{"id":526800,"date":"2022-12-14T02:42:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T23:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/letters-to-the-editor-dec-14-2022\/"},"modified":"2022-12-14T02:42:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T23:42:16","slug":"letters-to-the-editor-dec-14-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/letters-to-the-editor-dec-14-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"#Letters to the Editor \u2014 Dec. 14, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e500ac312\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e500ac312\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/letters-to-the-editor-dec-14-2022\/#%E2%80%9CLetters_to_the_Editor_%E2%80%94_Dec_14_2022%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Letters to the Editor \u2014 Dec. 14, 2022&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/letters-to-the-editor-dec-14-2022\/#The_Issue_Miranda_Devines_column_on_the_lack_of_media_coverage_of_Twitters_censorship_of_The_Post\" >The Issue: Miranda Devine\u2019s column on the lack of media coverage of Twitter\u2019s censorship of The Post.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CLetters_to_the_Editor_%E2%80%94_Dec_14_2022%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Letters to the Editor \u2014 Dec. 14, 2022&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/MEGA925803_006-e1670972065952.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Issue_Miranda_Devines_column_on_the_lack_of_media_coverage_of_Twitters_censorship_of_The_Post\"><\/span><strong>The Issue: Miranda Devine\u2019s column on the lack of media coverage of Twitter\u2019s censorship of The Post.<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Miranda Devine encapsulates everything in one paragraph: \u201cIf anything is an existential threat to democracy, it is Big Tech\u2019s assault on free speech, in service to one side of politics and under the instruction of intelligence operatives determined to rig elections against recalcitrant Republicans. In fact, the lead agency tasked with election security, the FBI, is revealed as a prime culprit\u201d (\u201cMedia \u2018silence\u2019 on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> shameful,\u201d Dec. 12).<\/p>\n<p>This one paragraph details how many areas of power in this country colluded with each other to oust former President Donald Trump and now the \u201cMAGA Republicans\u201d in the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>I foolishly thought we elect our politicians to protect and promote Untied States citizens and interests.<\/p>\n<p>The true horror of this is we no longer have any watchdogs. Checks and balances no longer exist.<\/p>\n<p><em>Robert Fishman<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Somers<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk\u2019s housecleaning at Twitter is striking a much-needed blow for freedom from censorship.<\/p>\n<p>What Twitter, Facebook and Google have gotten away with is despicable. Hopefully, the GOP-controlled House will address these practices and hold the people responsible to account.<\/p>\n<p>The media decided to not to report <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> that reflected poorly on Joe and Hunter Biden. What is our country coming to? Bless you, Mr. Musk.<\/p>\n<p><em>Myron Hecker<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>New City<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The so-called mainstream media is determined to ignore events and issues that reflect poorly on Democratic governance.<\/p>\n<p>There was very little reporting in The New York Times, Washington Post or other papers concerning the internal communications disclosed by Elon Musk showing Twitter\u2019s deliberate effort, in conjunction with the FBI, to bury and delegitimize the Hunter Biden laptop story.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>In \u201c1984,\u201d George Orwell predicted the ominous subjugation of the truth to the power interests of the state. The mainstream media is deeply complicit in fulfilling this frightening prophesy.<\/p>\n<p><em>Marc E. Kasowitz<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Manhattan<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens to America\u2019s democracy when the vast majority of the media act as the propaganda arm of one of our political parties?<\/p>\n<p>What happens when they\u2019re joined in their perfidy by the giant social-media companies that censor the news, so that the Democratic presidential nominee can hide potential corruption with foreign countries and can remain in his basement during the campaign?<\/p>\n<p>What happens to democracy when the FBI, whose job it is to protect our elections, instead interferes in them to advance the fortunes of the Democratic Party?<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats ran in the midterms on the slogan, \u201cDemocracy is on the ballot.\u201d They were right \u2014 and when the Democrats won, democracy lost. <\/p>\n<p><em>Steve Heitner<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Middle Island<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Miranda Devine\u2019s blistering examination of major media\u2019s greatest transgression \u2014 its refusal to carry essential breaking news stories that expose the corruption of President Biden &amp; Co. \u2014 is her credential for a Pulitzer Prize.<\/p>\n<p>When we read a banner like \u201cAll the news that\u2019s fit to print\u201d that trumpets the bona fides of a major news organization, but then that organization refuses to expose and discuss the vulnerability of a compromised president and his son, we recognize Devine\u2019s contribution to full disclosure and truth-telling.<\/p>\n<p>America demands truth and the exposure of fraud and corruption by those we choose as leaders. When those people engage in potentially criminal behavior, and their media allies refuse to disclose the truth, our system fails. <\/p>\n<p><em>Rich Klitzberg<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Boca Raton, Fla.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around, does it make a sound?<\/p>\n<p>If evidence spills out connecting Twitter and the FBI in hiding critical information from the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> public prior to a presidential election and the mainstream media ignores the story, has democracy been undermined? <\/p>\n<p><em>Robert Semel<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Brooklyn<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Want to weigh in on today\u2019s stories? Send your thoughts (along with your full name and city of residence) to letters@nypost.com. 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