Letters to the Editor

I used to get a subscription to the Yated Neeman. I received the magazine for around two years and then cancelled my subscription. I cancelled the subscription for several reasons. One of them being the "Letters to the Editor" section.

The following is the Letter to the Editor policy of a typical newspaper.

“...welcomes letters of up to 250 words. The editor reserves the right to reject letters or edit for clarity, brevity, good taste and accuracy, and to prevent libel. No poetry, attacks on private individuals, or letter-writing campaigns, please. Due to the volume of mail, writers are asked to limit submissions to one letter every two weeks. Include a phone number where you can be reached during the day. For mailed or fax submissions, you must sign the letter.”

From my research it seems that most newspapers have a similar policy.

Doesn't the Yated understand that they do not need to publish every single letter that they receive? Don't they understand that they are entitled and probably obligated to edit the content of the letters that they do publish? If some ingrate is put out because his FIL asks him to say a vort, who cares. Why publish that? To be honest, why respond. I equally don't understand why so many people respond to the drivel published by the Yated.

Every few weeks some dummy writes a letter that causes brouhaha and a flurry of fiery responses. Unfortunately, most of the times the brouhaha is about a non-issue.