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alp227

(32,006 posts)
Tue Mar 19, 2013, 07:16 PM Mar 2013

This short, sweet LTTE nails the media on Steubenville...

I'm troubled that the cautionary tale that is following the Steubenville football players' conviction is that you need to be careful about how you use social media. How about parents and society teaching children that when people are too drunk or unconscious or dressed in a certain way or in a particular place doesn't mean that they are asking for or consenting to anything?


http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_22824631/march-20-readers-letters-san-joses-wickedly-fast

(This cautionary tale of course is based on an ABC News article that called the case “every parent’s nightmare and a cautionary tale for teenagers living in today’s digital world” and was part of heavy criticism of media coverage of the case.)
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