ODE Watch: Shilling for Clothes Edition
In case you haven’t heard of American Apparel, today’s Emerald was intended for you. “News” Reporter Eva Sylwester breaks down just why American Apparel – which recently moved into the famed retail space previously occupied by Buster’s – is the bestest company EVER in a fawning front-page piece. The news editors back the de facto advertisement by devoting more inches to it than any other article, including stories about a drug dealer, a graduate student caught possessing child pornography, and the serious leakage problems a number of campus buildings have been experiencing. Newly-promoted News Editor Steve Neuman neglects to mention in a Newsmeeting blog post why the story was given so much space, but maybe this would be a good time to try out the ODE’s barren Ask the Editors feature.
