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Opinion
December 25
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: NEWSPAPERS FACE FUTURE OF CHANGE
Given a choice between recapping last year's news or speculating about what next year might bring, I would choose to look into the future. Rehashing old news won't change what happened. In newspaper circles, much is being made of the changing technology and the imp...
Opinion
December 18
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: `BIZARRO' STARTS JAN. 3
If you have been waiting breathlessly for the results of the reader poll on a replacement for "Far Side," the wait is over. Beginning Monday, Jan. 2, "Far Side" will be replaced on the comics pages Monday through Saturday by "Bizarro." This was the clear choice of ...
Opinion
December 11
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: CREDIBILITY GAP WIDENS AS NEWS BECOMES A COY GAME
At a meeting of newspaper folks last week a university journalism professor cited survey results showing that newspaper reporters and editors rank lower than used-car salesmen when it comes to credibility. That isn't fair. To used-car salesmen. When was the last ti...
Opinion
December 4
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: TIME TO PICK `FAR SIDE' REPLACEMENT
It is decision time for replacing "Far Side." As I mentioned a few weeks ago, Gary Larson, creator of "Far Side," is retiring. He is probably much too young to retire, but he wants to end the daily and Sunday comic panel before it gets stale. Some readers may be ha...
Opinion
November 27
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: HOLIDAYS LEAVE NEWS IN LIMBO
There is an interesting phenomenon in the news business when holidays occur: News, it seems, stops. American news outlets tend to scrounge for news during holidays like Thanksgiving. And I don't mean just the day of the holiday. Holidays anymore are stretched out t...
Opinion
November 20
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: BENTONITES TREAT GUESTS LIKE FAMILY
Spending a morning drinking coffee and eating doughnuts with the good people of Benton is just the sort of thing to put some sunshine into a rainy day. The county seat of Scott County, just east of I-55 and a 15-minute drive south of Cape Girardeau, was the locatio...
Opinion
November 13
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: DECIDING WHAT'S NEWS IS DELICATE BALANCING ACT
At least one reader of the Southeast Missourian wants to know why we didn't have more stories about the young mother who captured the sympathy of the nation with her pleas for the safe return of her carjacked sons and then later confessed she drowned them in the fa...
Opinion
November 6
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: A MEDIA PERSPECTIVE: HOW LOBBYISTS MISS MARK
From time to time I hear someone describe the media as being the megaphone for liberalism. I suppose what is meant by this is that big news organizations like -- and these are the ones mentioned most -- the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times...
Opinion
October 30
LETTERS FROM THE EDITOR: LETTERS GUIDELINES WILL EXPAND READERS' VOICES; TV LISTINGS GET A REVIEW
There are two topics that cropped up this week: letters to the editor and the television listings. Letters to the editor have been largely unlimited in either content or length in the Southeast Missourian. This is a good deal -- until letters writers start stretchi...
Opinion
October 23
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: HOW SOME NEWS OCCURS OVER LUNCH
One of the things editors get to do is eat lunch with some pretty important people. Being an editor gives you enormous power to sway the minds of readers -- at least that is what a good many politicians think. By and large, editors share the responsibility for what...
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