CTU Chambers Correction on Secondcityteachers
By Jim Vail
Back in the day newspapers were the sole purveyors of news. Today it's the internet.
So when there was a mistake made, it was a big deal. The newspaper would issue a correction, and hopefully the matter would be solved.
Not today - who knows what is true, and what is 'fake news' as our president says, with people getting their information from the internet, and god knows where the information comes from - sometimes a legitimate source, and many times not. Who ever heard of a correction?
But being raised and bred a journalist where we are supposed to check our facts and report the news, I take to heart when someone points out an inaccuracy in a story I write.
In this case I wrote about how the CTU hasn't been the strongest fighter to save star activist Sarah Chambers' job. One point I made was the CTU website did not post the story about the union's lawsuit against Chicago Public Schools for her firing because she was a whistle blower.
On Twitter one person pointed out that the story was posted. And sure enough, when I checked, it was. It is now the third blog post.
So I must make a correction. I will say that I did not see this story posted after the press conference last week, verifying my theory that the CTU has been a lukewarm fighter against the CPS to have Chambers reinstated. I check last weekend and wrote my story last week on a Monday.
Well, the story is there for all to see that the union has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Ms. Chambers. That is good.
And I stand corrected when I pointed out in my story that this fact wasn't posted on the internet.
And I hope the CTU will continue to fight hard for Chambers job.
By Jim Vail
Back in the day newspapers were the sole purveyors of news. Today it's the internet.
So when there was a mistake made, it was a big deal. The newspaper would issue a correction, and hopefully the matter would be solved.
Not today - who knows what is true, and what is 'fake news' as our president says, with people getting their information from the internet, and god knows where the information comes from - sometimes a legitimate source, and many times not. Who ever heard of a correction?
But being raised and bred a journalist where we are supposed to check our facts and report the news, I take to heart when someone points out an inaccuracy in a story I write.
In this case I wrote about how the CTU hasn't been the strongest fighter to save star activist Sarah Chambers' job. One point I made was the CTU website did not post the story about the union's lawsuit against Chicago Public Schools for her firing because she was a whistle blower.
On Twitter one person pointed out that the story was posted. And sure enough, when I checked, it was. It is now the third blog post.
So I must make a correction. I will say that I did not see this story posted after the press conference last week, verifying my theory that the CTU has been a lukewarm fighter against the CPS to have Chambers reinstated. I check last weekend and wrote my story last week on a Monday.
Well, the story is there for all to see that the union has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Ms. Chambers. That is good.
And I stand corrected when I pointed out in my story that this fact wasn't posted on the internet.
And I hope the CTU will continue to fight hard for Chambers job.
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