Andrew Kleske: Why do some letters make the cut and other do not? [Opinion]
is the reader outreach editor and a member of The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board. Email him a 150-word letter at [email protected]
No subject, be it the width of parking spaces at the mall, the size of type on consumer packaging or “kids these days” is too small a topic for letter writers. They are a creative bunch, and we are happy to receive every letter, but they can’t all get into The San Diego Union-Tribune. At least not the print version. There are a number of reasons for this beyond our policy that letters be, but the leading ones are space limitations, suitability for a local newspaper and timing constraints.
Sometimes the news of the day is moving so quickly, the window to write closes as the story has changed or the world has moved on to a new chapter. Instead we post as many online letters as possible in a timely fashion, as was the case with the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on abortion, the shootings, the assault on the U.S. Capitol and any number of other breaking news events. Then we populate the print edition with letters that are more reflective and have a longer shelf life.
Similarly, we sometimes get what we call “AstroTurf,” a blast of letters about a certain candidate, topic or business — identified as such because they contain the same lines featured in cut-and-paste fashion from some template that’s been circulated among the faithful. In this case, too, we may pick a representative letter or we may reach out to one writer to see if he or she can put the message in his or her own words.
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