In the digital age, social media has called into question everything we believe about free speech. That’s according to Andrew Marantz, a journalist and staff writer for The New Yorker magazine who spoke at Scripps College’s Balch Auditorium Feb. 19. Marantz discussed social media’s role in shaping mainstream politics and
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Editorial Board: Who we’re covering, who we’re not: Analyzing our coverage and how to do better
In an effort to be transparent, we analyzed our coverage from the past semester and looked at the students we are covering. In an ideal world, we would cover each school proportionally to its student body. However, our data shows that we overcover Pomona College and undercover both Pitzer College
OPINION: In President Trump’s moral absence, Congress must fill the void
President Donald Trump backpedaled on his promise to punish Saudi Arabia for the murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. In his stead, Congress will have to provide the moral leadership the president lamely failed to deliver. The irony of the message Trump broadcast to the world after he dismissed
Editorial Board: Explaining our policies, and why they serve as a safeguard to a free press
Throughout this semester, various groups and individuals have asked us to do things that don’t adhere to our policies and universal journalism ethics. This includes taking down photos, retracting names and statements, and reviewing our coverage before publication. Because we understand not everyone is familiar with our policies and how
OPINION: CNN’s Jim Acosta suffers the negligence of a post-truth politician
In an ironic turn, President Donald Trump barred CNN White House Correspondent Jim Acosta on account of supreme insolence. Silly though it may be, the danger of a disconnected post-truth politics, where emotional appeals supersede facts and reason, is that a free society cannot long survive untruth and rampant distrust.
OPINION: After Jamal Khashoggi’s death, justice is unclear
The cozied relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States will lapse after the murder of Saudi Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi. But, business will continue despite the Middle Eastern country’s soured reputation. President Donald Trump’s administration is at a loss. This was evident in Trump’s initial approach — old
Undocumented, a conversation with Jose Antonio Vargas
What is a home? Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas wrote about what it was like not to have one in his new book, “Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen.” In 2011, Vargas revealed that he was an undocumented immigrant in the New York Times magazine. On his