Letter to the editor: Overblown

To the editor:

A video goes viral. It has sensational content — 10 words out of a 50-plus word quote. The 10 words become the headline in large bold letters in the Journal-World. Phillip Lowcock did not for a minute have the intent of doing harm to anyone. He was venting some frustration, in an improper way given the venue.

His comment cannot be compared to, say, death threats to election officials. It seems that Lowcock could easily be the target of such attacks with the sensationalism that the Journal-World has exhibited.

Steve Pierce,

Baldwin City