Facts are facts, no matter what our president says

Every day, our newspaper publishes a statement of core values "to give the news impartially, without fear or favor."

And yet, since the election of our president, if you want to determine what really took place in D.C., one has to go to Politifact.com or Factcheck.org or other such sites to ascertain what really took place. We read our newspaper pretty extensively, and then our president decries "fake news" if he doesn't like what a particular paper or TV news disseminates. And I can't ever recall hearing or reading that phrase until our president came into office.

To me, that is a sad state of affairs. Do I realize people can have different viewpoints? Of course. But facts are facts. Either it took place or it didn't. That shouldn't be up for debate.

Keep up the good work of publishing a good paper, folks. Stick to the truth regardless if Washington doesn't like it.

In your core values you state "a news organization must not just cover the news but uncover it." That can readily become a 24-hour job, particularly in today's age when even our president doesn't like it.

Ed Hancock

Springdale

Commentary on 01/20/2018

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