Herald puts too much focus on negative news
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As a business owner, I read a newspaper from time to time that is delivered to my local business. Two recent headlines were examples of journalism at its worst. The two articles were about a politician who swore at a guard (“Sutherland to pay $2.5K to settle ethics violation complaint,” The Herald, Jan. 6) and a former deputy charged with theft from a local merchant (“Snohomish County deputy charged with felony theft from Home Depot,” The Herald, Jan. 5). As if reporting and editors’ reviews aren’t already tasteless and meaningless, to report these two articles as lead stories is an embarrassment to The Herald and another attempt to decry any form of leadership; left or right.