Columnists have conservative bias

Neal Rosenthal
senior, zoology

Dear Editor:

This e-mail is in regards to your paper's weekly columnists. I am all for freedom of speech and having every voice heard, but I find it disturbing that the Daily Egyptian has a multitude of columnists who write weekly concerning Republican political issues and no columnists who discuss Democratic or liberal political issues. The Egyptian does have left-leaning columnists, but they write more about social issues then actual politics.

I feel that the paper has grown biased toward the conservative point of view. I'm not saying that this point of view shouldn't be heard. I'm just saying that both sides should be given the same opportunity, and therefore I would like to volunteer to write a liberal-leaning column that is centered on the political issues of the day and not so much the social issues. I believe that hearing both sides truly serves the SIU community, and right now that is not being done.

Thank you for you time.

Sincerely,

Neal Rosenthal
senior, zoology

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