Wednesday, May 6, 2009
UPDATED: Undistinguished omission
Updated on May 6, 2009 at 3:35 p.m.
The Sagebrush published the corrected list on their website. Our compliments to the Sagebrush for correcting this error.
This isn't exactly relevant to anything ASUN, but it deserves attention.
In today's print edition of the Nevada Sagebrush is the list graduates for the spring commencement. There's just one, slightly embarrassing omission: apparently no one from the College of Business Administration is graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree. Well, at least according to the Sagebrush.
Sagebrush Grad 09
This is the same "newspaper" that incorrectly reported today that the Nevada Legislature must adjourn by June 4. That comes as news to everybody working at the Legislature who know sine die must come on June 1. Of course, had the reporter, who in this case was the paper's editor in chief, Nick Coltrain, committed the journalistic sin of fact checking his story by looking at the Legislature's Web site, he would've learned his reporting was in error.
Just another fine example of the kind of "journalism" that the Sagebrush practices. Good thing the Coltrain era is coming to a close and the Fryman era is just beginning. Come on Sagebrush, these types of mistakes are supposed to be left to the ASUN Senate...you're making them look good.
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I wonder if Jennifer Richards will be as quick to condemn and demand apologies from the Sagebrush, and have ASUN issue an apology, as she was for Insight's error.
ReplyDeleteApparently the answer is yes.
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From: Jennifer Richards
Date: Tue, May 5, 2009 at 12:10 PM
Subject: Huge Mistake in Today's Sagebrush
To: editor@nevadasagebrush.com
Cc: srodz@unr.edu, amyk@unr.edu
Hi
I am a graduating senior in the College of Business Administration and when I opened up today's issue with the "Congrats Grad" section I was very angry and sad that you missed our entire college, minus 6 people receiving a Bachelor of Arts. The majority of the graduates in business are receiving a Bachelor of Science and none of those are listed. It is my sincerest hope that you will fix this error, issue an apology to all of those people that you skipped over and update your website with all of the names of people graduating in the College of Business of Administration.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Jennifer M. Richards
Anonymous, (1) we never issued an apology, please read the passed resolution. We recognized an error insight made and urged them to apologize. (2) I'm not condemning the Sagebrush but missing a whole College is pretty messed up..I don't think its wrong to ask them to fix and say "hey guys, sorry we missed you in the print edition". Insight Magazine made a mistake, instead of fixing it and apologizing for it they tried to cover it up as a typo and were ridiculously difficult to deal with, ask Pi Kapp. That is certainly not the kind of journalistic integry and stance that they should be taking. If the Sagebrush doesn't fix this error you better believe that myself and hundreds of business students will be quick to rectify the situation.
ReplyDeleteLet's see if the Sagebrush handles this situation any better than Insight's editor did. (Pretty much anything but denying the error would be better.)
ReplyDeleteI can see it now...
ReplyDelete"What do you mean the College of Business is missing? Well we just published what Admin & Records gave us, it's not OUR fault."
Hopefully these idiots have more integrity than Insight.
I never said that's what happened, Jenn. I was wondering if you'd be as quick to react and demand apologies. You aren't suggesting vigilantism, are you? We know how well that ended for an author of this blog.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous, I did react and demand apologies from the Sagebrush, see the aforementioned e-mail. I was actually not that quick to react and demand anything from Insight...it was weeks later. After they had ample time to aptly address the situation and they did not.I have a soft spot in my heart for Vigilantes must be that movie with Robin Hood, I think its called Men in Tights. We can argue the semantics of the Insight debacle, but my mom taught me that when you make a mistake, do something wrong, hurt someone, you apologize. Bottom line. I hold that standard to everyone.
ReplyDelete"But it's only a student publication!"
ReplyDeleteLooks like the Sagebrush has corrected the incorrect closing date of the Legislature. That's 1 for 2. So far handled much more professionally than the fools at the Insight.
ReplyDeletehopefully they fix the COBA mistake. How could someone miss a whole college? I don't get it?
ReplyDeleteYou're more interested in boozing and partying it up, in celebration of your last issue of the yeah, than looking for errors, that's how.
ReplyDeleteI guess so...but if they've fixed the other mistake by now why hasn't someone fixed this? I mean, I'm graduating too...it would be nice to get a little recognition like everyone else.
ReplyDeleteApparently the College of Business was supposed to notify all graduating Seniors that due to a records issue, no one would be receiving a BS. Instead of sending out letters explaining the issue, they felt it would be more economical to just let the Sagebrush break the news. Sorry Seniors...your not done yet.
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