Yearbook Caption Spawns Secret Service Investigation
High school students in Colorado learned that supposedly harmless pranks can have serious consequences. The Mesa Ridge High School yearbook this year contained a photo of a student with a caption that said “most likely to assassinate President Bush.”
As a result of the “prank” about 100 yearbooks have been recalled and the remaining books have had the caption blacked out with a marker by the staff.
One student commented that this kind of ruined the yearbook and that the reaction was ridiculous since it was obviously a joke. Is she sure of that? Considering that Colorado was the scene of the Columbine shooting and that we are in a war to combat terrorism, this prank was beyond the pale.
Now the students not only have a yearbook marred with a marker, but they also have a Secret Service investigation since the caption was seen as a threat against the President. In this case they got what they deserved.
Don Irvine is the Chairman of Accuracy in Media.
Don Irvine
Donald Irvine is the chairman of of Accuracy in Academia (AIA), a non-profit research group reporting on bias in education. Irvine follows his father’s legacy, Reed Irvine, to critically analyze the liberal media’s bias and brings over thirty years of media analysis experience. He has published countless blog posts and articles on media bias, in context of current events, and he has been interviewed by many news media outlets during his professional career. He currently hosts a livestream weekly show on AIA’s Facebook page which discusses current events.
Irvine graduated from the University of Maryland and rose up the ranks to become chairman of Accuracy in Media until his transition to AIA.
He resides in the suburbs around the nation’s capital and is a proud father and grandfather.
