This letter is both a compliment and a complaint. On Dec. 2, you ran an article about a local substitute teacher who was molesting girls in the classroom. Your article was to me inappropriately graphic in reporting what the man said and did to these young girls.
Surely, you can report the necessary facts without resorting to sensationalism. Please let good taste and decency guide your reporting of the news.The next day, on Dec. 3, you had two wonderfully uplifting articles, "Katie's Light," about the struggles of Katie Andre and her family, and the article about Dr. Steven Meek's winning a "best doctor" recognition from Prevention Magazine. What I liked best was your not only reporting it but the details as to why he was nominated and won.
I realize that in all three of these cases, it was the detailed reporting that left me with strong feelings, good and bad. Producing strong feelings is probably what sells newspapers, but please for the sake of decency, try to refrain from "informing" the public with abhorrent details.
Judy Miller
Salina