Opinion

Report didn't deserve attention

Posted January 23, 2017 12:00 am

On Jan. 11, the Daily Herald besmirched itself in promulgating a completely unsubstantiated report on the supposed behavior of Donald Trump, and making it the front-page banner headline. This news story relayed by the Washington Post from the notorious blog Buzzfeed, was ignored by the New York Times, and relegated to page 13 by the Chicago Tribune.

Late in December, you published a series of editorials citing the importance of a responsible free press and decrying the proliferation of fake news. Many who read the headline, "Report: Trump was told Russia has compromising info on him" might conclude that Russia does, for which there is not a scintilla of evidence.

The details of the Buzzfeed story, if you had bothered to check, are so bizarre, disgusting and unbelievable you would be loath to print them.

Martin Robinson

Prospect Heights

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