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Newspapers have an obligation to present the facts

Your newspaper carried a column in your Jan. 9 edition by Jeffrey Greene of Presque Isle. I am bothered that your usually insightful publication has elected to propagate such drivel which has repeatedly been rejected by the courts.

Mr. Greene reports what is happening simultaneously in three states; the “logical” conclusion is that he was not present at all of these events and only reports what he has read, probably in online chatrooms. Given “wrongdoing” in three states, he projects this as “had been added to the count in six battleground states.” Mr. Spock, he is not.

He cites various “witnesses testified.” To me, this means nothing. In my 10-year battle with the courts, I have been sent several obviously incorrect responses; a case manager for the federal court in Bay City swore that an order of the court was mailed on Feb. 5, 2016, but the postmark was Feb. 22, 2016; a clerk at the U.S. Supreme Court returned by petition for writ of certiorari as received two months late, when my records showed it was received on time.

I will not try to challenge all his claims, just the claim that at the Detroit Vote Center, more votes were cast than there were registered voters. IF — and this is a big IF — this were true, this would be evidence of wrongdoing, but the numbers were never presented because they never were; just more misinformation to feed the fire. Hitler stated that if you tell a big lie often enough, people will believe it.

Why did you increase the type size? A rhetorical question: to draw attention to it! Everyone has a right to express his or her opinion, but the media has an obligation to present factual information, not unfounded conjecture. You have lost all my respect.

LARRY MEITZNER,

Rogers City

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