Sound Off
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Sound Off for Jan. 11, 2009
Reader: On Friday you printed a letter from Leighann Vogel. I question why you would print a letter that was so grossly factually incorrect.
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Sound Off for Jan. 4, 2009
Reader: I would like the writer of the “Shame on left-handed lifestyle” letter, printed on last Sunday’s Opinion page, to explain its meaning.
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Sound Off for Dec. 28, 2008
Reader: Hopefully, when the country is trying to get back on its feet in the new year, The Californianwill find better things to do than make fun of three really nice guys -- Ken Mettler, President Bush and Joe the Plumber ("A caroling we go," Dec. 21).
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Sound off for Dec. 21, 2008
Reader: I'm the third in a line of six generations of Californianreaders.
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Sound Off for Dec. 14, 2008
Reader: I have been disappointed with The Californian's national and international news summaries. The one-sentence summaries rarely give enough information to be accurately described as news. Often, they raise more questions than inform.
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Sound Off for Dec. 7, 2008
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Sound Off for Nov. 30, 2008
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Sound Off for Nov. 23, 2008
Jenner: In case you hadn't noticed, we changed our comics lineup last week, which prompted complaints — and a few compliments. Here are some excerpts:
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Sound Off for Nov. 16, 2008
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Sound Off for Nov. 9, 2008
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Sound Off for Nov. 2, 2008
Reader: Well, Lois Henry again is proving that she's lost her way from San Franfreako. Instead of commending Ken Mettler for standing up for his rights to be on any corner in Bakersfield, she used the argument that if one of the high school students from Kern County had done this the student would be at least suspended. Well, Lois, what if the student was not on campus?
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Sound Off for Oct. 26, 2008
Reader: You have any word on this? Probably as important as the Mayor's baseball boondoggle. Love to read the latest on it.
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Sound Off for Oct. 19, 2008
Reader: I opened my Californiannewspaper (Saturday, Oct. 4) and saw the headline "Kern picks Palin in poll." The article stated that it was a Bakersfield.compoll. In other words, the participants were not chosen at random, they were self-selected, which can cause significant problems on how accurate the results are. The headline should have probably read, "Bakersfield.com users pick Palin". This would be closer to accurate. How do you know that you had a broad cross section of Kern County residents in this poll? Could the participants respond more than once to the poll? I know Channel 17 has done phone-in polls for years, but they have always mentioned that these are not "scientific polls". The Californian'spoll would fall under the same category.
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Sound Off for Oct. 12, 2008
Reader: I noticed your response to a writer in today's paper who complained that you removed two paragraphs from an article that were critical of Sarah Palin. I admire your decision not to print "anonymous" comments. I am concerned, however, about the following:
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Sound Off for Oct. 5, 2008
Reader: I was interested to compare the Los Angeles Timesarticle you printed on Wednesday's front page headlined "Don't take Palin lightly, aides warn," by Stephen Braun and Tom Hamburger, with the version of the same story printed in the Times.
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Sound Off for Sept. 28, 2008
Reader: Outstanding article! I want you to know how very much I appreciated the first-person article on officer-involved shootings that ran last Sunday and Monday.
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Sound Off for Sept. 21, 2008
Reader: A reader wrote to "Sound Off" last week explaining how she was troubled by the increasing displays of physical affection between same-sex couples in the media.
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Sound Off for Sept. 14, 2008
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Sound Off for Sept. 7, 2008
Reader: When it comes to scrutinizing candidates, Editorial Page Editor Dianne Hardisty's "Sarah Barracuda" column misses the point. The charge that the left-wing media made, even before Palin had a chance to stand before the American people, is that she should not be running for VP because she is a mother of children. Yet this very media has never challenged Obama on the same issue even though he is a father. This is a double standard and pure sexism.
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Sound Off for Aug. 31, 2008
Reader: I think that your newspaper has ran more positive and more stories supporting the Democratic side. As a newspaper you should be showing all information for both sides. I am Republican and do not like the information you have been printing. If this continues, I hope that more people in my situation feel the same way and discontinue your newspaper.
