European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 letters the stars and stripes readers respond to letter charging Bias 1 would like to respond to the writer who stated hat the sir and stripes is biased in ils reporting of cer Tain president in candidates. While thai May have been his Gripe the Ynith is that he i unhappy with news coverage of one Candi Date namely Jesse Jackson. To Call stripes biased is not Only incorrect but hypocritical since tie refers to the conservative split Wing As bankrupt his word. That is nol what 1 would consider an objective acini votive hut it docs give away the writer s underlying Mininc nol to Icyk objective reporting but rather to seek More coverage Tor in candidate. Jesse Jackson. In in Oving nver a Mimer of column in recent issues i feel that the stars and stripes provides both lib cts and conservative Points of View in the columns it prints As Well As in its news coverage. Mary met mry and girl Kiwan both very Liberal arc often on tic cd Torin Page. Incidentally m the same Issue As the writer s letter there was a front Page Sunry on the results of Prima Ries in Kansas and Tivas. The article had 19 paragraphs. Eighteen of those 19 discussed democratic primaries. Only one mentioned Republican Prima Ries and that was the very Lasi paragraph. So what using tic logic Filic recent writer 1 guns All republicans should Boycott the stars and stripes. Come on now he serious and not quite so Lilin skinned. To to further. I am Nelsn one of those who do not believe or. Jackson can win Bui not for reasons of race. If a Green Martian were the Best Man i believe americans would elect him but such is nol the Case with or. Jackson. The writer correctly suggests thai Jesse Jackson is oriented toward Domestic policies instead of what he Calls Bogi Yman foreign issues. Thai is exactly what worries most americans. The numerous serious problems throughout the world the Mideast Central american Trade deficit South Africa Etc cannot be considered bogeyman iss Icv they arc critical to Llic survival of our countr. In foreign policy or. Jackson s experience s limited to personal chitchat with leaders of comm Nisi or terrorist states Syria Libia. Cub normally in a manner that denigrates the United Stales he often criticises . Foreign and Domestic policy but have you Ever heard him criticize Russia Qadhafi. Castro. Marcos or other autocratic and corrupt Lead ers or countries 1 Don t want my president bad mouthing we May have problems but remember one thing it is our system thai has Given him the Opportunity to even be a candidate lie spoke out against the United states in Vietnam but what has he said about the soviet Union s invasion of Afghanistan i feet there fore that As Nur Leader of our foreign policy not Only is he nol experienced he would be dangerous. As for Domestic policy he will he claims help minorities the poor the working class whatever that i single mothers Etc. Ii Alt sounds wonderful but win will Niv for it lie would Cut defense spending. We would then return to the hollow military that we had at the beginning of this decade. 1 will Grant thai hoi has gotten fat and waste Ful hut there is no questioning the fact that it is now Heller equipped Jintle i rained than at any Timi in the lass 20 years those of us who remember the 60s and 7il\ dread the bought of Lelur Ning to the Days of massive Gosorn Siuth Giveaway programs that resulted in ill Ilion in ivs i and interest Rales of inure than 20 percent. If in were White and the same philosophy. I would Mill nol vote for him. On the other hand if he espoused a sound economic philosophy and had experience in foreign policy i would regardless of his color 1 want what is Good for our country not what is Hest for me special groups business labor Etc. In Burdor 10 placate the recent writer i m nol going in ii Cut " or. Jackwyn of being unable to win. In in ail i ill him or. Jack san docs not deserve to in. Or. Jackson has Doi c a Good Job of Phil items bul the poor Fetla is ten Calcii As to Haw la m/lvl1 inc Prus terms. ,. The writer wanted it on record thai he is a while american whatever that emails. For the re Cord. I love the Chicago Lilac Hawks. 1 tolerate Jack son and Robertson and t despise the Yankees and the celtics. Muter of t. . rat in main a Wal Germany the writer s frustrations should be thrust in the direction of a and up and nol the stars and stripes. The amount of coverage Given in a particular candidate is dependant upon the particular com a Pondant s input. Just because the news in t reported to your personal satisfaction does not constitute grounds for a charge of censorship. Likewise a suspicion Don not constitute proof at least within our society. I find it interesting that Many people who make the censorship charge will read a Story five minutes later and say How could stars and stripes Prim thai the Issue is nol As the writer implies thai he is a Black candidate in a while racist were this Siruc. Then virtually no Black Man or woman would hold an elected office. The Issue is thai he is Jesse Jackson a Man who routinely mis slates or misrepresents fuck in attempts to validate his own plausibility this is the Man who claimed be had More foreign policy experience than any other candidate at n Lime when the Field had a former Secretary of stale and a former ambassador to the United nations Alexan Der Haig and George Bush respectively. This is the Man who claimed that 55 percent of every lax Dollar was spent on defense when the figure is actually about 22 percent. This is the Only Man in the held who has never held an elected office. This is the Man who gets upset when people Challenge him on these statements. The stars and stripes runs a wide variety of columns that Cross the political spectrum. These columns whether from the left or the right have three things in common an identification of a problem facts concerning the problem and a proposed Solu Tion based on the writer s education beliefs and per. Sonata experiences. Like the writer. I m upset when i read an editorial thai disagrees with my own views. However 1 am tolerant of the fact that we arc a society thai encourages political debate openly. If we silence an opinion simply because we disagree with it. Then we have Lakin a step towards embracing a political Dogma shared by those on the East Side of me Iron curtain and the North Side of the 3th parallel. Cape Jerry e. Sullivan Worth Elton Weil ctr Tny the very fact thai Jesse Jackson is still in the democratic Campaign contradicts the writer s assertion that his is a while racist country. Let us imagine for a moment that or. Jackson were White. Does this writer seriously suggest that he would still be a presidential candidate after his anti semitic remarks and his continued close association with an openly proclaimed Radical racist on the contrary or. Jackson is still a candidate simple be cause he is Black. Were he nut he Csc and benefiting rather than suffering for it. He would not be where he is today. So much for racist America. Next Chance you gel. Take a look around at our children and at our America. People of All races live together More harmoniously in the United Stales than in virtually any other country. Certainly Ameri Ca is a Utopia. Problems abound. A surfeit of per Sonal Freedom brings nol Only the Freedom to succeed but also the Freedom to fail. All we As a people can do is provide our children with the Opportunity to go As far As their talents and hard work will take them. Despite being the Darling of the Liberal press or. Jackson will fail in his bid for the while House because his vision of America is flawed with bitter Ness. Have a Challenge far you the next time or. Jackson is speaking on television turn away from the screen and just listen to what he s saying. Arc his words those of a Man even remotely qualified to be president of the United states i the Man were White would his words warrant even Back Page newspaper coverage hardly. Rather than excoriating tic stars and stripes and Beti pals �pont.,n.� 09111 Pelt pts Man a Yot a i a column. My to you in pal of i tit Long. My a. Own onigut hmm Orwin i a 3 of and Pace. I
