--- Forwarded Message from "JEFFREY J. HAYDEN" <[log in to unmask]> ---
>Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 07:57:26 -1000 (HST)
>From: "JEFFREY J. HAYDEN" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Alarming Development -- Entire Languages Program Axed
>In-reply-to: <[log in to unmask]>
>To: LLTI Info Forum <[log in to unmask]>
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On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Nina Garrett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I am distressed that so many of the postings to this and other lists
> on the topic of the Drake situation have taken the Chronicle article
> at face value.
<snip>
> Moreover, the Chronicle article was deliberately written/edited to be
> as sensational as possible, to provoke a knee-jerk response from its
> readers.
<snip>
> But in light of my insight into the Chronicle's editing of this story,
> I think it entirely likely that his remarks were quoted out of context
> in order to give the effect of maximum attack. As a field we deserve
> better from the Chronicle.
Sounds like a good reason to send a similar letter to the Chronicle.
Jeffrey
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