To the Editor:

When we hear of traditional print media news organizations folding, a sentimental tear runs down our cheeks. Printed news and opinion is the cornerstone of our democracy. After all, was it not a printed pamphlet, “Common Sense,” that spurred this nation to rise up and declare its independence?

The Northwest Herald needs to take greater pride in this tradition, as was evidenced last week when a retraction identified the primary subject of its story on seasonal affect disorder was making the whole thing up. It did get in the paper, though.