Possible letter

[ChickMagic]

I'm thinking of sending this letter to the Dallas Morning News. I would appreciate any and all constructive criticism. Here goes:

An open letter to reporters

Do my eyes deceive me? Has the media shaken off its honeymoon cloak and witnessed the world as it really is? The recent admission by Judith Miller of the New York Times stating that the media didn’t do their job before the war in Iraq seems to have rattled some cages.

What the media needs to understand is this: Our entire administration is one party rule. The executive, judicial, and legislative branches are completely under the control of the extremist right wing. I understand that the media has no desire to be cut off by the White House but they have been derelict in their duty. You all need to be careful or your job will be a copy of Winston’s in George Orwell’s 1984. Do you really want to sit around and clip out bits of truth only to shove them down the memory hole?

The only safeguard we unwashed citizens have against tyranny is a free press. You are supposed to be the watchdogs and you’ve been behaving like lapdogs. With scandals breaking nearly daily, we need information in order to be informed voters. The White House can blackball a single reporter, but they can’t blackball everyone. Get to work! All of you!