the email below to the editor of the souderton independent is in response to her (and mike morsch's) denial to print my letter to the editor (found below at 2.2.09 FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN PUBLIC NEWS).
hi emily, i'm not going to be able to contact you by phone today so wanted to just say that i am thinking that the first and second letters were covering different issues. the first, in my thinking,dealt with the idea of restricting letters to 300 words, the second with restricting to 300 words once a month. i think the readership needs to clearly hear from you editorially why you restrict 'every dayjoe' opinion, normally, to one page per issue (you have more than once told me that my letter could not be printed because there was 'no room' yet very little 'every day joe' opinion appeared in the issue in question. once i believe nothing appeared) and also, failing the appearance of other 'every day joe' opinion, why you feel a need to restrict a regular contributer's letter from appearing. i would appreciate it, if your restriction on me remains, if you would print the abortion letter that was originally denied in january. i'll go to my blog, check it out and re sent it to you shortly. thank you for your consideration of these things, emily. God bless you! steve paine
ps. also, i forgot to mention that i just read a great op-ed by herb denenberg on why newspapers, like the inquirer, are in deep trouble financially and on the brink of going out of existence. one of the many reasons he cited is their shaping of the news which people don't appreciate. he went on to say that most people buy the inquirer only for its coupons and obituaries while they hate its incomplete and biased reporting of news and sharing of opinion. its on the back page of the bulletin, last friday's (i believe) edition. a good read, if you haven't read it already. in my opinion one of the best ways to not shape news is to report facts and opinion on everything without partiality. proverbs says that as iron sharpens iron so one man sharpens another. the truth, even if attempted to be covered, in time will alway vindicate itself as true. it's always just a matter of time. so 'facts' need to be constantly sharpened and kept true by opinion offered from a 360 degree perspective so we do not, as a group of whatever size, pay the price for living in accordance with error.
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