This is perhaps why you wrongly stated that the article was published in the Daily Mail, a newspaper for which I have never written so much as a semicolon.

ECONOMIST: Letters

As a former newspaper reporter, I have always been an observer of life around me.

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Personally, I think the Chicago Tribune has worked hard to reinvent itself as a modern newspaper serving Chicagoland and I hope I played a small role in helping them achieve what they have done in a short period of time.

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May you have a prosperous and peaceful fall and I hope we meet again on the pages of this august newspaper.

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While I accept that all too often they are driven by market forces, broadcasters and newspaper proprietors have a duty to inform their audience with the widest range of news and views possible.

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But I have a very strong feeling that it will become accepted, normal, as the internet makes the US newspaper business one national market in a way that the UK has been for a century now.

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"I have my doubts about the existence of Chavismo without Chavez, " leading opposition figure Henrique Capriles told a Spanish newspaper in January.

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"I won't say numbers, but I've given over seven figures, and like a lot of people who have done the same, I support Tim Pernetti, " Wheeler told the newspaper.

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In the case of a newspaper, trade publication or radio interview conducted over the phone, I strongly recommend that you have your three message points typed up on a piece of paper in front of you.

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