Why Americans are not standing in the streets tearing their hair and rending
their garments is beyond me. How much do we have to lose before they wake
up?
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Dear Mr. Hunter:
Yes, U.S. journalists are truly spineless.
You may think me a crank, but I'll tell you a little bit of what I see. The
USA has been hijacked by a right wing cabal the likes of which we haven't
seen since Mussolini. Yes, we're living under fascist rule and we might as
well get out of denial about it. The penalty for bucking the Bush cartel by
really reporting the news is to risk awakening some morning with a horse
head in your bed. You remember that grisly scene in "The Godfather," I bet.
It really is that bad. And it really is a shame that it is going to get
worse so long as the majority of Americans, including the press, either
remain in denial or avoid the "inconvenient" by looking the other way.
BTW, your byline appears as "David Hundter," but at the bottom of the net
page, your name is spelled as "David Hunter." Somebody in journalism, one of
those with the fancy degrees you mentioned in your article ought to fix
that. Back where I come from, we call this a typo. An attorney would call it
"an error in fact."
Most sincerely,
Claudia D. Dikinis
Santa Monica, California
This is a real email sent to the author of the article at the link below:
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/opinion_columnists/article/0,1406,KNS_364_2075548,00.html
Claudia D. Dikinis
http://starcats.com
Political & Personal Astrology for a New Millennium
And here is Mr. Hunters answer to Claudia:
----- Original Message -----
From: David Hunter
To: Claudia D. Dikinis
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: Are U.S. journalists truly spineless?
Claudia, thanks for the heads-up on the misspelled name. They should fix it soon.
David
Thanks for your letter. I do not like impersonal replies, but I have been truly overwhelmed
with supporting Email for my column about spineless journalists.
For information purposes only, I have started a small blog site where I will appear uncensored..
http://heartland_1.pitas.com
Once again, thanks for your kind words.
David
