{"id":20073,"date":"2016-06-15T06:00:02","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T10:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=20073"},"modified":"2016-06-14T17:03:19","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T21:03:19","slug":"letter-column-unfairly-politicizes-orlando-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=20073","title":{"rendered":"Letter: Column unfairly politicizes Orlando shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>To The Editor,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-926\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Letters1.jpg\" alt=\"Letters1\" width=\"200\" height=\"140\" \/>I recently read Mike McGann&#8217;s\u00a0piece about why politicians should not offer their thoughts and prayers in the wake of a tragedy and that the Republican majority in Chester County \u201cchose\u201d the horrific acts that took place in Orlando, Charlestown, Sandy Hook and other places.<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t express how disappointed I am in your politicizing this tragic event.\u00a0 I am deeply troubled by your comments about how Chester County Republicans \u201cwanted\u201d this to happen. For you to suggest that is an extreme disservice to your readers.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As someone who regularly reports on the news, I would hope that you would display some semblance of non-partisanship.\u00a0 Up until now, I think you have, for the most part.<\/p>\n<p>And now, while the bodies of the fallen victims have only just been identified and the families are experiencing unfathomable anguish, you choose to set aside your journalistic fairness and attack Chester County Republicans for this tragedy. Shameful.<\/p>\n<p>The act of terrorism that occurred in Orlando is an absolute tragedy. It should not be used as an opportunity for you to blame Republicans and make a political point. I could take this opportunity to criticize the Obama Administration for not following up on the numerous warning signs and reports from co-workers and friends of the terrorist who killed our countrymen.\u00a0 But I will refrain at this time out of respect for the deceased and their families.<\/p>\n<p>This is a time of mourning and a time to celebrate the lives of those who lost their lives this past weekend that were cut all too short. As a reporter, your job is to report the news &#8211; not to push an anti-gun and anti-Republican agenda on your readers.<\/p>\n<p>In times like these, let\u2019s stop pointing fingers, have respectful discussions and work together for common-sense reform.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Val DiGiorgio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Chairman,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Chester County Republican Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To The Editor, I recently read Mike McGann&#8217;s\u00a0piece about why politicians should not offer their thoughts and prayers in the wake of a tragedy and that the Republican majority in Chester County \u201cchose\u201d the horrific acts that took place in Orlando, Charlestown, Sandy Hook and other places. I can\u2019t express how disappointed I am in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[7592,7590,7591],"class_list":["post-20073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-cghester-county-republican-committee","tag-column","tag-orlando-shooting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20073"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20074,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20073\/revisions\/20074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}