Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Paper, Short on Shit, Solicits Reader Turds
speakingcorpse writes:
Wisconsin daily follows example of Brian Lehrer, demands its readers show more "balance" in their letters so that the editorial page can reflect both the for and against positions concerning collective national suicide.
posted by Blicero : 5/12/2004 04:58:00 PM
Wisconsin daily follows example of Brian Lehrer, demands its readers show more "balance" in their letters so that the editorial page can reflect both the for and against positions concerning collective national suicide.
Wisconsin Daily Asks Readers to Send Pro-Bush Letters
NEW YORK According to polls, President Bush's popularity has been dwindling since the Iraq war heated up again last month, but has it really come to this? A Wisconsin daily newspaper, in a novel twist, has resorted to asking readers to send in pro-Bush letters to the editor to balance out the many critical of the President.
In a notice to its readers, The Post-Crescent of Appleton, Wis. (weekday circulation 54,193), observed that with the presidential race heating up, the editors have found themselves in a "quandary." They feel their Views page takes "the political and social temperature of the Valley." But now the question is: "How can we balance the perspectives and topics of our letters when many of our submissions have been coming only from one side?"
"We've been getting more letters critical of President Bush than those that support him. We're not sure why, nor do we want to guess. But in today's increasingly polarized political environment, we would prefer our offering to put forward a better sense of balance ...
"Since we depend upon you, our readers, to supply our letters, that goal can be difficult. We can't run letters that we don't have.
"If you would like to help us 'balance' things out, send us a letter, make a call or punch out an e-mail ... We'd love to hear from you."
posted by Blicero : 5/12/2004 04:58:00 PM
