Column was offensive

By Lethbridge Herald on January 11, 2023.

Editor:

Having a local newspaper is important to a city the size of Lethbridge. 

That’s why I have been a subscriber for decades.

Vigorous debate is one thing. However, if I want to read Fox News, I can choose to do that. 

I don’t expect to see a feature article like “Your 2023 guide to Newspeak” on the Herald editorial page. This is an article which ends a long list of offensive definitions with a definition of “Zelensky”: “A noun and a verb. Both mean surrender.” 

If this is satire, writer Bruce Dowbiggin has failed. Mr. Dowbiggin won a Gemini award for sports writing and he should stick to his sports beat. If this is serious journalism, you have failed by printing it. 

Leslie Lavers

Lethbridge