This week's Community Journalism award goes to the Daily Planet, which printed an opinion letter last week from an enraged parent. He claimed his daughter had been beaten up by five girls-- whose !names !were !given !in !the !letter!

I'll quote the letter, with names asterixed so as to not a total hyprocrite.

'On Thursday Jan. 17 at about noon during lunch period, our daughter Ashley M. Barlow along with another student was assaulted, brutally beaten and orally discriminated by five girls. The five girls identified are of African-American decent with the names of: *********, ********, *********, ********* an *******; all fifth- graders.

Of course, it turns out the allegations were vastly overblown, and the five elementary school girls were falsely accused of horrible things.

'We have been informed that because of this letter and our negligence in allowing it to ever be printed that these youths have been subject to criticism from the community. '

Good thing they were informed, or the Planet would've never realized it...

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