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“are right!”
We have enough trouble in this country trying to maintain law and order without stripping law enforcement of the tools of their trade. Think again about what a person that gets fingerprinted really gives up. Not much!
GILMAN R. CARLSON
Castleton
Paper needs
stronger fare
This letter is in support of
Cindy Mahan’s recent letter in the Rappahannock News.
The “news” in the Rappahannock News these days is largely a re-hashed, re-dundant, and re-ally boring mishmash of (non)local trivia and proto-gossip served up as small town journalism.
This little paper, once an oft-awarded “gem” of small town newspaper coverage, has alarmingly deteriorated in recent months. Warmth, energy, wit, and humor, not to mention a keen eye for that underlying “life pulse” of a community that so endears Rappahannock to those of us fortunate enough to live here, has been replaced by a Readers’ Digest approach to local events and local reporting.
A lazy eye characterizes copy editing as well, with frequent “bloopers” and at times illiterate reading that strays into incomplete sentences and ungrammatical nonsense. A sharp story angle and an energetic pursuit of that which is fresh and new has been replaced by a passive, even lazy, coverage of the most mundane (and mind-numbing) town and county events.
It has not been a good summer “read” — in fact, lately it has not been a good “read” at all!
Rappahannock is characterized by an remarkably active, informed, and diverse community that has an appetite for stronger fare than the pap-lum currently being served up as journalism by this paper’s editorial staff and management — here’s hoping they get that message!
DENISE HORTON
Washington
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