RE: “Cerritos and Union
Negotiations Stalemated” (4-22)
Note: Letter sent to LCCN from
AFSCME publicity representative
The story that you ran on Friday was slanted by any standard.
City employees deserve to be heard and your community newspaper has an obligation to provide fair and balanced coverage -- which it has not. If we are to build any trust, if you want access to news and information that is important for your readers, then you will publish these letters (Editor's note: the two published previous to this letter) immediately in your online version. This is the least you can do now. If you will print it, I will additionally submit an editorial representing the employee view that was entirely absent in your coverage, and we can discuss scheduling that.
The information and facts that your reporter was provided by us over countless hours and days did not even appear in print -- instead, the Mayor was given unlimited access to "respond" -- from literally the very first paragraph, before even our viewpoint was relayed to your readers (you need not read beyond even the lead for evidence of your bias).
Again, if you want to restore a reputation for journalistic integrity, please let me know your intentions on the Letters to the Editor today. We are waiting for your answer. I will be the point person on labor-related stories from now on.
I will gladly share additional news and valuable information that we have been collecting, once I know your newspaper can be trusted to print fair stories.
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