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April 19, 2005


More on “Pre-Emptive” Alcaraz Letter

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A tightly focused journalism specialty site has reprinted the letter editors at the Minneapolis Star-Tribune used to comment upon that day's La Cucaracha comic strip from cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz before many readers could be expected to even read the strip in question. A paper had recently apologized publicly for running a Signe Wilkinson cartoon about the incident that accusers believed wallowed in stereotypes. Both moves seem to me to indicate a growing reluctance by newspaper editors to simply stand behind material they're running, a fear shaped in large part by a more limited view from readers and editors on guest contributors being judged according to their own merits.
 
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