Two Sides to Every Story

President Trump

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

Washington DC 20500 

18 February 2017

Dear President Trump,  

There are two sides to every story. If I only look at things from my own point of view, it can be hard to see why others disagree with me. This is why it is essential to surround myself-- and for you to surround yourself-- with different voices and opinions, with different viewpoints and people of different backgrounds. I know this is something you say you value as well-- in your inauguration speech, you said, "We must speak our minds openly, debate our disagreements honestly, but always pursue solidarity." 

I am worried that you are forgetting what you said. You constantly and consistently bash any news outlets that print anything non-complimentary about you. This must stop. I understand that if you are truly trying to do what you believe is right, it must be frustrating to hear others criticize your actions. But calling them "fake news" is juvenile. When you call news outlets names, but have no evidence to back up the cries of, "fake!" then people will cease to respect your opinion. 

Life would be a lot better if every news broadcast said the same thing. Complete consistency in reporting would make it easy to get the official facts of an event. However, that is not a free press-- there would be a party with specific interests and biases controlling all of the information the people of America received. America considers the freedom of the press to be something so important that we explicitly protected it in the first amendment to our Constitution. As someone who is sworn to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, you must respect this as well.

Sincerely,

 
K.