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There was a time when I thought that journalism as a whole was a
profession to be respected. Living in America, it soon became painfully
obvious that I was blinded, and niave to have this belief. The problem
was obvious, that journalism was no longer a profession of very courageous
individuals that, although dedicated to their profession/story, would
always remain unbiased and ALWAYS seeking the TRUTH. The TRUTH is always
the story. It changed to a profession where the most interesting
rendition of a story became the news, NOT THE TRUTH. Finding out the
truth, and publishing it, was, and still is the most important part of
journalism. It doesn't matter if the truth is boring. People are
overlooking this so much now that it has become the standard. People
trying to learn from the news don't realize the problem and that the story
as fact. Can you blame them? There was once a day when the news could be
taken as fact, but that day has long since passed. Looking at the world I thought that it was just the corrupt ideals of Americans causing
this problem here. I thought most of the rest of the world, barring Great
Britain, was immune to this disease of corruption... at least for the time
being.
Well, the times have changed once again. Shame on you for being a
part of this. What sort of credibility can you ever advertise for
yourself with a good heart & soul? You will know you are lying through
your teeth. Shame on you! Recently you published an article regarding
Art Bell and a racist letter attached to his name. This story broke over
THREE YEARS AGO! You are just now picking up on this story, which is sad
but fine, however you refused to research all of what has been found
out. It wasn't hard to find the truth when the original investigators
looked in to the validity of this racist letter. This would lead me to
believe that you'd have your work cut out for you. No, you blatantly
IGNORED the truth and published PURE TRASH. Your paper is not a tabloid, yet you are pubishing a KNOWN LIE! You are the
largest paper in your country, and should be ashamed of yourself.
If
anything, you should have a story about Art Bell relating to how his wife
is half filipino, and how he couldn't love her and her culture/heritage
any more. In fact he has learned from her and adopted a lot of her
culture into his life as well as those of his millions of
listeners. SHAME ON YOU! This racist letter was written as a hoax 3
years ago. It was very easily traced back to a University of California -
San Diego campus computer... NOT Mr Bell's.
The publishing of your story
has lead to hundreds of death threats to Mr. Bell, and you should feel
absolutely 100% guilty for printing this garbage. After all, it is solely
responsible for the death threats to him, his family, and his filipino
wife. SHAME ON YOU! Mr. Bell is an American icon. He is an icon for
the truth and honesty. He is not an icon to the American standards that!
the rest of the world seems to hate. In other words, he is one of the
good guys, and you should be on his side, not hurting him.
An IMMEDIATE,
formal, clear and consise retraction is in order. Not on page f-12
buried under the story about a local who lost his cat, but on the front
page, on the bottom. You are endangering many lives after all! Shame on
you, and to save any credibility you can, PLEASE, do the right
thing! Admit your error and learn from it. Don't follow in the
footsteps of the corrupt American media by ingoring this or not taking it
on as you should. You DONT want to be like us... trust me. Our media is
rotting away our great nation from the inside-out, and it'll happen to
you if you keep on the this path.
Rev. Steven L. Haas
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