I was rather interested to peruse Jacob George deLyra’s recent communication (“Forecaster guilty of practicing cancel culture,” April 8). From his utilization of the terms – “cancel culture,” “fake news” and “left-leaning media” – he himself is guilty of perpetuating the same misleading entities which he is against. Point in question. Mr. deLyra issued a […]
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Letter: Balentine column not a loss, reader response is
John Balentine’s opinions are no longer published in various editions of The Forecaster. One could rightly argue that not having his “views” from only one side of the political spectrum is a loss to and for the community. However, if truth, compassion, empathy and decency are to be valued in our society as the foundation […]
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Letter: Forecaster should stop printing Balentine’s inaccuracies
In Mr. Balentine’s opinion piece from Feb. 10 (“Here’s Something: COVID lockdown story points to media’s failings”), he references a “newly released study overseen by an economics professor at Johns Hopkins University” and uses this study to continue to push the false claim that the lockdowns have been “next to useless.” It is very important […]
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Letter: Statistics refute Balentine’s COVID lockdown claims
The title of the opinion piece “COVID lockdown story points to media’s failings” (Here’s Something by John Balentine, Feb. 2) is an interesting choice of words for an editorial piece that professes to be factual. The “working study” referenced purports that “lockdowns” only reduced deaths by two-tenths of 1%. This claim is demonstratively false. Please […]
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Letter: Basis of Balentine column bogus at best
Balentine claims that a “Johns Hopkins study” reviewing “thousands” of research articles showed that shutdowns had no effect on COVID deaths (“Here’s Something: COVID lockdown story points to media’s failings,” Feb. 11). The study is not a Johns Hopkins study. The lead author is a part-time professor there and a senior fellow at the Cato […]
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Letter: Balentine should be more inclusive, not divisive
To John Balentine, I found your Feb. 9 column, “COVID lockdown story points to media failings,” misleading, lacking integrity and indicative of a type of writing that spreads misinformation. Your editorial suggests that because the media as a whole did not focus on a certain “John Hopkins study” this indicates the failure of media as […]
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Letter: Balentine inadvertently makes case for BLM
If ever there were an argument to explain the need for Black Lives Matter, it would be The Forecaster column by John Balentine (“Here’s Something: BLM should learn to be more like MLK,” Jan. 17), whether Balentine purposefully chose to provoke a response or inadvertently illustrated precisely why Black Americans should never quit being aggressive […]
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Letter: Balentine’s attacks on governor without merit
In his column on the ineffectiveness of COVID lockdowns, Mr. Balentine relies on a study that he acknowledges is not peer-reviewed (“Here’s Something: COVID lockdown story points to media’s failings,” Feb. 9). That study may or may not be persuasive when tested by peers. However, Mr. Balentine’s attacks on Gov. Mills’ attempts – based inevitably […]
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Letter: Source of Balentine’s COVID-media column misleading
John Balentine got one thing right (a new personal record for him) in the COVID lockdown story that points to the media’s failings (“Here’s Something: COVID lockdown story points to media’s failings,” Feb. 9). He’s right, I hadn’t heard of the explosive relevance of a Johns Hopkins study disproving the effectiveness of vaccines and masking. […]
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Here’s Something: COVID lockdown story points to media’s failings
A newly released study overseen by an economics professor at Johns Hopkins University comes to the same conclusion that many have been saying for the duration of the pandemic – lockdowns are unprecedented government overreach and next to useless. The study, released last week, found that government-imposed lockdowns and shelter-in-place emergency orders in the early […]