Ah, the Deseret News. Such a schizophrenic newspaper. On the one hand, owned by one of the most conservative religious groups on the planet, yet wedded to promulgating the most "liberal" news stories in existence by sourcing ALL its national, international news from Associated Press, whose authors NEVER fail to show their liberal, political biases.
A clear example is Wednesday editorial pages. A piece by Lois Collins (“Pining for at least the pretense of civility in this crazy world," June 7) was a good article, yet on the very front page of the same section, we have a large photograph depicting a young man grabbing/holding on to his "stuff." Right there. In your face. Giving a sense of normality to such behavior, if nothing else. This is at least connected to civility, though more in the realm of decorum, but the two cross over each other and are intertwined.
I couldn’t help but think Collins was making a subtle remark about Trump with her “whatever sludge comes to mind” comment — probably because she was oblivious that Trump’s remarks and gestures regarding Judge Curiel, Megyn Kelly, Serge Kovaleski, etc., were misconstrued, misrepresented and amplified in the mainstream media ad nauseam.
Then just above Collins' commentary in the print edition of the Deseret News, we have Sen. Mike Lee's excellent piece telling us why Trump’s decision for keeping us out of the Paris Climate Accord was the right thing to do. But of course, in keeping with the schizophrenic orientation of the paper, the editors couldn’t help but print the "Climate Change" cartoon depicting the opposite conclusion about this event.
So, no, this isn’t so much about the Deseret News' editorials and commentary, but Wednesday's paper just seemed to highlight for me the rather strange position the Deseret News finds itself in. It’s very confused about its readership and mission and is far, far from being able to fulfill the elevated mission outlined for it by Mr. Wilks.
Brad Larsen
Bountiful