Our take and an open question . . .
Should local media advise adults reporting at the KC Defender to stay away from high schools?!? It just seems unfair to push youngsters into the political fray in the social media era where there are not erasers for mistakes that students might make . . .
Sure . . . Activism from young people can be powerful but we've always been inclined to ignore it from high school students because young people deserve grace, understanding and our TKC opinion is that adolescents shouldn't be subject to the course, rude and often vile American election season discourse.
Over the years we've had a few students reach out to us and we always tell them that we don't cover high school stories from any other angle than public safety and/or notes for parents.
College activism is another story because the students are adults and protest coupled by strong opinions are a often a launching pad for political careers . . .
We're certain the Defender is inspired by good intentions from their decidedly progressive perspective . . . But for a "news source" touted by so many mainstream local outlets . . . It's fair to question their reporting methodology that is rejected by most other local, professional journalists.
Here is their latest story so readers can judge for themselves . . .
"Threatened with suspension, Lincoln Prep middle schoolers in KCMO refused to back down and joined the growing student movement to denounce ICE and the proposed ICE concentration camps planned to be built in Kansas City.
"When Lincoln College Preparatory Academy administrators discovered the students were planning the walkout, they did what school officials so often do when confronted with young people exercising their political voice: they tried to contain it."
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
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