Letter: ‘No personal attacks’ is sound policy

Published 6:15 am Thursday, August 10, 2023

To the Editor:

I welcomed your “Our View” column in the Aug. 2 edition. Thank you for committing to honor the “no personal attacks” policy going forward. In regard to the statement that future letters to the editor which contain “an assertion that we cannot easily verify” will not be printed, I know that you will continue to follow that same principle with your news articles (unless the assertion is in some way noted as either unverified or a quote by an individual).

It is remarkably easy for some people to read or hear an opinion and take it as fact. When they then repeat it as fact, a rumor starts that escalates, often to the level of conspiracy thinking!

I appreciate the high quality of the Eagle reporting staff and your good leadership as editor!

Marie Bryant

Prairie City