Comments on: Newspaper letter credibility scores one at the Star http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/11/05/toronto-star-letters-vs-comments/ Can you think of a better name? Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:36:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ken http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/11/05/toronto-star-letters-vs-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-49761 Ken Sun, 09 Nov 2008 07:40:31 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=3007#comment-49761 The Toronto Star phoned me when I had a letter published; the Toronto Sun did not. As for requiring full, real names on-line, the main argument against that, in my opinion, is that you'd lose well-thought-out, moving statements from people who would rather not be identified: sex-abuse victims, recovering drug addicts, and so on. That outweighs all the timewasters who troll newspaper boards. The Toronto Star phoned me when I had a letter published; the Toronto Sun did not.

As for requiring full, real names on-line, the main argument against that, in my opinion, is that you'd lose well-thought-out, moving statements from people who would rather not be identified: sex-abuse victims, recovering drug addicts, and so on. That outweighs all the timewasters who troll newspaper boards.

]]> By: Josh http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/11/05/toronto-star-letters-vs-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-48972 Josh Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:37:35 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=3007#comment-48972 I've always found it curious that each of my letters to the Post, Globe and Gazette have been published without so much as a phone call or email to check up on me. The Citizen however, has called me each time. I've always found it curious that each of my letters to the Post, Globe and Gazette have been published without so much as a phone call or email to check up on me.

The Citizen however, has called me each time.

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