I think we've all had enough politics lately -- so how about this reader's concern about fairness in the Sports section?
I think we've all had enough politics lately -- so how about this reader's concern about fairness in the Sports section?
I've spoken with many readers this week who say The Star hasn't covered enough about the continuing controversy over who knew what before and after the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. That's something I've written about here, and I generally agree the print edition hasn't been publishing enough about it.
An observation from an emailer just now:
I don't usually bring up reader points that I disagree with, because I just don't think that's a good position for me to be in. But I made someone extremely angry this morning, and so I'll air his point here.
A "Blog Bit" at the top of today's editorial page reads:
Without question, the No. 1 misunderstanding readers have about how mainstream newspapers work is summed up by a caller from earlier this week:
"How can we expect anything The Star writes to be fair, when right here in the Opinion section we have you telling us which way to vote? This is completely unfair, slanted reporting and I find it very offensive."
She was referring to the editorial board's recommendations both in the regular Opinion section and in the special 2012 Election Voter Guide on Sunday.
In my world, there aren't many tweeners when it comes to whether I write a correction or not. If it's wrong, it's wrong. This is an exception.
An emailer points out an inaccuracy in a cartoon in today's 913 news magazine:
You need to issue Johnson County an apology for the cartoon run in the 913 section today. There is no county-run Drivers License Renewal office. All drivers license offices are run by the state, and poorly if I say so myself. The county runs the title and tag office.
An observation from a reader who found the level of detail in a story about an arrest made in the arrest of a Colorado inmate on a local cold rape case:
I hope none of (The Star's editors) ever have a mother/grandmother who is raped and sodomized with a rolling pin - and then have to read about the details in the paper and know that she is also reading them. As I have asked in the past, who needs to know all that and how can The Star get any sleazier?
I just got this email from a reader:
"What's wrong with you people? Biggest story of the week and you have no mention of it anywhere. I mean D. Trump's offer of 5 million to Obama's charity (of choice) if he releases certain records."
He's of course referring to Trump's "offer" (sorry, but I'm calling it a publicity stunt) to donate $5 million to a charity of the president's choice if he'll release his college and passport records by the end of October.
I spoke with a caller today who had a very understandable request: Her name is Kathy Pisciotta, whose family owned the well-known Pisciotta Fruit & Vegetable Co. Inc. in Kansas City for many decades. It closed in 2000.
Ms. Pisciotta told me her family has been getting a lot of questions about Vincent Pisciotta, one of the three men currently on trial for the arson of the downtown Hereford House restaurant.
The No. 1 issue with readers contacting me this morning is that the print edition doesn't have anything about news organizations that received copies of State Department email messages stating that a militant group had claimed responsibility for the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi.
That it wasn't there was a surprise to me. I attend the morning and afternoon news planning meetings, and I was under the impression when I left the one last evening that this story was a strong contender for Page A1, but that it certainly was a shoo-in for the paper somewhere.