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‘It’s’ an Issue in Story Review Instigated by Justice Kennedy’s Office

Posted Nov 19, 2009, 07:43 am CST
By Debra Cassens Weiss

A new staffer who works for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy demanded the right to review quotations by student publications at two schools, it turns out.

The review of a story about an Oct. 15 George Washington University speech resulted in a request to change the contraction "it's" to "it is," according to a student journalist who spoke to the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.).

Previously just one incident came to light: a demand to review for accuracy any story published about Kennedy's Oct. 28 comments at the Dalton School in Manhattan. Kennedy told the Wall Street Journal he was unaware the request had… Continue reading...



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