A Letter To The Editor That Scares The Hell Out of Me
From the Daily Journal the letter begins like this:
This letter references Sunday’s (Oct. 28) “Silence shuts up openness” column written by Executive Editor Jimmy Hart taking issue, along with some other members of the media, with an action best explained by quoting from the Chattanooga Times/Free Press as follows
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In my opinion this is a step to modernize the political process by allowing an exchange of thought or information without the risk of being misquoted by the press. To me elected officials should, to some reasonable degree, be allowed to protect their conversations as much as the media has the right to “protect their sources.” To assume that these conversations did not go on because they were illegal is ludicrous.
I weep. The sunshine law is for PEOPLE, not the press.
Why don’t people get that?
I think they don’t get it at least in part because Fox News and their ilk have convinced a large segment of the population that the news media has a tangible “liberal bias” in their reportage of hard news. Thus, for those inclined to be swayed by wingnuttia, anything that benefits the media (even indirectly) is automatically suspect.
Just read the comments on that article and notice the references to whether or not the editor is “left-leaning,” as if that were even remotely relevant.
This is the thinking of people who believe Instapundit is accurate, and they sadly form a majority in this state.
Russ,
Yes.
It’s very sad to me.