opinion
One opinion
to another
When the topic of a conversation turns
towards politics, almost everyone is
blessed with an opinionated mouth.
Calling a political candidate a “dirty rat”
doesn’t necessarily mean he is a long-tailed
rodent caught in a Kansas dust bowl. Or
how about “Turkey?” Does this mean that
the candidate will be stuffed and baked for
Thanksgiving dinner? Very doubtful.
These phrases simply state that everyone
has an opinion.
We argue over which television show to
watch, which ballot measure is better and
what we should fix for dinner. But the most
important bi-product of the opinionated
mouth is that we all think we’re right, never
wrong.
The news media has created avenues in
the form of editorial pages to voice opinions
without obstructing the objectivity of its
news coverage. Editorials are written to
voice the opinions of the editorial board of a
specific editor. Letters to the editor are
welcome from citizens in the community
who want to express their opinions.
This is what an opinion page was
designed for . . . opinions. Without them,
j we would be a very dull lot indeed.
C.B.
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feedback
To The Editor:
This is to respond to the re
print of an editorial published in
the “Print,” Vol. XII, No. 6.
The article, entitled “Honest
Bob vs. Tricky Vic,” was
featured in the Oct. 27 issue of
Portland State University’s
“Vanguard.”
As a staff reporter for The
Print, I am surprised at-and
take exception to-the reprin
ting of such sensationalism.
The article, particularly in its
comparison of Vic Atiyeh to
Richard Nixon, borders on
yellow journalism and slander
constituting—to quote from the
Oregon Journal—“the worst
type of demagougery.”
Quoting the writer, “like the
Nixon campaign, Atiyeh’s run
is heavily financed by wealthy,
right-wing business and special
interest industries ...”
“Atiyeh’s legislative record
reveals a man of vacillating
postures and
opportune
changes of opinion.”
“His campaign, like Nixon’s
is all rhetorical fluff and ob
fuscation . Slogans like ‘It’s time
for Atiyeh’ are as vapid as
Nixon’s ‘Four more years.’ ”
However the writer-, ob
viously a Democrat, describes
Straub as being “a leader of
unquestioned integrity.”
Evidently he failed to read the
recent Oregon Journal report
in which State Senator L.B.
Day filed an election complaint
charging Straub with using “his
state office, the services of state
employees and state funds in
his effort to get re-elected.” In
my book, that clearly con
stitutes a question of integrity.
I am a registered Democrat,
but my attack is not on my par
ty or on Gov. Straub. Neither is
it against the Republicans of
Mr. Atiyeh. What I find
disgusting is that the appeal to
the reader is based on
emotional responses that leave
no room or criteria for logical,
researched judgment. If this is
the type of writing that con
stitutes “journalism,” I would
suggest the reporter turn to
writing for someone such as
Rona Barrett.
I endorse neither candidate,
but I do feel the public should-
and should be able to-research
the issues and decide the merits
on its own, and not take the
double-minded man, |
inall his ways, being tos
and for as the waves.’«
Eugene Lawson I
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