Volstead Lounge
National Inquirer
RECEIVED Tue., Jan. 18, 2022
Dear Editor,
While reading through the January 14, 2022 issue of the Chronicle, I thought that I had mistakenly picked up a copy of the National Inquirer. This was because the “Austin at Large” column by Mr. Mike Clark-Madison ["We're Not Making More Land"] and the “Faster Than Sound” column by Ms. Rachel Rascoe ["Is the Broken Spoke Too Broken"] both constituted the kind of hatchet jobs unworthy of print in The Austin Chronicle. Clark-Madison offers his opinion and ad hominem attack and Rascoe cites numerous anonymous sources in her attack of long time Austinites that have done more for this town than either columnist will ever do. Surely dear editor you can insist on higher journalistic standards from your writers.
While reading through the January 14, 2022 issue of the Chronicle, I thought that I had mistakenly picked up a copy of the National Inquirer. This was because the “Austin at Large” column by Mr. Mike Clark-Madison ["We're Not Making More Land"] and the “Faster Than Sound” column by Ms. Rachel Rascoe ["Is the Broken Spoke Too Broken"] both constituted the kind of hatchet jobs unworthy of print in The Austin Chronicle. Clark-Madison offers his opinion and ad hominem attack and Rascoe cites numerous anonymous sources in her attack of long time Austinites that have done more for this town than either columnist will ever do. Surely dear editor you can insist on higher journalistic standards from your writers.
Kent C. Anschutz
