To Our Readers:
September 18, 2019
The Appalachian Editorial Board acknowledges and takes full responsibility for the uninformed and ambiguous argument published in an opinion article, “An eye-for-an-eye social justice hurts innocent people” published Sept. 12. We have no excuses for this oversight. A core tenet of our code of ethics, as is the Society of Professional Journalists’ doctrine, is to avoid harm. This piece was harmful to people who are marginalized on our campus.
We have begun efforts to ensure we are more thorough in our editing process and sensitive to race and minority issues in the future. To prevent a similar situation from happening, we are actively creating communication channels between other campus organizations to include and educate ourselves on various perspectives in our reporting. We have planned relevant training for our staff to continue producing the fair and balanced content our readers expect.
In this spirit, we commit to do better at questioning our own backgrounds while considering and learning more about the cultural experiences and attitudes of our audience.
We encourage students to share their perspectives by submitting letters to the editor. You can send letters to editor@theappalchianonline.com.
John McAdams • Oct 1, 2019 at 6:20 pm
Note the intolerance the campus leftists have shown. They want the article *removed* so no one can see it.
And your apology shows how clueless and useless you are as supposed “journalists.” You actually seem to believe that views that disturb the intolerant race hustlers on your campus need to be apologized for, and you are probably wishing you had censored the piece initially.
Ironically, the race hustlers who whine about “white privilege” think they have the privilege of shutting up any opinion they dislike.
Killer Marmot • Sep 30, 2019 at 4:23 pm
Shorter Editorial: We negligently allowed some viewpoint diversity onto our editorial page, forgetting that are duties are, first and foremost, political.
Even shorter editorial: Non-progressive viewpoints are not welcome here.
Jesse L. Luzanilla • Sep 28, 2019 at 1:12 am
So, in other words, some left wing idiots played the race card, and you caved, tossing the 1st Amendment, not to mention your credibility as actual journalists, under the bus. Nicely done, cowards!
Bubba Pfeffer • Sep 24, 2019 at 9:39 am
If you really mean these words, then take down the article. As a newspaper, you have a right and an obligation to print good and well-thought-out articles. Opinion pieces should be thought out and positively contribute to conversations.”Opinion” is not a valid excuse for printing half-assed and factually incorrect hate speech.
Rachel • Sep 19, 2019 at 5:38 pm
Please take the original article down. A student is not guaranteed a published opinion piece, particularly one that represents the tenets of white supremacy. It’s a disgrace, particularly for a school lacking in minority representation.
Rachel Turnpaugh
Class of 2006
M • Sep 18, 2019 at 2:54 pm
Take the piece down, then. It can still be viewed and therefore is still adding to a thinly-veiled white supremacist dialogue circulating around us.
El W • Sep 18, 2019 at 10:43 am
You should remove all copies of this edition from circulation. Your channels of “communication” as well as your staff’s “training” needs to be in direct relation to the minority voices and needs on campus, not through a mere “diversity” discussion. You do not serve or represent your student body in the publishing staff and their content. Your members are not indicative of the stories they tell. Do not educate those who CANNOT speak on those experiences in the first place as though they are “entitled” to that information as a reporter.