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Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Amero Article

Dear Mr Smith and Editors of The Norwich Bulletin

I read your article in the Norwich Bulletin (http://www.norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070328/NEWS01/703280344 ), and the following statement caused me to write to your organization directly:
"Amero never denied the porn appeared on the computer. She said she had done everything she could to prevent the children from seeing the computer screen that day. The examination of her computer showed she had accessed the Internet for nearly the entire school day, with porn sites accessed for several hours during that time."

I find that this is misleading to the average person, and any IT Support/Computer Guy worth his salt automatically knows the truth hiding behind your article. It is this paragraph that tells me that you, as a reporter of facts, are not aware that pop-ups and spy ware will run and use the Internet all day if a computer is left on. This would cause Internet activity, you know.

Said differently: If you, as a reporter, reporting on technology, are unaware that pop ups and spy ware can access the internet all day without you knowing or seeing it, how would a teacher know? How can her ignorance as a schoolteacher make her liable? Most people don't know that if you close a pop up, it could very well still be running;

People. like. you.

The real story you missed (I think) is why didn't the school district prevent access to those sites? I bet if you ask if there is an internet filter they will say yes. If you ask why did it let porn images come in via pop up on a classroom's computer? Are they just letting porn through their firewall and letting the teacher take the blame? The Information Technology administrator of that school district should get 40 years in prison for letting porn through to the entire school, not the teacher that tried to stop the pop ups. At least she tried to shield the kids from it.

My experience on this planet tells me somehow you won't care, you got "your story" out there, and more exposure to your publication has been obtained. At least I know if I ever come across another Norwich Bulletin article, I'll be skeptical that any important details are actually correct or fact-checked.

Regards,

Jeff

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