What happened, then, in those two months? Apparently the list has been restructured since October. On the cached page, all the honorees are listed alphabetically on one big list. On the current page, they are listed by year.

It is possible that the person in charge of reorganizing the list was tired and made a few mistakes. There are more than 500 names total. This could have been done by an unpaid college intern or overworked underline.

I wouldn’t put it past Disney and other powerful corporate entities to tinker with history. We know this sort of thing happens. In this case, however, given the time frame and the restructuring of the list, it’s possible there was no malicious intent behind the deletions.

Was Leo and all other teachers who signed that letter removed from the site, or were other teachers who had nothing to do with the letter also removed? If the former…interesting.
If the latter…pure ego.

Either way, Edwize needs to be a democratic blog that allows all opinions.

Let them report. It doesn’t change that the Stossel piece was disgusting. It doesn’t change what Jackie says about Disney’s past labor practices.

Maybe you missed on this one (and that’s just maybe, I am not convinced) but you chose the right target.

And I wonder if the removals were really random… Someone should take a closer look.

Jonathan

But whatever its position in the world of labor (I really don’t know), it is still chilling that Disney would put itself in the same category as Stalin (cutting Bukharin et al from the family photos) and Big Brother (altering history on Orwell’s imagined web). And it is even more chilling that a company that prides itself on celebrating the values of community and tolerance in the virtual worlds it creates, would blot out the name of someone who actually tries to practice those values in the real – -and very difficult – world beyond its gates.

Disney seems to owe an explanation.

I guess you forgot to have me sign a “I Will NEVER, NEVER, criticize Leo” pledge!