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Copwatch attack was libelous, cowardice
Lisa Pascopella
Berkeley
Thursday January 31, 2002
Editor:
As a regular reader of the Berkeley Daily Planet, I am shocked by the printing in its pages yesterday of a libelous anonymous letter, “South Berkeley resident speaks out on Cop Watch.”
Publishing anonymous letters to the editor is unacceptable journalistic practice in violation of your printed policy.
What is yet more unacceptable is the inflammatory statement that “the author’s name has been withheld from this letter for her safety.”
Why would the editor allow this libelous statement to accompany a libelous letter directed at Copwatch?
There are two possibilities: 1. Oversight; or 2. Intentional libel Which is it?
Lisa Pascopella
Berkeley
