Ky. newspaper apologizes for 'desire to shoot minorities' error in police story
Source: WAVE-TV
After printing a story which erroneously quoted the Hardin County sheriff as saying that most police "have a desire to shoot minorities," The News-Enterprise is apologizing for what it calls a major error.
In a front-page story in the print edition on January 8, the newspaper says "Hardin County Sheriff John Ward said those who go into the law enforcement profession typically do it because they have a desire to shoot minorities."
The sheriff said he began receiving calls around 5:30 Thursday morning about the story, which was written by reporter Anna Taylor. In a phone interview, he said the reporter's original story correctly quoted him as saying officers get into law enforcement "because they have a desire to serve the community." He believes that the story was intentionally changed by someone before it was printed. He said the change might have been malicious or intended as a joke.
The online version of the story has the sentence removed. At the top of the page, the paper wrote the following retraction: "This story - as it appeared in print - contained a major error and misquoted Sheriff John Ward. The version here has been corrected. The newspaper apologizes to the sheriff and other law-enforcement officers offended by its typographical mistake. - Ben Sheroan, editor."
Read more: http://www.wave3.com/story/27791656/elizabethtown-newspaper-apologizes-for-major-error-in-police-story
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