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Front page news or damage control?
Although we at the Counter Point Journal (CxPJ) do not wish to repeatedly disparage the school’s official newspaper, the Cooper Point Journal (CPJ), there are times when it just cannot be avoided. One such time is this.
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The day the Cooper Point Journal almost brought down Evergreen
Judging by the provocative headline, one could imagine some deep-rooted CxPJ animus lurking behind this tale—but it isn’t so. True, the headline is an overstatement. But had the story occurred in our little publication’s lifetime, we would have steadfastly stood by our Cooper Point Journal compatriots, for once. The cast of characters in this true story includes the CPJ, one ass-kicking feminist, a “pornography-peddling” state legislator, Bart Simpson, and—yes, somewhere down the line—Evergreen’s Labor Center.
The year was 1995, and this was what happened:
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How to lie and libel for the CPJ
Why did the Cooper Point Journal knowingly publish a fake quote by Martin Luther King? Why will it not publish a correction to its reference to a nonexistent anti-Semitic Jordanian law? Why does it allow personal attacks against individuals and not allow the attacked to respond? These questions must be posed in light of the CPJ’s mishandling of a “controversial” subject.
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