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This Week In Education: Media: Bogus "Gap Year" Story In The Boston Globe

This Week In Education: Media: Bogus "Gap Year" Story In The Boston Globe

Media: Bogus "Gap Year" Story In The Boston Globe

ScreenHunter_26 Jun. 20 15.20Slate's journalist watchdog Jack Schafer calls out the Boston Globe for peddling a story about the supposed increase in students taking a break between high school and college, noting that the Globe has no numbers to supports its anecdotes and has to confess this absence later on in the story. ""While there is no data showing how many Americans opt for a gap year,