Androcles writes to the Post & the Times

This to the Washington Post:


Ceci Connolly's piece on health care reform was a betrayal to those who are seriously considering this critical issue and also a betrayal to the ethics of journalism. The Post endorsed that betrayal by placing the piece so prominently. Health care is too important for subjective or biased reporting. Yelling, headline grabbing and skewed journalism betrays the public and makes it harder for our nation to grow into an adult state where honest discussion can flourish and re-enforce the ideal of citizen participation. Thank you.

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This to the New York Tms:

In her report on the Chicago police reunion Monica Davey wrote: "But for other retired officers, this was a chance at last to correct history, at least quietly, among one another..."

This sentence needed to have read something like: "at last to give their version of history..." or "at last to try to correct history according to their versions..." The declarative writing used in the Davey sentence assumes or even affirms that the officers have the ability or the right to "correct history." It's sloppy syntax which ends up giving a personal and questionable opinion. We may discuss, reflect, remember, insist. No single group or person can correct history. Where was the editor?