Minnesota Monitor | Star Tribune
David Hanners admits that asking another paper to fire a columnist -- the Strib's
Katherine Kersten, in this case -- "is a grave step and one I don't take lightly...but on a professional level, when Kersten [writes] stuff like this, it reflects upon all of us who have to go out there day after day and try to get people to talk to us for stories." The Pioneer Press reporter adds: "While columnists should be granted wide latitude in expressing opinion, they -- like reporters -- have to maintain fidelity to facts." ||
Kersten writes: "I'm reviled on a daily basis as the poorest excuse for a journalist since ... well, since there was journalism."
