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Archive > January, 2005 Vol. VI, No. 1

Editor's Page

Shaking the Stereotypes

Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

Dan O We're a nation of labelers. We love to label people and things. It's our way of compartmentalizing what's good and not-so-good, which gives us a strange sense of comfort. Reporters are especially good at perpetuating labels and minting them into stereotypes that stick like shadows.

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