I could only chuckle as I read your laughable explanations of the operation of the editorial department (Dec. 28). Let's begin with the "frequently asked questions" explanation. Why are you so liberal (conservative)? Conservative? I assume that it was someone to the left of the Unabomber who asked that ridiculous question.
Political endorsements? According to a recent Gallup poll a mere 18 percent admitted being liberal. Yet you liberals think that you are the majority. Well, in college classrooms, and media newsrooms that 18 percent becomes 80 percent.
Outside those bastions of liberalism the 18 percent shrinks considerably. How, therefore, can you possibly claim to know how the newspaper "as a whole" would vote? You assume they would vote as you would vote.
You remind me of the New Yorker book reviewer 30 years ago who couldn't understand how Nixon could possibly have won the election since she didn't know a single person who voted for him! You need to revisit the last electoral map, the red vs. blue states, counties, and cities. The map is covered in red. Remove the mindless lemming vote and the last election was a landslide.
You editorial types live in a fantasy world. You represent only your own biases. Have you ever endorsed a conservative? Have you ever opposed the continuing expansion of government, except when it interfered with the rights of terrorists? Your daily "brainstorming" sessions must be rather brief. How long can it take to reprint the DNC talking points?
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
January 2, 2004
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