352. In 1985/6 I was misquoted on television news in a story that was
edited to be extremely misleading. It had to do with the availability of The Satanic Verses in bookstores in case anyone is wondering. The deliberately inflammatory story resulted in someone coming in to my store and spitting in my face.
Several years ago I was misquoted in my local paper which resulted in several hate letters. My eight year old son accidentally read one of them and it frightened him.
I have been extraordinarily wary of the press due to these two instances so what DU is experiencing strikes me as hardly new and very typical. I am so frustrated on your behalf. I am sorry DU is being treated in this manner. The journalists should be ashamed of themselves!
As for the instances I mention above, the spitter was a liberal and the hate letters came from conservatives. My point being that there are over-reacting extremists on either side. Please folks, don't stoop to the level of ignorant jackasses.
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