http://www.edreform.com Since 1993, the leading voice and advocate for lasting, substantive and structural education reform in the U.S. Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:11:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.edreform.com/edspresso-shots/an-honest-mistake-slander/ http://www.edreform.com/edspresso-shots/an-honest-mistake-slander/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:43:28 +0000 admin http://www.edreform.com/?p=10397 It’s a reflection of the state of the debate today that people immediately jump on a common Twitter mistake with an accusation of slander. In a recent op-ed in which I detailed a lengthy Twitter exchange about the upcoming movie Won’t Back Down, I quoted one of the many tweets assaulting the movie and it’s subject – the parent trigger. I mistakenly attributed the tweet “Shame on you for supporting a movie that sensationalizes locking kids in dark closets as ubiquitous ‘punishment’” to @stephrrivera instead of the actual tweeter @ColumWhyte. Instead of considering that I, like a lot Twitter users, had identified the wrong @username as the original tweeter, I was immediately accused of deliberate deception. Below is the entire exchange. I’ll let the record speak for itself.

 

 

 

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