[Vision2020] Daily News Editorial--My letter to the editor

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They may print this.  But leave it to Murf to run it on a low readership day and place it in the least noticed spot.

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Susan Austin 
  To: vision2020 at moscow.com 
  Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 7:53 PM
  Subject: [Vision2020] Daily News Editorial--My letter to the editor


        They are never going to print this, but here is my Letter to the Editor regarding Rozen's biased and ill-informed editorial:  

        Mr. Rozen,

           I work with Leigh Robartes on the KRFP Evening Report and I have seen and/or listened to all the KRFP Candidates Forums in the past two elections.  Leigh is an excellent, fair minded News Director, who does everything in his power to treat all of the candidates fairly and equally. That goes for our news broadcasts, as well as the Candidates Forums. Leigh and I don't even know who each other is voting for; not discussing how we intend to vote is part of staying fair and objective in our coverage.

            Your total mischaracterization of the forums and your statement that if the two Republican candidates had kept their commitments and shown up for the forum they would have been "lectured to by KRFP's listeners and asked loaded and pointed questions about their religious as well as their political views", is not only unfounded, it is also clearly the result of sloppy journalism on your part. All of the previously recorded Candidate Forums and Evening News broadcasts are available to listen to, at any time, on our website. You just didn't bother to do your homework.  And for the record, both of us have gone out out our way to be fair and neutral in our coverage of the Bouma Postcard debacle. Had you done even a modicum of research, you would have found out all of the above.

            Shame on you, sir, for besmirching Leigh's good name. You owe him, and his listeners, an apology.

        Susan Austin,
        KRFP

       




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