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Old April 15th, 2012 #7
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[from lewrockwell.com blog]

Dear Guardian
Posted by Lew Rockwell on April 14, 2012 08:34 PM

From: Ralph Raico <[email protected]>
Date: April 14, 2012 6:22:30 PM CDT
To: Readers' Editor <[email protected]>
Cc: Lew Rockwell <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Trayvon Martin

Dear Helen,
Thank you for your message. It was very thoughtful of you to write, but not surprising coming from the Guardian. There is a more veridical photo of Martin available, posted on Facebook, I believe, by Martin himself. It shows someone much different from that innocent looking young teenager.
With best wishes,
Ralph Raico

On Apr 13, 2012, at 10:00 AM, Readers' Editor wrote:

Ralph - this is not deliberate policy on the part of the Guardian - we have tried to source more recent images, but this is the only photographe that has been issued by the agencies. We try to make it clear in captions that the photo is an archive item taken when Trayvon was 12 years old. I will certainly look at the articles again and amend as necessary.

Thank you for taking the trouble to write

Best wishes
Helen Hodgson
Assistant Readers' editor

Original Message
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Subject: Trayvon Martin
From: [email protected]
To: <[email protected]>
Date: 2012-04-12 01:19:26

Sirs:
Why do you keep publishing the mendacious photo of Martin as an innocent-looking young teenager? There is a photo of him at the time of the fight that suggests the possibility of a very different personality. This lying by implication is unworthy of the Guardian whose website I visit often and which I value highly.
Sincerely,
Ralph Raico
Buffalo, NY