It seems some people who wrote you letters in the
July 19 issue are under the impression that High Country
News is supposed to be a “just the facts” newspaper with
no slant.
I was never aware that HCN
ever claimed to be purely “objective,” “balanced” or not
“ideological.” I’ve been a subscriber off and on for the last
couple years, and I’ve always known that
HCN has more of an environmental-activist lean.
What newspaper out there doesn’t have a slant of some sort?
It’s the reader’s responsibility to see the
journalist’s perspective and interpret the article from
there. Even with a slant, HCN is still about the
best newspaper covering Western land and social issues.
But … I wish you would not print quotes from professional and
nonprofessional environmental activists as statements of scientific
truth. You guys do that a lot. You can do that with college
professors, scientific researchers, etc., but should not with
political activists, at least if the quote is presented as
positive, objective statement.
Jeremy
Boyer
Washougal, Washington
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Every newspaper has a slant.
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