Emerald makes

people ignorant
I’m a reader of your magazine (sic), mostly out of boredom at the bus stop, but a reader nonetheless. I’m routinely amazed at your inability to print things that actually matter.
Let me point to your April 22 edition to explain my point. This was the pinnacle of useless reporting. Eighty percent of the front page was taken up by an article on the school cafeteria (“Rub a dub grub”). We’re not in a news vacuum, and the reporting on the cafeteria was one more example of why the public is so ignorant.
On Page 6, the Emerald covered Michael Moore’s visit to the University (“Political satirist pokes fun at some ‘stupid white men’”). Moore is a person whose political views parallel those of many University students and, furthermore, is working to expose political wastes, government cover-ups and corruption. In his book, “Stupid White Men,” he has a chapter on how stupid Americans are. Yet, the Emerald put him on Page 6, next to pizza coupons, classified ads and crossword solutions.
The Emerald is contributing to the ignorance of America by not reporting on news that is important.
I’m not saying students don’t eat, but in our society, where most of our time is spent watching sitcoms and mind-numbing television for hours on end, can the Emerald report on something important for us to read while we wait for the bus?

Landon Tucker

Eugene