A Sibby Online reader had the same problem I had. His letter was not published and instead put online, but he could not find it. He forwarded the Argus Leader’s editorial page editor Chuck Baldwin’s reply:
Yes, you missed something - and it's not your fault. Back in June (I think), I wrote a column explaining our problems with space and election letters.The first letters to be moved online were those that were "anti" - anti-Daschle, anti-Thune, anti-Bush, anti-Kerry, etc. Those letters that explained why people should vote FOR a candidate rather than AGAINST a candidate would be selected for the print edition first.
That soon fell apart with the crush of letters and many "pro" letters also were published online.
The confusion is that there are two places for letters. The link to letters from the editorial page link gives you the letters that were published in the newspaper.
However, there's also a link from out political page - that's where election letters are going. It made sense. I'm sorry you didn't know about that.
Chuck
I sent the same question to the Argus Leader blog last week. Since they did not provide an answer to my question on their blog, I decided to provide their answer on my blog.
Here is the link to where the Argus Leader puts their rejected letters. I still can't find mine, and the reader who sent me Chuck's explanation can't find his neither. I guess they are lost forever. Some service.
To be intellectually honest, the rejected letters do come from both sides of the isle. But I argue those that I disagree with also should have been printed in the print edition of the paper. I also wonder why the truth was not a factor in deciding which letters to reject?
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