POLITICS: The BBC’s shameful edit and more: Letters

Shame on the BBC

I was born and raised in the United Kingdom when everyone had complete faith and trust in the BBC as an impartial broadcaster. Sadly, I have witnessed its decline into a mouthpiece for the left (“Edited out at BBC,” Nov. 10).

The old guard was replaced by a younger generation that has no qualms in pushing its own views on the public. The time has come to stop its public funding in the same way President Trump is withdrawing funds from PBS and NPR.

Ephraim Aminoff

Great Neck

In-flight disservice

I am rooting for Matias Ferreira to win his lawsuit against Delta and the ignorant staff member who ousted him from the exit row seat (“Airing grievance,” Nov. 11).

What a disservice to all our brave veterans. Any of us would choose to call on Ferreira should there be an emergency. Going forward, I will not choose to fly Delta. Their staff are no more equipped to assist, except to show us how to use an oxygen mask, than they are to save anyone. Thank you, Mr. Ferreira for your service and bravery.

Donna Skjeveland

Holbrook

The real ‘fascists’

UC Berkeley protesters ironically tried to shut down free speech while shouting “fascist” at others (“Antifa swarms TPUSA,” Nov. 12).

Rather than foster a dialogue inside, they resorted to violence outside to prevent people from participating in discourse. That act is the definition of fascism.

The violent protesters need to do more than take a simple look in the mirror and go brush up on real history. Then they can go pick up a mic and debate. Once upon a time, Berkeley was known for that.

Deirdre Harvey

Valley Stream

Drug-use dangers

Naomi Schaefer Riley hit the nail on the head with her article about the danger of destigmatizing drug use (“Up in smoke,” Postscript, Nov. 9)

I’m a recovery advocate and own a small sober-living home for ladies in Bergen County. Last week was my 24-year sober anniversary, and Riley’s article was a gift. This destigmatizing trend, along with other well-meaning but ultimately harmful societal shifts, seem to be about money, not human lives.

Lisa Gladwell

River Edge, NJ

Gavin’s failures

Joel Pollak’s column on Gavin Newsom rightly holds the state’s Democratic leaders to account for their failures to assist in rebuilding fire-ravaged areas or implement proven, common-sense policies to help prevent future wildfires (“Gavin’s Victory Lap Leaves Cali Behind,” PostOpinion, Nov. 11).

But Newsom and his party’s failures go far beyond abandoning victims of the recent fires.

In fact, it is some of the constituencies that Democrats like to claim as their own which are bearing the heaviest burden from Newsom’s policies.

Issues like education, homelessness and poverty are the very problems Democrats claim the moral high ground on. Yet, on Newsom’s watch, every one has worsened, and the state he runs has some of the worst results in the country.

Jim Trageser

San Marcos, Calif.

Sub slinger let go

There are certainly good reasons to oppose Donald Trump’s xenophobic anti-immigration policies. But throwing something at an innocent federal agent is just as bad as assaulting a doctor who performs abortions if you don’t agree with abortion-on-demand (“Cold cut him a break,” Nov. 7).

John Francis-Fox

Sunnyside

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