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252: Metro Brawls and The Washington Post
The following letter appeared in The Washington Post, A-section, 21 August 2010:
Metro brawl coverage discouraged candor about race
Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander noted on Sunday that “Although The Post’s coverage . . . did not specify the racial makeup of those involved” in the Aug. 6 fracas on the subway, “many readers assumed they were black and offered racially insensitive online comments” ["Brawl on the Metro: Where was the coverage?" Aug. 15].
Well, if The Post won’t report the facts, readers are bound to make assumptions.
If The Post finds some of the resulting assumptions distasteful, then The Post will just have to start telling readers the truth. This applies to race just as much as it applies to anything else.
– Terence Kuch, Falls Church
