(CNN) A swarm of journalists on social media descended this week on editors of The Daily Northwestern. The student journalists exhaustively covered protests of an on-campus appearance by former Attorney General Jeff Sessions -- taking photos of students being shoved by officers, using social media to track down protestors and get their side of the story. And the student journalists apologized for committing it, publishing on their newspaper's website a detailed statement of regret. As much as the students' apology went too far, so also have the journalists who have called them out for it. Their righteous outrage misses an important point: The Northwestern students will learn from the mistake.

Source: CNN November 16, 2019 18:11 UTC