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[disneydream06]

Just ran up to the office of the great Stewartville Star newspaper to submit my letter to the editor.

And I was greeted with big fat No.
This week they are only printing "positive" letters because there would be no time for the candidate or their supports to respond back. So much for the free and open press.
Personally I call it censorship. But that is just my humble opinion.

I am considering rewriting the begining and submitting it after the election.
Something along the lines of:
Due to restrictive editorial policies of this paper I would like to share with you the information I wasn't allowed to before the election and let you know the kind of politician you just re-elected.

Would that be too snarky?
Any chance they would even publish it? :p

Comments

[changeling72.livejournal.com]

I assume they don't publish all the letters they receive? Ergo, there is always censorship.

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Crap like this always makes me want to publish my own paper. :p
Of course papers are a dying dinosaur anyway. :p
And believe me, the Stewartville Star is a big joke of a paper. :p

[owlstorm_9]

Many good LTTE vea bit of "snark" in them.

Will they publish it? Depends how secure the editorial staff is about printing letters that make them look bad.

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Hmm, do I hold my breath on that one? :p

[elkster.livejournal.com]

Could you reword it so it's positive to the 'opposition' and then resubmit it?

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

I would have to completely change the letter. Instead of pointing out the evils of said candidate, I could only talk about good things of the guy running against him.