Readers write: Trump editorial coverage
Trump editorial coverage
Regarding Milton Love鈥檚 Dec. 26, 2016, letter criticizing the lack of editorial comment about Donald Trump in the Monitor: I agree 100 percent with his remarks and have been very frustrated throughout the past year at the most bland coverage of Mr. Trump, whose win of the presidency was based on hatred, discrimination, and division.聽
He exemplifies all the things we鈥檝e been taught to deplore since early childhood: lying, cheating, hatefulness, pettiness, name-calling, selfishness, bigotry, bravado, etc.聽
The way he conducts himself is the opposite of how a president should behave, let alone a human being.聽
The lack of a moral stance in this election has been very disappointing.
Joan Greig
Aurora, Ohio
Milton Love鈥檚 remarks in your Readers Write column regarding the Monitor鈥檚 political coverage highlighted one of the things I love about the Monitor: namely that, while it may constructively criticize actions, opinions, and policy, I have not seen the Monitor defame someone鈥檚 character, even slightly. To do so would be counter to its stated mission to 鈥渋njure no man, but to bless all mankind.鈥澛�
This is so needed when degrading terms such as 鈥渓iar,鈥� 鈥渃rook,鈥� 鈥渂igot,鈥� and 鈥渦nfit鈥� are being liberally lavished on everyone holding or running for public office.聽
This practice dragged down 2016鈥檚 US electoral process and the press coverage of it in ways certainly not seen before in my not-so-short lifetime.聽
The complete cessation of applying such character-defaming labels (and encouragement in this direction by the press) would do much to heal this country and our troubled world at large.聽
I have never appreciated this aspect of Monitor coverage more than I have over the past year, and I thank the Monitor for leading the way in this regard!
Carolyn Muir
O鈥橣allon, Mo.
