Austin American Statesman Travesty Of An Article On Netroots Nation

I've submitted the following to the Austin American Statesman as a letter to the editor in response to an awful front page article:

I attended the Netroots Nation convention this past weekend and found Austin to be the wonderful place I remembered. Your people and local businesses were welcoming and lived up to the reputation of individuality and excellence.

Where I was disappointed was in the coverage of the conference especially seen in an article on the front page of the Statesman where writer Patrick Beach seems to have forgotten his role as a professional and instead tied together flippant statements that seemed to only serve to entertain the writer and reinforce his already held beliefs.

Under the guise of reporting on Al Gore’s surprise visit to the convention the writer proceeded to indicate that Speaker Pelosi holds communist Chinese views and other equally repulsive characterizations of convention attendees.

As a student of journalism at the University of Southern Mississippi I hope standards haven’t fallen that this kind of “news” is now acceptable.

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I'll let y'all know if it or anything similar gets published.