So, you are not personally endorsing any candidates, but you are "endorsing" other people's endorsements"? Pretty interesting choices, since you turned off comments on the Pinkard post.
So, you are not personally endorsing any candidates, but you are "endorsing" other people's endorsements"? Pretty interesting choices, since you turned off comments on the Pinkard post.
Also to add onto this, I went out of my way to wait for another story to show up on my desk (Maria's) and another local writer's endorsement (Simone's) so that it didn't seem like I was shilling for Nichole, even though that story about her alleged role in the Foster School stuff is newsworthy by itself.
I have to make editorial decisions all day long running this thing and during an election, it's virtually impossible to report on stories involving one candidate without someone showing up to call me biased.
If you go to my other post, I shared what traits *I* look for in a candidate (Horton referral + Technology pledge), something that neither Nichole nor Pat endorsed.
If you guys want me to cover elections, you're going to have to extend a little bit of grace to me, the field is 12 people and short of printing nothing but quotes, it's impossible to write on it without having allegations of bias.
Anonymous - If you have friends who are writers online and have published public endorsements, send them my way. I closed that comment section because you and a few other commenters wanted to do nothing but debate the protests at Northwestern. There are plenty of places to argue about Israel and Gaza and this is not one of them.
My intent here was to spread the word of other writers in our town and get them followers. We are all on the same team.
Some people did get off topic. But most were concerned about the views and actions of the candidate. Pinkard's letter signing made a segment of Northwestern students feel unsafe and insecure. Will she make some children at D65 feel unsafe and insecure as well?
Perhaps you should moderate individual comments and/or issue warnings to participants who stray from the rules. By shutting the entire discussion, you undermined the concern of several community members.
So, you are not personally endorsing any candidates, but you are "endorsing" other people's endorsements"? Pretty interesting choices, since you turned off comments on the Pinkard post.
Also to add onto this, I went out of my way to wait for another story to show up on my desk (Maria's) and another local writer's endorsement (Simone's) so that it didn't seem like I was shilling for Nichole, even though that story about her alleged role in the Foster School stuff is newsworthy by itself.
I have to make editorial decisions all day long running this thing and during an election, it's virtually impossible to report on stories involving one candidate without someone showing up to call me biased.
If you go to my other post, I shared what traits *I* look for in a candidate (Horton referral + Technology pledge), something that neither Nichole nor Pat endorsed.
https://www.foiagras.com/p/foia-gras-d65-voter-guide
If you guys want me to cover elections, you're going to have to extend a little bit of grace to me, the field is 12 people and short of printing nothing but quotes, it's impossible to write on it without having allegations of bias.
Of course. I appreciate all the work you do.
Anonymous - If you have friends who are writers online and have published public endorsements, send them my way. I closed that comment section because you and a few other commenters wanted to do nothing but debate the protests at Northwestern. There are plenty of places to argue about Israel and Gaza and this is not one of them.
My intent here was to spread the word of other writers in our town and get them followers. We are all on the same team.
Some people did get off topic. But most were concerned about the views and actions of the candidate. Pinkard's letter signing made a segment of Northwestern students feel unsafe and insecure. Will she make some children at D65 feel unsafe and insecure as well?
Perhaps you should moderate individual comments and/or issue warnings to participants who stray from the rules. By shutting the entire discussion, you undermined the concern of several community members.