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Some viewers criticized our video interview of Michael Ratcliff's father on the day his son was being indicted. Unfortunately, I think they were right.
As print journalists, we're new to the video world, and we made a misstep here. Our reporter and photographer went to the house looking for Michael Ratcliff, not his father. We wanted to confirm he had been fired and was about to be arrested.
When Ratcliff's father opened the door, our reporter asked for his son. We didn't want to be the one to break the news about his son's arrest to him and regret doing so. We went ahead and talked with the father because that's what print journalists are trained to do -- gather the facts. We thought the father's comments would add provide viewers a human side to a man being accused of one of the most unspeakable crimes in our society.
We reconsidered as we saw how powerfully the video affected people. We have pulled the video from our Web site. Clearly, we have new ethical issues to...
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