Thursday, January 17, 2008

Online cartoons and conflicts of interest

We have read your comments about the unreadable cartoons online. Abe, the Web editor and myself are working on the problem. Our Web site is set up somewhat unconventionally, and due to circumstances we cannot control, fixing that problem is more difficult than we expected.

But we are not ignoring it. I was abroad last quarter, and I couldn't read the cartoons either, so I know how frustrating those tiny drawings are. Thanks for your patience. We will keep you updated.

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Regardless of whether you agree or disagree with our stance on the DU situation, I want to be clear that we take possible conflicts of interest very seriously at the Daily. Anyone who has a personal relationship to a story (including the DU story) is removed from the process of writing or editing it. Using DU as an example, anyone who has a grudge against the fraternity or, conversely, someone who is a member of the fraternity would not take part in coverage of the story at all. This is standard Daily policy for all of our content, and it is enforced on a regular basis.

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