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• Librarian my arse

  (Score:5, Informative) by mdoneil (2301) <lisnewsNO@SPAMoneil.cx> on Saturday May 22, @05:56PM (#6487)
  ( http://oneil.cx/WP | Last Journal: Wednesday July 18, @06:22PM ) KGW twists the story to get a good headline. This was no librarian, this was a student. He may have had a campus job in the library but he was no librarian.

  Another article, the acknowledged source for the KGW nonsense, notes he was a student. There is no mention of him being a librarian at all, although it does say he was fired from the library.
  (http://www.union-bulletin.com/main.asp?FromHome=1 &TypeID=1&ArticleID=21683&SectionID=1&SubSectionID =1)

  This is another example of what was discussed last week about deciding what to believe online. It seems the Union-Bulletin is authoratative, but KGW 'spices up' stories to make them more interesting. Unfortunately this 'enhancement' of the stories changes the facts. So we can put KGW in the non-authoratative column in my book and the Union-Bulletin in the authoratative column. Any online publicaiton stakes its reputation on authority. KGW apparently doesn't care. --
  "Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought."

• Re:Librarian my arse

  (Score:2, Informative) by willpie (257) on Monday May 24, @10:02AM (#6520) Yeah, the U-B is the local paper in Walla Walla, and is reasonably authoritative (though not without its own small-town newspaper biases). The quoted librarian, Henry Yaple, is actually the library director, and has been for some time. He's a really nice man and an excellent director. That library has come a long way under his stewardship. [ Parent ]

• Re:Librarian my arse

  (Score:4, Funny) by Samantha (116) on Monday May 24, @12:06PM (#6521)
  ( http://samhines.googlepages.com/home | Last Journal: Monday April 23, @11:39AM ) Good old "News Channel 8"--I remember them from when I lived in Portland. They definitely like to bend the truth a bit in favor of a good story...
  
  I have to admit though, when I saw this story, I was psyched that Whitman apparently now had a position available, AND hired young librarians...I thought maybe I would have a chance! :-) [ Parent ]

• Thanks for the correction :)

  (Score:3, Informative) by Katie (175) on Sunday May 23, @02:42PM (#6504)
  ( http://younglibrarian.blogspot.com/ | Last Journal: Thursday March 15, @03:17PM ) Thanks for the correction MD :) I meant to stick in that at 21, I really doubted that the kid was a librarian, but I got cut off by a patron needing help.

• Patron?

  (Score:3, Funny) by mdoneil (2301) <lisnewsNO@SPAMoneil.cx> on Sunday May 23, @09:20PM (#6513)
  ( http://oneil.cx/WP | Last Journal: Wednesday July 18, @06:22PM ) Well, we know where your priorities are. --
  "Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." [ Parent ]

• Re:Thanks for the correction :)

  (Score:3) by mdoneil (2301) <lisnewsNO@SPAMoneil.cx> on Monday May 24, @01:37AM (#6514)
  ( http://oneil.cx/WP | Last Journal: Wednesday July 18, @06:22PM ) Upon reflection I realize that my original comment made me sound like a bit of a jerk Katie. Please know that I wasn't complaining that you said it was a librarian but rather the posted article said that he was a librarian.

  I agree 21 is a little early to finish an MLS. (Well we had one kid from high school who finished an MD and PhD by 27 but we all say bad things about Dave to this day.)

  I did my best to flail my arms and raise my voice in mock outrage about the article calling him a librarian, but it just does not work in this medium. We need an emoticon for feigned outrage. --
  "Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." [ Parent ]