This column translates much the way a Duke student column I translated for the list a week or so ago translated. Here it goes:
"1. I, Ruth Sheehan, am not very smart.
2. I was taught to be PC and PC has served me well in general as a media member.
3. I followed my usual pattern in the Duke case and wrote a column early on.
4. Now it seems that maybe the white males might be the victims and the black woman the bad guy in this case.
5. This is very confusing to me. I can not think so I can not figure this out for myself.
6. There are smarter people than me on the internet. Thus for this column, I will copy a bunch of things they said.
7. I am not capable of indepedent thought so I will copy what they said without further comment."
I hope the above translation clears up why she did not come to a conclusion. She is not smart enough. The case undermines her world view and she does not know what to say.
http://www.heraldsun.com/durham/4-765434.html
Herald-Sun publisher retiring
By JEFF ZIMMER, The Herald-Sun
August 30, 2006 11:50 am
DURHAM -- Robert L. Childress, publisher of The Herald-Sun for nearly two years, announced Wednesday he is retiring in September because of health concerns and a desire to spend more time with his family.
Geoff Moser, publisher of The Herald-Palladium, which also is owned by Paxton Media Group and is based in St. Joseph/Benton Harbor, Mich., will assume the role of publisher at The Herald-Sun. Moser, 61, also serves as group president of Paxton's newspapers in Indiana and Michigan.
A Durham native who spent more than 40 years in the newspaper business, Childress, 66, assumed the top executive position at The Herald-Sun in January 2005 when Paxton Media Group LLC officially became owner of Durham's 116-year-old daily newspaper.
Childress, who as a 12-year-old delivered The Durham Sun, said he was lucky to end his long career in Durham.
"Me getting to come back here, back home, was a miracle," he said. "Then with my health concerns and having Duke only 10 miles away from my home, it's been a godsend."
Childress, who attended Durham High School, came to The Herald-Sun from The Messenger-Inquirer in Owensboro, Ky., where also served as publisher. Previously, Childress served as publisher of Media General's Danville Register & Bee in Danville, Va.
Bob Ashley, editor of The Herald-Sun, worked with Childress in Owensboro and was part of the Paxton executive team that came to the Durham paper in 2005.
"Bob has been a close colleague and a good friend of mine since our days together in Owensboro," Ashley said. " I'm deeply grateful for the confidence he showed in offering me the opportunity to edit The Herald-Sun, and for his support and advice through the years."
Earlier in his career, Childress worked as a circulation district manager at The Daily Progress in Charlottesville, Va., then as publisher of The News Messenger in Christiansburg, Va., and the Star-Exponent in Culpeper, Va. He then worked as publisher of The Mountain Press in Sevierville, Tenn., which is owned by Paxton, from 1987 to 1997. Childress attended Southwestern State College in Weatherford, Okla. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1959 to 1963.
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Ruth said enough by slamming Elmo as "the lowly cabbie."
Fabulous Points! Ruth Sheehan is despicable.
I didn't always feel like that, but after watching her and her fellow Fatcats, Barry Saunders, Dennis Rogers, etc. - just sit by and allow these injustices right here. They just chose to totally ignore it, when the complexion changed. Gottlieb, Blinco's, Elmostafa, Seligmann's alibi - no matter.
This speaks volumes to me about what type of people they are.