Dear editor:

It apparently was Daniel Patrick Moynihan who first said, “You are entitled to your opinion but you are not entitled to your own facts.”

It was precisely on these grounds that Judy McLeod took Peter Rusin to task for his attack on SORE and its activities in trying to protect the Rand Estate.

His comments published in The Lake Report (July 2) were “full of falsehoods,” which Ms. McLeod comprehensively lists.

That this correspondence from Mr. Rusin was accepted for publication started me wondering what standards of accuracy the editorial board of The Lake Report applies to letters it receives. Does it accept “little lies” but not “big lies”?

Let me suggest an example: some months ago, there were several articles and correspondence in The Lake Report relating to the conflict in Gaza. What if a letter was received stating that, “Netanyahu’s justification for the carnage in Gaza was because of the shared Jewish trauma of the Holocaust, but it was now accepted that the Holocaust was a hoax”?

Would this have been published in the assumption that this falsehood would have been challenged by readers? Comments?

Richard James
NOTL