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Hell if you do, hell if you don't! by Frank Singiser You can't please all of the people all of the time, as any broadcaster will find out ihrough fan mail.
DID you ever talk back to your radio? Did you ever stand in the middle of your living room and shake a furious fist at its loud speaker and fervently wish it were a face instead of a voice? There are people who do more than that. They rush to write a letter with a punch in it.
Were you ever so sick with loneliness that you had to talk to someone or go out of your mind? Do you like certain voices on the air and detest others for little or no reason? Do you firmly believe that newscasters are biased and paint a distorted picture of world events? My morning mail can testify to the fact that there are many who sit at their desks to write with plenty of vim and vigor for any of these reasons.
These writers of the daily fan mail are real people. One of them may be your neighbor next door, or the fellow who works next to you, or perchance you yourself have on occasions enjoyed having your say at the cost of only a postage stamp. It can be good fun.
It is a surprising fact that many people hear only what they want to hear. Scientists tell us that the human eye has a blind spot which is insensitive to light. A glance at the mail caused by a single broadcast
when the news is "hot," would convince any scientist that our dislikes can create a deaf spot in the human ear. But that very human trait is what makes the morning mail a gateway to surprise and usually a pleasure to answer.
When loved ones are away fighting for their lives and ours, the news of the day hits home as it never did before. Nerves are tense. Tempers are apt to flame quickly with little or no cause. And when you think your news broadcaster is taking sides and against your own private beliefs, what is more satisfying than to let him know about it?
I know the great news-gathering agencies are doing a difficult wartime job, and I believe they have been successful beyond expectation. Radio newscasts, when they are read just as they come from the newswire, have been carefully prepared and edited to present events in as factual a way as it is humanly possible to report anything. Strict censorship, for reasons of security, may keep certain items from the news report. The straight news reports on the air are not altered or slanted by any governmental or private interest. This is also true of all news broadcasts, except those giving the personal opinion or comment