Mea Culpa

Have you ever been driving down the street and you see a sign where a word has been spelled incorrectly? Or, you're reading a menu in a restaurant and you see a misspelled word? It drives you crazy, right? This past week alone I've received notes from activities my children are involved in where pageant was spelled "paegent" and Israel was spelled "Isreal." But what do you normally do? The answer is nothing, because you realize it was a simple mistake and you don't want to embarrass the person. who made it.

However, that's not the case when a mistake is made on television. Due to the joyous efficiency of the internet ,we get to hear about every mistake we make immediately . Not only that, but the critic has the ability to make their comment with veritable anonymity. Imagine what it would be like if strangers on the street continually pointed out your flaws multiple times throughout the day- corrected your grammar, let you know when a hair was out of place and called attention to your slips of the tongue. After awhile it can become disheartening. But at the same time being in the public eye opens us up to public criticism. Some of it revolves around mistakes, other criticism involves people disagreeing with the way we cover a story. My rule of thumb is that as long as you don't use obscenity or personal threats, I will read your letter and respond to you, even if I disagree.