I belong to that increasing population of people, mostly under the age of 40, who get most of their news from the internet. During the week I don’t buy a daily paper, save for the free Forecaster and Portland Daily Sun.
I do subscribe to the weekly Bridgton News to get local hometown stories, however, and on the weekend, we routinely get the Maine Sunday Telegram.
Until now.
Yesterday morning I was reading the Portland Press Herald online and was pleased to see such a nice article about Eid ul-Fitr in Portland: “A show of faith and forgiveness“.
We went about our day, got home at night and saw this linked-to on Facebook: “Newspaper apologizes to those offended“.
Readers began writing to me and to our paper and website en masse, criticizing our decision on coverage and story play of the local observance of the end of Ramadan by local Muslims.
Are you kidding me?
Are you f@#king kidding me?
The crazies are taking over the show. The people who comment on the website are running the editorial direction of the paper.
I’m done with the Portland Press Herald.
I’m done with the Maine Sunday Telegram.
If any of you are offended by this direction the paper is taking, please take five minutes to send a Letter to the Editor to let them know how you feel.
Tags: apology, Islam, islamophobia, Maine Sunday Telegram, newspapers, Portland Press Herald, things that I don't agree with