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Fourth Estate assaults

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  • Sep 28, 2017
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I read with interest in the "Incoming" section of your publication from a couple of your reader's commentaries which you published. They were criticizing pubisher David Hohendorf for being biased and divisive and not "representing facts.”

I had to laugh. I hope they will look up the definition of "Editorials.” They are opinions based on interpretation of facts. We live in a time of extreme assault on the Fourth Estate. Journalism is sometimes not perfect, but is one of the pillars of Democracy. Without it, where would we be?

Timothy Kozak

Birmingham

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