PEORIA, IL -- Of all the crazy things the Peoria Journal Star does from laying off its top reporters to tolerating carriers who toss the newspaper in the flowerbed, , here's one that readers really, really hate: editing letters to the editor.
Activist Terry Knapp is the PJS's latest victim. And instead of growling to friends, he asked to get the full letter published. He said many friends worked with him on the letter, and it deserves to be read. So in the interest of free speech, here it is:
Karma IN The Air
An editorial in support of the 2019 Missouri Valley Tournament Champion and NCAA Tournament MVC Representative Bradley Braves basketball program.
According to Buddha : "Believe in nothing, no matter where you read it or who said it, unless it agrees with your own common sense." What has gone on recently with the Bradley Braves basketball team and its hometown media just makes no sense. Remember BU coaches and administration, people who belittle and demean you, criticize and insult you, pick you apart, and judge you, are the most negative and toxic people alive. Then when you stand up for yourself and fight back, they tell others that you are the toxic one. They act insulted and say this because they can't stand it when you no longer allow them to run all over you, and treat you like trash. They can't admit their own horrible behavior, so they try to make it look like you're the bad guy. We all know that "blowing out someone else's candle doesn't make yours shine any brighter", yet they have tried to do just that.
Confucius said "people who know the least, seem to know it the loudest", but even I know that saying something louder, doesn't make it any more right!
In Peoria IL and around this great country of ours, Media often think they can slander you and get away with it under the protection of our first amendment. Media should realize what goes around comes around. Bob Knight said "all of us learned to write in the second grade, most of us go on to greater things" and I am starting to think he may be right when I observe what has gone on between the Peoria Journal Star and Bradley University lately.
The above things having been said:
I want to thank Coach Brian Wardle and Athletic Director Chris Reynolds for their commitment to the students and athletes of Bradley University, Too bad these two guys didn't have more support from the Peoria Journal Star, their own administration and some others in the Peoria Community at large.
Terry Knapp and a few fans
Compare it with the letter printed in the newspaper on March 25, 2019.
The paragraph about Buddha got cut.
Well this is not the worst sin of the PJS, which actually does a pretty good job of covering the basic news, given the cuts to the newsroom staff. But Knapp was furious, since he and others worked on the letter. The "fans" didn't even get credit in the signature. Oh well,....
-- Elaine Hopkins
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