurence have shocked and shaken the editorial staff of City Times. The inaccuracies portrayed in the publication have raised concern and confusion among the editorial staff.
The claims Laurence made against City Times, whether as whole or aimed at certain individuals, were all one-sided and not supported by any quotes or factual evidence for his claims.
Laurence neither contacted nor questioned any City Times staff members for his article, which was also published in an online news Web log, and distributed throughout San Diego in areas such as Hillcrest and Kensington, and even on City College campus.
In his article, Laurence claims that the City Times news editor "was taking me off the FAGS beat and would cover the organization herself, but no article about them has appeared in the City Times since then."
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Whitney Lawrence
posted 3/23/09 @ 7:36 PM PST
I am so sorry that such a great student paper with such a great student staff and a great adviser has to deal with this nonsense. The fact that the administration has to waste their time "investigating" the situation is also quite a shame. (Continued…)
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