Over the weekend, Pat Osborne sent me a copy of a note he wrote to the Omaha World-Herald in response to the sophomoric yet vicious attack on pro-lifers which they published by staff writer Robert Nelson. (See "Nebraska Newspapers Are In the Tank for ESCR -- Is It Time for You to Cancel Your Subscription?" from last week's Vital Signs Blog.)
The newspaper won't print Pat's note. But that doesn't mean you have to miss it. It's acerbic, no doubt, but witty and spot on about just how unprofessional and distorted the World-Herald has become in covering pro-life issues, especially embryonic stem cell experimentation.
And, judging from what I've heard, the depth of disgust Pat feels is not uncommon.
I was told of this article by a friend and didn't have to pay for a paper to read it.
My, my, my. That article wasn't worth printing on toilet paper.
I hope your subscription numbers continue to decline. Printing that kind of silly ranting just shows how rabid you guys are about attacking pro-life sentiments of any kind. It's probably news to you that there are many in the medical and scientific community who oppose where the Med Center is wanting to go on this issue. But printing something like that would involve someone at the OWH actually doing some objective research.
And who has time for something like that when you can just wind up Mr. Nelson and let him blather on for a few hot air paragraphs of enlightenment?
Oh well, I most often found your opinion columns better than the comics...May your numbers continue to decline and your revenues fall.