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by handbanana 2911 days ago
This article is extremely biased and poorly written. I'd prefer to read something coherent with a more neutral tone vs an angry one. Sucks for the 13 year old - a felony charge seems extreme.
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>This article is extremely biased and poorly written.

To me it seems to represent the voice of reason (which, in this case should respond with incredulity and anger to the BS existence first, felony nature second, and application of law to a 13 year old, third -- and by a school official nonetheless).

I'd take something with an angrier tone, like an appeal to fire the school principle and ban him from teaching for life.

You know, my first thought on seeing you use "principle" was to correct the spelling. I was taught to remember that one based on the mnemonic "the principal is your pal", but that seems as far away from the truth as possible at the moment.

I agree with banning for life. This is absolutely insane. I really hope this case is just to point out how insane this actually is, but man.. That poor kid.

Truly, why can't we just get a balanced look at the many nuances of charging a 13 year old with a felony for recording audio on his cell phone?
Haha exactly. There's no balance here because the charges are outstandingly moronic. We can't seek balance in all things. Some things are just idiotic.
It’s like nobody’s even bothering to list the positive benefits of pushing children into the criminal justice system.
While talking to a public official, even.
In a public place, even (reception area).
The piece is an angry rant, hence my comment
An angry rant is the only reasonable response to this asinine situation. It's the most civil reasonable option, since it doesn't include a call for violence.
As it should be... and you should feel ashamed imo.
Ashamed of what?
Of deviating the conversation into a ridiculous, meaningless tone-policing thing.
It was an awfully written blog post, which I mistook as an article.

I agree with the ridiculous assertion, given that I’m to be ashamed and the top reply to my comment includes the line “I'd take something with an angrier tone, like an appeal to fire the school principle and ban him from teaching for life.”

TechDirt is not a neutral news source and they don't claim to be. It's a blog.
There are no neutral sources.

It talkes a lot of us, working together for a long period of time to approach neutrality.

Today, on this short, for profit, news cycle, we have to use a lot of sources to get diverse bias and some reasonable grasp on scenarios.

Why? There aren't 2 sides to every issue. What possible justification are you imagining for charging a 13 year old with a felony for recording a conversation with his school principals?
In cases that are so obviously appalling, like this one, covering the issue with an obvious slant contributes nothing. In today's outrage-saturated world it may even turn people away from reading your piece. State the facts (in an interesting/informative way) and let the reader fill in the blanks with their own opinion. This is how good writing works!