On taking potshots

Oh please! You are criticizing CNN for the “most unnecessary potshots.” How could you in good conscience do that without mentioning the incessant potshots every day, all day on Fox News? I agree there was a lot of editorializing going on on CNN, but that is a drop in the bucket to Fox News’ constant comment on everything Democratic that has gone on the last four years. Is it OK for them to do that and not others?

I saw a bunch of news people on CNN who had held themselves in for all these years and just had to say what they thought. I don’t think any of it is good because the “news” is supposed to be just the facts, balanced and fair. That hasn’t stopped Fox News from spewing all the many untruths it wanted to in order to aid and abet the president. I believe if any entity should be censored, it is Fox News for being able to say just what pushed the president’s agenda without any regard for the truth. Heck, a lot of its newscasters got rewarded by being the spokesmen for the president. Or they got a big position on his staff. And they got just what they wanted: fear, unrest, bias, distrust, anger and mayhem.

I was so pleased that your editorials have seemed to be more balanced lately. I thought you were trying to give the facts about what’s going on, but that one little blurb tells me you are still trying to skew the public opinion to the Republican point of view. I just want to say that if you are trying to be an eagle in the profession, you can’t continue to only go with the turkeys.

If you want to help with educating people, reporting what is going on from all points of view, calming the hate language and the out-of-control anger, then you have to step up to the plate. So an editorial is your opinion, but when is it a “potshot” just like all the rest?

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