Letters To Editor

Question: What is print media’s responsibility for accuracy? Some electronic media seem lax, but print media is a trusted source for news and considered opinions. Last week the Wall Street Journal published a misstatement filled letter from President Donald Trump. In defense of its publication the WSJ stated, “We trust our readers to make up…

Governor Parson vows to prosecute the St. Louis Post for revealing a security flaw in the Missouri Department of Education website. Why? He said fixing the flaw could cost the state $50 million. Why was it not designed to security standards in the beginning? The story: A St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter, exploring the Missouri Education…

Last week I wrote about the need for newspapers to adapt, become more socially integral in the digital age. While newspapers are often the most reliable sources of information, thanks to their editors, the purely electronic media is not. Some may have no editing standards. Fortunately, fact checking is available. This digital age has blurred…

The Forum Editorial headline, “Long live newspapers,” followed by the lede, “Newspapers are dying,” meets what many writers hope to achieve, grab reader attention and pull them in. I bought it. However, it’s incorrect. Newspapers aren’t dying, they’re adapting. Successful newspapers are. I subscribe to two in print and several electronically. Print media are the…

When the Forum arrives I read the news, opinions, ads, announcements. It’s a joy because when I took journalism at Maryville High School in 1955 we gathered at the Forum every Saturday to create the Maryville Highlights on Page 2, we did everything except the mechanical parts. I mention this because our teacher, Mrs. Opal…

When the Forum arrives I scan the news, then the opinion section for views of contributors. Today, Larry Anderson lauded northern Missouri (I agree) and lamented the situation is several major metro areas where he would not live (a view I do not share), but that is the essence of opinion. I have found good…

I would hate to think that everyone considers Social Security or Medicare as part of a socialist program! While working, I paid into Social Security every pay check and now pay for my Medicare every month. That is not socialism! Socialism is when government takes everything you have and issue out as they see fit!…

Had enough? It’s been more than 10 months since President Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 general election. Many still believe the election was stolen. I do not for many reasons. First, our elections are administered, tabulated and reported by the official election officers at the county level, all 3,141 of them,…

Notice to all Patriot’s who love America and feel things are going in the wrong direction. With the upcoming 20th anniversary celebration of 9/11, I ask that you all show your pride by putting out your American Flags, your Trump yard signs, and other patriotic signs for the community to see. The present administration is…

I’m writing in response to Larry Anderson’s latest diatribe against anyone or anything not supporting his right wing ultra conservative agenda. I know the paper keeps him on because he fires up the masses, but there are times when the masses just can’t keep quiet. His latest “pro-version” of the truth was that because President…