I am the "Wookie Kim" who was quoted in the SF Chronicle yesterday. I just wanted to say that the Chronicle reporter who asked me (and my friend) questions took great liberty to paraphrase what I said (and, presumably, what the other quoted people said). The point of what I stated in the lead quote of the story was not that I thought it audacious that one would attack a YALE student; instead I found it shocking that people would have the guts to attack a group of students traveling and singing for the benefit of others, regardless of what college they were from. This is not evident from the quote, because the author seems to have excluded the explanatory part of what I said, which came immediately after, as a part of the same sentence.
I don't know how reputable the SF Chronicle is as a news source, but I am very disappointed in the way the author misrepresented my statements in order to add "shock value" to her story. I also regret that this article has added to the Yale-student-as-a-pompous-asshole stereotype.
Perhaps I shouldn't ever volunteer to answer questions with the media again.
"I couldn't believe that anyone could do that to a Yale student."
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I am the "Wookie Kim" who was quoted in the SF Chronicle yesterday. I just wanted to say that the Chronicle reporter who asked me (and my friend) questions took great liberty to paraphrase what I said (and, presumably, what the other quoted people said). The point of what I stated in the lead quote of the story was not that I thought it audacious that one would attack a YALE student; instead I found it shocking that people would have the guts to attack a group of students traveling and singing for the benefit of others, regardless of what college they were from. This is not evident from the quote, because the author seems to have excluded the explanatory part of what I said, which came immediately after, as a part of the same sentence.
I don't know how reputable the SF Chronicle is as a news source, but I am very disappointed in the way the author misrepresented my statements in order to add "shock value" to her story. I also regret that this article has added to the Yale-student-as-a-pompous-asshole stereotype.
Perhaps I shouldn't ever volunteer to answer questions with the media again.
Sincerely,
Wookie
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