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April 17, 2007
Asian American Journalists Association: Embargo Race And National Origin of Killer Cho
Because it's not "germane" and may cause "harm."
Kind of interesting that our reporters are such big fans of censoring, bowlderizing, and embargoing actual reportage.
Maybe it would be better to just not report the massacre at all. That would keep the killer's ethnicity out of the news.
When asked what should be reported about Seung Hui Cho's ethnicity, a spokesman for the AAJA answered that "His name should be pronounced as 'white' as possible" and, if that failed, they should run a picture of "some black dude with a gold tooth" above his name with the disclaimer, "Artist's Conception."