Dilution for ‘balance’ distorts reality

While several thousand people rallied earlier this month across our suburban communities to push back against the authoritarian actions of our current president, somehow The Daily Herald chose to devote about one third of its article covering these local demonstrations to the views of the only three Trump supporters who showed up in Schaumburg.

Misguided attempts like this at “balance” are part of what got us into this mess in the first place. Millions across the country protested “Dear Leader’s” clear attempts to undermine our republic’s institutions while exploding the deficit, throwing millions of people off of their healthcare, cutting funds from our local schools, crippling cancer research … the list goes on.

A healthy democracy relies on informed debate based on facts. You dilute this by prioritizing “balance” over objective reality.

Please do better.

Jerry Freda

Inverness