Having Fun At Phil Valentine's Expense

(From the international terminal of LAX)

I used to write letters to the Tennessean fairly often, and at one point I got published around once a month. People sometimes ask me why I don't really do it anymore, and it's because I began to realize how futile it was. However, Phil Valentine's Sunday column was too easy to pick apart to NOT write a letter about it:

To the Editor:

I agree completely with Phil Valentine’s column about how the mainstream media are deliberately burying the story first broken by the National Enquirer of allegations of John Edwards’ infidelity. There have been several other stories broken by the Enquirer in the past few years that other media have completely ignored, further proving their bias.

According to what I read the last time I was in the checkout line at Publix, the Enquirer has it on good authority that President Bush has relapsed into his alcoholism and is having an affair with Condoleezza Rice, both of which have destroyed his marriage to first lady Laura Bush. I am outraged that the media have chosen to bury this sensational story.

After all, as Valentine says, it doesn’t matter whether the story is true or not, only that the allegation has been made.

Ilissa Gold Nashville 37221