Not All Farmers Are Defiant

YOUR article entitled 'Farmers clique defiant' of June 10 does not seem to be in the best interest of the whole matter.

While I realise that you rely on sensationalist stories to sell

your paper, you must also realise your influence on public opinion

and the responsibility that comes with it.

I find that if you are to highlight the fact that a group of

farmers are defiant about land reform, you should at least

highlight the other part of the story just as well, i.e.

 

that the farmers are everything but united in this defiant

approach.

 

That, to me, is a very vital piece of information, which is lost

to people just reading the first couple of paragraphs.

 

In fact, very few people read complete articles.

 

In essence, you are adding more dynamite to a time bomb, and

that is not in the interest of anybody, I believe.

 

Unless you can convince me otherwise? The Afrikaans daily

published a far more balanced article that included most

information that you published plus more.

 

Siegfried Herholdt

Via e-mail

 

I find that if you are to highlight the fact that a group of

farmers are defiant about land reform, you should at least

highlight the other part of the story just as well, i.e.that the

farmers are everything but united in this defiant approach.That, to

me, is a very vital piece of information, which is lost to people

just reading the first couple of paragraphs.In fact, very few

people read complete articles.In essence, you are adding more

dynamite to a time bomb, and that is not in the interest of

anybody, I believe.Unless you can convince me otherwise? The

Afrikaans daily published a far more balanced article that included

most information that you published plus more.Siegfried

Herholdt

Via e-mail

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