Re: Tom Lazarich’s Feb. 13 letter, “Stick with The Star,� and Carolyn Crandall’s Feb. 13 letter, “Conservatives aren’t funny,� both of which were in response to Gary Marshall’s Feb. 5 letter, “Cartoons show liberal bias�:
Mr. Marshall complained about his perception of a liberal bias in the cartoons shown on The Star’s editorial page. In response, Mr. Lazarich defended The Star and accused Mr. Marshall of relying on information from “unobjective� and “obviously biased� sources such as Fox News and Rush Limbaugh. Ms. Crandall angrily replied that all the conservatives she knows don’t have a sense of humor and are a bunch of “mean-spirited bullies who spend most of their time fighting against civil rights for women, gays, minorities, fair wages, health insurance and properly funded education.�
Based on their obviously skewed perspective of conservatives, I have to wonder whether Mr. Lazarich and Ms. Crandall are getting their “objective� information from Michael Moore, Air America and moveon.org.
Why it is that so many who preach tolerance and acceptance of others are quick to smear and stereotype anyone with whom they disagree? In our community, there are many caring, intelligent and well-informed people from all backgrounds, including both liberals and conservatives. Conversely, ignorance and bigotry are certainly not limited to any particular group or political party.
Incidentally, there is no such thing as completely objective and unbiased reporting. All news is from the perspective of the person writing the story. So let’s not pretend that information from one source is good but from another source is bad. Usually the truth is none of the above.
— Tony Sereno, Simi Valley
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