We need political bias ratings

The Daily Herald, Our View, has now spoken twice about public anger over biased reporting. So much of this is a reflection of our political rhetoric of the day. I had hoped that after Nov. 8, the political mudslinging ads and reports would stop since the American people had spoken. However, all we saw in the news, both print and TV, was a continuation of the polarizing discourse, both left and right.

I canceled my subscription to a Chicago newspaper some time ago because I saw only liberal-leaning reporting. That is when I started the Daily Herald subscription. However, now when I read this newspaper, I still get words flavored by the writer toward a particular point of view, I do not say bias, just a point of view.

Now I look to the byline to see the source before reading to "warn me."

I do remember the 70's when the movie industry went through the same issues. Thus the movie rating system was born to let people know, in advance, of the movies content. Why not a simple rating on each news piece to let the reader know of the writer's point of view? A simple letter in the byline, L(iberal), I(ndepentent) and C(onversative), can serve the same purpose that our Hollywood producers use.

It would be interesting to tally the L,I and C counts.

John Lenz

Inverness