Letter: Media not problem with RV parks quote

The most recent example is Beaufort County Board of Education member Evva Anderson's statement, "If anyone in this room believes that someone driving an RV is not a pedophile or a criminal -- I'm not saying they all are -- but pedophiles like to hide out in RV parks and places like that."

She now says the media misrepresented her words and intentions "just to draw interest" and asks the recipients of her e-mail to be the judge "if the intent was to slam RV owners ..."

Fortunately for us in the public and unfortunately for her, only she knows what her actual intent was in using the words she did. We can only assume she meant exactly what the words she chose conveyed. In my opinion, her intent was to attempt to put a scare into the public with words that had no basis in fact. If her intent was otherwise, I would think she would have chosen other words.

Only Evva Anderson is to blame for any "public flogging" she has received as a result of her statement. She needs to take full responsibility for the words and for any aftermath they caused. The media only printed what she said. Where exactly is the media misrepresentation?

Michael F. Vezeau

This story was originally published January 24, 2016 at 6:35 PM with the headline "Letter: Media not problem with RV parks quote."