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Letter: Cartoons no place for politics

A recent cartoon strip (Gil Thorp) has a character calling statements of “fake news” reporting “the new last refuge of a scoundrel.”

Since children are often the readers of cartoons, I’m sure the liberal-leaning population is delighted to see this obvious political opinion instilled upon our youth.

Cartoons should stick to being entertaining and non-political. There certainly is such a thing as “fake news,” just as there is such a thing as “biased news,” and both are far too prevalent in today’s reporting.

Donald Fredericks

Bluffton

This story was originally published April 18, 2017 at 11:46 AM with the headline "Letter: Cartoons no place for politics."

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