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Typing “Trump’s economic speech disrupted by protests”, the title of an Aug. 9, 2016, article in our Daily Bee, reveals the exact text on the cns.com web page and the article’s author, Kathleen Ronayne, a young aspiring AP reporter in New Hampshire who has several articles on the Salon.com website. Ms Ronayne’s articles do not appear to have any particular political lean and much as the most recent Bee article are particularly matter-of-fact. The Daily Bee staff should have fully attributed Ms Ronayne’s authorship and the source from which her article was extracted. The reporter is trying to start her career in journalism and news organizations should “give credit where credit is due.”

That said, the article made no mention of any details from Mr. Trump’s “economic speech,” but concentrated only on the disrupters inside and outside the venue. Perhaps that is how Ms. Ronayne seeks to affect the viewpoints of citizens this political season. Ignore the facts and over-dramatize discord. The Daily Bee should stay out of the muck and be as a-political as any news organization really can be. That can start with thorough and fair reporting of every candidate’s positions and proposals (if provided) and avoidance of “pandering to lurid curiosity.” The upcoming political season may be putrid and vile, but the Daily Bee can provide an example of solid, fair and accurate leadership.

JEREMY CONLIN

Cocolalla