[Lorianne]

This is a serious, blatant and outrageous encroachment on freedom of speech and no newspaper in this country has the authority to limit editorial or opinion content based on their own PERSONAL set of opinions. No, it is NOT an encroachment on the 1st Ammendment. Editorials are the opinions of the media source's owner or manager. That is what an editorial is! 1A restricts the GOVERNMENT from censorship. Not newspapers or private individuals (who may happen to own a newspaper. So many people do not understand the 1st Amendment.

[phenn]

I respectfully disagree, Lorianne. Not when they INVITE commentary and submissions from readers, then cherry-pick those that reflect their own beliefs. There is a drop off there. It is either a public forum or it is not.

[russesjunjee]

The prejudice of the ST. Pete Times goes way beyond their editorial section...Just take a browse through their archives and you'll see what I mean.

Any media that is not one hundred percent objective is.....

PROPAGANDA!

Propaganda: False or biased information that is fed to the public by individuals or groups of people who wish to subvert the public consciousness and bend it to their will.

Propaganda hog swallop like the St. Pete Times spews out is the reason half the people in this country have been lulled into a state of zombie-like false security.

The truth is out there, but you aint gonna find it in the St. Pete times.