My school's newspaper put a false quote of me in the newspaper and it said stuff like i thought guys were better stronger and stuff and that girls are stupid. Ive never said that in my life, and now poeple think im a sexist, im completely opposite! What do you think i should do?
2007-12-15 20:15:20 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
If you can prove that you never said that or that it is hearsay they have to retract it. However papers like the National Inquirer get away to it to a point. They have been sued successfully many times. They practise poor journalism, supposed to stick to the facts, whether right or wrong. They rely on "sensationalism". Perhaps you may not be able to sue the school paper, but if they are wrong, they owe you an apology and a retraction. Poor journalism reflects on the attitude of the reporters and the editor and the school itself. Idle gossip should not be tolerated. Perhaps they are trying to match the other trashy legitimate rags but they shouldn't in a teaching institution. Maybe they don't have much to report or you have an enemy there. Read up on Journalism Ethics before you approach them so you know what they have done wrong and you can point it out to them in a professional manner. Show them you have done your homework, that you practise honest ethics and they should do so too. They should be acting as professionals not gossips or lies.
2007-12-15 20:29:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Write a letter to the editor setting the record straight. Also insist that the newspaper print a recantation. If they refuse, you might take the matter up with the school principal.
2007-12-16 04:18:27 · answer #2 · answered by John 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Write a letter to the Editor of the school paper, your town paper and the Principal. CC to the School Board. In it, demand a retraction be printed on the school paper's front page and an apology. If they don't respond, threaten them with a lawsuit.
2007-12-16 04:21:58 · answer #3 · answered by rinchkarnk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to the editor of the paper and have them print a retraction. If you didn't say these things and they have no proof, they could be in a bad position here. I'd want to know where they got their information and why they printed it, then get them to print a retraction in the next newspaper.
Good luck.
2007-12-16 04:20:53 · answer #4 · answered by Eliza 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is awful...I would demand the newspaper print an apology and go to the principal or school district representative if you have to. That is BS!
2007-12-16 04:19:41 · answer #5 · answered by Smiley 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would contact the newspaper editor and ask where the information came from and then politely ask for an apology for mis quoting you.
2007-12-16 04:20:11 · answer #6 · answered by phelan1950 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to the teacher who runs the newspaper and ask for a retraction. If s/he refuses, go to the principal and then the school board.
2007-12-16 04:18:36 · answer #7 · answered by Katherine W 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
REPORT IT.
the nespaper team have broken the news tell someone and sort it out.
it isn't doing anything for your reputation and your properly not a sexist so shouldn't be called that for something you didn't say.
tell the teacher or something that looks after the newspaper team if that is what you call them.
2007-12-16 04:20:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell the editor. Tell the that wasn't true. Ask if they would like a false quote about them. If they say it was, tell the principal that was false, can THEY tell them?
2007-12-16 10:23:22 · answer #9 · answered by spockezri 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
uh
thats stupid.
ask the school/teachers/journalism teacher if you can post a counter post about that, saying that those were not your words.
if not, look on the bright side, your in the freaking schools newspaper.:]
2007-12-16 04:19:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋