To the editor:
“Bad apples” come in all forms, including columnists
I Publius (Alan Chartock) recently wrote a column on police corruption and good and bad apples. It comes in different forms such as restaurants giving food to an officer, he said.
It may apply in other ways. If a restaurateur feeds a columnist, there can often be an ulterior motive of wanting the columnist to give some positive attention to that place of business. If this is true, someone should look into it. Some of this inherent corruption will never be overcome, but years ago the Eagle put an end to this kind of favoritism and brought in a new crew of fine columnists and no bad apples.
These folks have a lot of power and sometimes it’s used in “arbitrary and capricious” ways.
This corruption concept applies to public radio, too. That’s why in radio land, our own WSBS is the best in New England. It has fine and courageous leadership.
Polls show that public trust in the media needs to be restored. Bad apples finally need to fall from the tree.
William R. Walsh Jr.
Great Barrington
The writer is the recently retired Great Barrington Police Chief.
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