always goes around again.
Our friends at the Daily Barometer, bless them, have done it again for the first time.
About once an administration someone gets offended to the point of protests — usually over race.
When I was there, we offended Islam. They were right, too. We did offend them. But, we didn’t mean to.
I learned some of the best lessons of my young career by trying to come to terms with what we did when we published an article likening Muhammad to a pedophile. When I, and other editors, let those words by, we thought, “Sure, it will piss a few people off, but they’ll get over it.” They didn’t… but they healed. And we learned.
Now, many probably wonder, “How could anyone let a picture of someone in blackface by unnoticed.” But I understand… sometimes you just don’t think about it. Now, with this lesson… they will think about it, and another generation of responsible journalists was born.
Take that Emerald! All you can do is curse. (You have to follow Oregon Journalism pretty close to get that joke.)