To The Editor:

I seem to recall a letter to the editor about a month ago demanding the Eagle “shape up or ship out” and by doing so tell both sides of whatever the story may be.

It seems to me that when a reporter such as Les Zaitz (The Oregonian) reports on anything that doesn’t fit the narrative or agree with the opinion of some of the citizens here, he is perceived by them to be out of line and a liar.

Here we have Michael Emry who is a self proclaimed journalist, “The Voice of Grant County”, (and many other counties along the way) who was outed at the very least as a thief, a snitch, and for my money had no place in our community with his stolen machine gun and his seditious background. It was interesting to me how many of his enthusiastic supporters crawfished when he was arrested, and even more interesting were the justifications I heard for his behavior from others who refuse to accept the fact that this man is a bad player of the very worst kind.

So, back to my original point. Sometimes the truth is hard to take when it defies certain agendas. When the truth came out about Mr. Emry, which wasn’t really too much of a surprise to many of us here in Grant County, the hate-filled rhetoric directed towards the FBI and certain journalists for doing their jobs was ridiculous. I would suggest those of you who invited Mr. Emry here in the first place to not get your panties in a wad, as it were, and accept the truth about the man. Semper Fi.

Dan Maynard

John Day