{"id":1401840,"date":"2022-03-26T12:14:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T16:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1401840"},"modified":"2022-03-26T12:14:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T16:14:55","slug":"college-newspaper-retracts-article-on-obama-dhs-secretary-for-quoting-too-many-white-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-newspaper-retracts-article-on-obama-dhs-secretary-for-quoting-too-many-white-students\/","title":{"rendered":"College Newspaper Retracts Article On Obama DHS Secretary For Quoting Too Many White Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcollege-newspaper-retracts-article-on-obama-dhs-secretary-for-quoting-too-many-white-students%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1401840&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1127409447.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A student newspaper\u2019s editorial board at a New York liberal arts college wrote an apology this week for a February article \u2014 claiming too many white students were quoted \u2014 and issued a retraction.<\/p>\n<p>The article that was retracted by Vassar College\u2019s newspaper, The Miscellany News, centered on the withdrawal of former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson from giving a speech at commencement this year. Johnson decided against speaking after campus pushback on his border deportation policies.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, The Miscellany News <a href=\"https:\/\/miscellanynews.org\/2022\/03\/23\/news\/apology-from-the-editors-2\/\">published<\/a> an apology for the Johnson piece \u2014 noting its staff believes in the \u201cvalues of diversity and inclusion.\u201d The student newspaper said it chose to yank the article \u201cto prevent further harm among the communities we misrepresented\u201d since most people quoted in it were apparently white students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe majority of our quotations came from white students and therefore we reduced the positions of students of color to a singular, tokenized perspective,\u201d the apology said. \u201cAfter this was brought to our attention, the paper decided to remove the article online in an attempt to prevent further harm among the communities we misrepresented.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, misrepresentation is <i>not<\/i> the only issue in the article\u2014to state so would be a grievous oversimplification,\u201d the apology continued, noting that journalism \u201chas historically been a white-centric\u201d profession and that its decision to quote white students was indicative of \u201cthe privilege and lack of diversity that we have allowed to persist for generations across our boards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The student newspaper\u2019s editor in chief did not respond to a Daily Wire request for comment. Replacing Johnson to speak at commencement, who was the first black man to serve as DHS Secretary, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/john-leguizamo-upset-latinx-talent-not-represented-at-oscars\">actor<\/a> John Leguizamo. The Miscellany News <a href=\"https:\/\/miscellanynews.org\/2022\/03\/15\/news\/john-leguizamo-talks-about-bruno-2022-commencement\/\">says<\/a> Leguziamo has \u201cpride in his Latinx ethnicity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vassar, located in Poughkeepsie, is no stranger to controversy. In 2015, an administrator ripped up a copy of the U.S. Constitution, watchdog <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3PZAzLTQlX8&#038;t=45s\">group<\/a> Project Veritas reported. In a statement to The Daily Wire, the Town of Poughkeepsie\u2019s Republican Committee Chair said the student newspaper is engaging in censorship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRetracting\u00a0 a story because a specific demographic is under quoted not only discounts the opinions of those quoted, it censors the writer,\u201d said Amy <span class=\"qu\" role=\"gridcell\"><span class=\"gD\" data-hovercard-id=\"abomb30@gmail.com\" data-hovercard-owner-id=\"116\">Bombardieri. \u201c<\/span><\/span>If a wide enough variety of people were not utilized, the better way to correct the situation would be to expand on the story. Censorship is a very dangerous way to ensure feelings aren\u2019t hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In order to ensure the \u201cintegrity\u201d of quotes included in future articles, the newspaper announced it will craft a \u201creview board\u201d separate from the editorial board \u2014 so it can \u201caddress the systemic problems\u201d it faces.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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