05.23.2008 11:37 am
So much time was pent on Schlafly, the other honorees went unnoted
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Considerable space was used to report the selection of Phyllis Schlafly for an honorary degree at Washington University. However, the St Louis Post Dispatch essentially ignored the other recepients except to merely list their names.
These recepients had made notable contributions in their respective fields. Their selection is a great tribute to their fine careers. Yet you chose to ignore the reasons for their selection in favor of the controversy Phyllis Schlafly could create.
This is a major omission and poor journalism.
J. Eugene Lewis Jr.
St. Louis
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I disagree Mr. Lewis, the fact that you are responding shows that it was effective journalism. The fact that Wash U. choose to honor Ms. Schlafly was poor judgment which led to the situation of the other recepients being overshadowed by the controversy. In the journalism busines controversy sells.