Opinion

Letter a good example of fake news

Posted March 15, 2017 1:01 am

I would like to thank Tim Hurley for his letter on Monday, March 6. Mr. Hurley gave us a perfect example of fake news, aka opinion. His letter to the editor demonstrated falsities by twisting Al Franken's question and Jeff Sessions' answer.

At his Jan. 10 confirmation hearing, Senator Al Franken, during his inquiry of US Attorney General elect Sessions about reports of Russian involvement in the 2016 Presidential Election, asked, "But if it's true, it's obviously extremely serious and if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump Campaign communicated with the Russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do?"

Session answered, "I'm not aware of any of those activities." He added, "I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I did not have communications with the Russians."

So, please, when you want to point out fake news, don't provide your opinion in lieu of news. This just confuses the facts. Please don't blast the Herald for writing the truth. It's their job. Nowhere in your article are there any facts demonstrated during the question and answer portion of the confirmation hearing.

Terry Kramer

St. Charles

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