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  • Local Paper No Place for Fearmongering

    Mark Melvin, Seeley Lake, Mont.|Jul 28, 2016
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    SEELEY LAKE - I’m writing about the July 14th issue of the Pathfinder. I was rather disturbed to see the prominent black box of divisive fearmongering on the second page. And the text next to it was equally inflammatory. There is a huge difference between an opinion and panicked, xenophobic ranting (including a rather glaring strawman fallacy, among other things). I understand it’s a letters-to-the-editor section but as a media institution I believe you have a responsibility to distribute information, not fear. Placing that message in blo...