From the Washington Post:
Editor’s note related to Lincoln Memorial incident
By Washington Post Staff March 1 at 5:17 PM
A Washington Post article first posted online on Jan. 19 reported on a Jan. 18 incident at the Lincoln Memorial. Subsequent reporting, a student’s statement and additional video allow for a more complete assessment of what occurred, either contradicting or failing to confirm accounts provided in that story — including that Native American activist Nathan Phillips was prevented by one student from moving on, that his group had been taunted by the students in the lead-up to the encounter, and that the students were trying to instigate a conflict. The high school student facing Phillips issued a statement contradicting his account; the bishop in Covington, Ky., apologized for the statement condemning the students; and an investigation conducted for the Diocese of Covington and Covington Catholic High School found the students’ accounts consistent with videos. Subsequent Post coverage, including video, reported these developments: “Viral standoff between a tribal elder and a high schooler is more complicated than it first seemed”; “Kentucky bishop apologizes to Covington Catholic students, says he expects their exoneration”; “Investigation finds no evidence of ‘racist or offensive statements’ in Mall incident.”
A Jan. 22 correction to the original story reads: Earlier versions of this story incorrectly said that Native American activist Nathan Phillips fought in the Vietnam War. Phillips said he served in the U.S. Marines but was never deployed to Vietnam.
So, not exactly an apology …
What America needs is a National Conversation about how this incident reveals the depth of prejudice and hate against males, whites, Catholics, and gentiles.
My suggestion: As part of the settlement of this lawsuit, all Washington Post employees should be required to take an eight hour diversity sensitivity training course on how in the future they must be on guard against their bigotry, both explicit and implicit, against males, whites, Catholics, and gentiles. Moreover, the Post should agree to publish a front page article written by experts chosen by the victims documenting how the Post’s anti-Core American bias contributed to this fiasco.
