Local TV news coverage sparks threats to school

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Local TV news coverage sparks threats to school

Local TV news coverage sparks threats to school

By Mary Turck, TC Daily Planet
March 25, 2010
After negative television coverage of student participation in a demonstration at the State Capitol on Tuesday, Southside Family School administrators reported receiving "vitriolic voice and e-mail messages," including some characterized as "personal attacks, bordering on threatening against the school."

The television news report on KSTP 5 and the blog criticism on KARE 11 came after a Southside Family School field trip for 6th-8th grade students to a demonstration against cuts in welfare funding.

Because of the threats, the school has posted a notice on its website that it will not comment on the action

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