As of Monday afternoon, nearly 5.5 million people have read it on the site. The letter was originally published on Friday by BuzzFeed, which said the victim shared it with the web site. I know of no precedent for this," tweeted Jay Rosen, who teaches journalism at New York University.Īfter Banfield read portions of the letter, she discussed the case in further detail with a panel of guests. Some viewers who commented on social media called Banfield's reading of the letter " remarkable," " significant" and " necessary." "And that is not in the interest of journalism." CNN's Ashleigh Banfield used the first half of her show to read the letter from the Stanford rape victim. "Changing or omitting her verbiage would have taken away from the meaning of what she was saying," Banfield said. While some portions of the letter were trimmed due to time constraints, she said it was important not to alter the graphic nature of the statement itself.
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