Yesterday, 8-25-2010, in the Asheville Citizens-Times newspaper (print), page A2, under the title of "Police response cut with budgets: Areas place focus on violent crimes," by Kevin Johnson of USA TODAY, a remarkable thing happened.
First, read the on-line version. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-08-25-1Anresponsecops25_ST_N.htm
So, I first read the actual print paper. And then I compared it with the on-line USA TODAY version, and, lo and behold, there was a paragraph missing. And then I checked the Asheville Citizen-Times on-line version, which is a link back to USA TODAY, and, again, the paragraph was missing from it too!!! With no reference to the article being edited. In other words, the on-line version from both news medias are being represented as being the original, with no edits.
Now, here is the missing paragraph (It goes between "The chiefs are putting the best face ....." and "In Tulsa, which lost 110 officers to layoffs..."): "Oakland police say they don't have enough resources to dispatch officers to theft, vandalism and car burglaries. Residents instead are being asked to report the incidents via computer. Violations of restraining orders are among the offenses on the no-dispatch list."
Focus on the last sentence: "Violations of restraining orders are among the offenses on the no-dispatch list."
No. 1: Of course, there was no mention made of The Public Duty Doctrine. No. 2: This is a classic example of American journalism as being suspect, and the reason for the need of blogs to get the truth out.
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