Overheard on the Web, and other Web links From The Herald's Research Editor
Monday, October 18, 2004
Meddling?
Britain's Guardian newspaper started a campaign last week to have UK residents write letters to citizens of Clark County, Ohio, to express their opinion on how the results of the U.S. election will affect people abroad. Today The Guardian's Website publishes letters from Americans to the Guardian reacting to the project. It's not pretty. Too many of these letters are insulting. Here's part of a mild one:
Keep your noses out of our business. As I recall we kicked your asses out of our country back in 1776. We do not require input from losers and idiots on who we vote for in our own country.
Note, if you're offended by profanity, don't read more. Some of these letters are really crude.
And Americans wonder why people don't like us abroad. How sad.
Operation Clark County. posted by liz at 9:05 AM
Elisabeth (Liz) Donovan was a Herald librarian for 10 years, and Research Editor for 13 years. She came to The Herald in 1981, following several years at the
Washington Post. She started blogging in 2000, with a news research blog, followed by the blog at Herald.com in 2003. A frequent speaker and writer on news research, she was honored in 2004 by the
News Division of the Special Libraries Association for her contributions to
the field.
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