Student newspaper out-reports Ann Arbor daily

The University of Michigan let its placekicker – usually the top scorer on a team – remain with the squad for four years after his 2009 violation of student sexual conduct policy until his athletic eligibility ended, then he was “permanently separated.”

But the Ann Arbor news, owned like the Plain Dealer by Advance Publications, printed nothing about the four-year pass. It was revealed by The Michigan Daily, the student newspaper.

The New York Times took note that student newspapers more and more are out-doing mainstream newspapers in investigative coverage.

To read former BJ political columnist/writing coach Abe Zaidain’s article, click on http://grumpyabe.blogspot.com/