To the editors:
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Last week’s “What a Waste!” by Harold Henderson was garbage masquerading as journalism [September 28]. First, Henderson blatantly attempts to discredit Illinois’ environmentalists and grassroots groups (disparagingly referred to as “environmentalists of the not-in-my-backyard persuasion”). It is the job of the journalist (or so I thought) to present issues in an unbiased manner, especially those as complicated and contentious as the solid waste disposal problem. Henderson is in no position to print uninformed opinions like: “Wouldn’t this have been a good place for the environmentalists to declare victory and shake hands, instead of continuing to duke it out with the alleged villains?”
It only takes one phone call to verify the facts. I hope in the future Henderson makes that call and that the Reader refrains from printing this kind of “trashy” journalism.
