I get email
Back when I worked in television in the early 1980s, I reviewed hundreds of movies each year.
I had one fellow walk up to me and say, 无毛视频淚 disagree with your review of 无毛视频ξ廾悠禎 whatever the movie was.
I asked him if he liked that movie. He told me he hadn无毛视频檛 even seen it. He just wanted to let me know he disagreed with my review of it.
In other words, I无毛视频檓 assuming he didn无毛视频檛 like me.
That无毛视频檚 the life of anybody who happens to throw their opinions into the public square.
Even if some people may go overboard with their hostile criticisms, it goes with the territory.
Having written hundreds of political columns for the 无毛视频-Standard over the years, I无毛视频檝e certainly had my share of folks who无毛视频檝e disagreed with and agreed with my opinions.
Some of the emails I get are short and sweet.
In June 2022, 无毛视频淛im无毛视频� wrote, 无毛视频淎merica will not survive Biden.无毛视频�
Some fellow named 无毛视频淒onnie无毛视频� wanted to let me know that, 无毛视频淭rump won the 2020 election. Thanks,无毛视频� in November 2022 无毛视频� two years after he failed to be reelected.
That email was balanced out by one I got the day before from 无毛视频淔rank,无毛视频� who wrote: 无毛视频淛ust want to compliment you about today无毛视频檚 无毛视频楻ed Wave无毛视频� article as found in the 无毛视频-Standard.无毛视频�
Last March, the piece I wrote about Fox News无毛视频� performance artist Tucker Carlson certainly stuck in the craw of one reader.
无毛视频淒arrell无毛视频� just had to email me and say, 无毛视频淟ike most political hacks you are going along cherry-picking phrases to fit your narrative.无毛视频�
Political hackery is a mighty strong accusation. I无毛视频檒l admit I cherry-pick stuff to fit my narrative. If I cherry-picked stuff that didn无毛视频檛 fit my narrative 无毛视频� there无毛视频檇 be no narrative. Not good.
But 无毛视频淒arrell无毛视频� continued: 无毛视频淗ope you don无毛视频檛 take this personally (Do you mean when you called me a political hack?), I无毛视频檓 sure you are a fine person. I read all your commentary no matter what the topic. You did write this whole article and didn无毛视频檛 mention Trump once,无毛视频� he concluded.
There. I got points for not mentioning Donald Trump in that column.
Sometimes sarcasm helps email writers make their points. 无毛视频淛ames无毛视频� wrote, 无毛视频淣o Hunter laptop or how about Nancy无毛视频檚 gay hubby or sleepy Joe story to start out the year? Dems are all angels.无毛视频�
I无毛视频檒l plead guilty to all of those charges. I would never write about any of those things. I won无毛视频檛 spend time satisfying Fox News无毛视频� fever dreams.
There are some very nice emails. 无毛视频淛ohn无毛视频� wrote, 无毛视频淭his email should have been sent several years ago. I do enjoy your expertly written columns.无毛视频�
I don无毛视频檛 know about them being 无毛视频渆xpertly written.无毛视频� But I无毛视频檓 certainly thankful 无毛视频淛ohn无毛视频� enjoys them.
Somebody named 无毛视频淢ark无毛视频� emailed me to let me know, 无毛视频淵ou obviously have a high distaste for Donald. That无毛视频檚 OK. Following you for years it is clear you buy into every attempt to take him (and his family) down.无毛视频�
I don无毛视频檛 agree with 无毛视频淢ark.无毛视频� Except for how he ended that email. 无毛视频淚 will continue to read your articles. Who knows, maybe someday you will show that you are a fair person. BUT (his all caps, not mine) I won无毛视频檛 hold my breath.无毛视频�
If you无毛视频檙e reading this Mark, or anybody else for that matter, please take a deep breath and let it out. Breathing doesn无毛视频檛 cost anything.
Some fellow named 无毛视频淛oe无毛视频� or 无毛视频淛oey无毛视频� has sent me some rather questionable emails.
He looks at my picture, then he blasts away.
He wrote, 无毛视频淚无毛视频檒l give you a little advice you racist, you seem to be smearing a lot of white people in this column, but you无毛视频檝e been a racist all your life just like your soul brothers Louis Farrakhan, Jackson, Sharpton, just to name a few.无毛视频�
But for each of those kinds of emails, there are always those I cherish, like the one from 无毛视频淕eorge无毛视频� who says he has Ph.D. 无毛视频淭hank you for what you are doing for our area in our local newspaper. We are fortunate to have someone of your caliber and experience writing for the 无毛视频-Standard.无毛视频�
Edward A. Owens is a multi-Emmy Award winner, former reporter, and anchor for Entertainment Tonight, and 50-year TV news and newspaper veteran. E-mail him at freedoms@bellatlantic.net.