Article: Going face to face with readers. (The Fresno Bee ombudsman)

A friend suggested the other day that I was "silly, at best," to speak before "conservative" groups like the Rotary and Farm Bureau on behalf of the "liberal" media and a "liberal" newspaper like The Fresno Bee.

I not only take exception to her choice of words, I also take exception to her thesis.

First, there's nothing "silly" at all about schmoozing with readers on the essence of the First Amendment--discussing what an unfettered press means on a personal basis, particularly at a time when people have become polarized, vitriolic and vicious around issues like abortion and welfare and homosexuals in the armed forces. Then, you've got those loaded ...

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