Editor,
Everyday I receive four newspapers knowing that there is no way I am going to read them all at once, until Sunday when I have a day to do nothing but read. Local news is important to me so I read the San Mateo Daily Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, The New York Times and occasionally The Wall Street Journal. For me reading is a hobby and if ever there was a time to be informed it is now.
The New York Times is an amazing paper with very in-depth reporting. This paper is like reading a book. As many newspapers in this country are struggling I feel a need to support them, kind of like restaurants at this time.
All of the newspapers I have mentioned here have pros and cons. I think the one section I gravitate toward first is the opinion page in the Daily Journal, not only because I know many of the writers but it is important to me to know what they think and whether I agree with them or not.
I certainly do not agree with everything my friend Matt Grocott says but sometimes I do. I value his opinion just like everyone else’s opinion. I respect his right to have an opinion.
Recently, The New York Times announced a Pulitzer Prize winner named Kathleen Kingsbury would be their new opinion editor. Ms. Kingsbury wrote “opinion is and will be a place where our audiences will hear from those with whom they agree and disagree.”
I agree with Kathleen and wish her the best.
David Thom
San Carlos
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(4) comments
Mostly well written, Mr. Thom, but the fact you think the NYT has in-depth reporting is laughable. Maybe in the past, but certainly not in the last 5 years. If anything, they should have renamed the NYT to the NYTDS. Actually, shouldn’t the NYT and the Amazon Post give up their Pulitzers for their junk Russiagate articles, or shouldn’t the Pulitzers be rescinded? If not, the Pulitzer, like the Nobel Peace Prize is nothing more than a joke and a doorstop.
Once again Terence,
As the saying goes, "put up or shut up". You disparage everyone's sources of information that you don't like, yet you never give us a list of what you think are creditable sources. Don't bother us with your youtube channel that replays Trump's sucker rallies, give us some of your real sources.
My, my, a bit touchy there, Taffy. As I’ve said in the past, all you need is a simple search. And this is most important, don’t bother with fake news links and then you’ll easily find the sources you’re looking for. BTW, bogus Biden’s dementia is becoming more apparent.
Thank you Dave. Hope all is well with you and your family.
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