No Ethics, No Integrity

 

Yesterday, I posted a letter that I had written to Keith C. Burris, an editorial writer (and editorial editor) for The Toledo Blade.  I wanted to do a quick follow up to that letter, since Mr. Burris did, in fact, get back to me on that.

 

He was very quick to tell me that Hillary DID make history because she is the first woman to be nominated as president.  That, of course, is an absolute lie.  Since this is an easily enough researched fact, I must assume that Burris is a liar, since he refuses to admit that, in 1872, Victoria Woodhull was included in the presidential race, running under the Equal Rights Party nomination.  The abjectly pathetic part of this is that she was an Ohioan, and The Toledo Blade is an Ohio newspaper.

 

There are arguments to be made as to the legitimacy of Woodhull's run for president, but, not to be redundant, that is argumentative.  The fact of the matter is that Hillary is not the first woman to run for president, all debate aside.  It is simple fact, regardless of Burris's (or anyone else's) weak disputations.

 

This is precisely why the press is considered to be so very untrustworthy.  People like Keith C. Burris only add to the public's distrust of news outlets.  If you read his article (the link is given in yesterday's post), then you can see how his own, personal opinion colors what he proclaims to be fact.  Unethical, deceitful, and disgraceful are all excellent descriptors of Burris, specifically, and The Toledo Blade, generally.

 

He further whines about the fact that The Toledo Blade is not pro-Clinton.  What a joke.  When voting day comes around, The Toledo Blade always publishes a cut-out part for every reader to take into the voting booth with them, in order to vote exactly how The Toledo Blade tells them to vote.  Any guess on who The Toledo Blade is going to tell them who to vote for as president?  Well, I can tell you who, and, here's a hint, it won't be Trump or any third party.

 

(On a side note, I find it comical how The Toledo Blade is forever proclaiming that campaigning outside of polling places is illegal, while they publish a sheet to tell their readers exactly how to vote - the bottom line is that The Toledo Blade is campaigning right inside the voting booth.  What hypocrisy; what gall; what temerity - talking out of two sides of their faces, but clueless as to why the general populace finds the media to be untrustworthy.)

 

Wake up, people.  Please, for the love of God, wake up.  Open your eyes to what Burris and others of his ilk are doing to influence you to their point of view.  Trying to get people to see your point of view is a good thing, but the way that Burris, the media, and others of their ilk are doing it is dishonest, unethical, and vulgar.