AJC TOO FREQUENTLY IN MISFITS' CORNER

We have lived in a number of areas over the past 40 years but have never
seen a newspaper so dedicated to inflaming racial discord, coddling
criminals and extolling the virtues of misfits as The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution.

Rarely do we see any articles about why people get themselves into their
unfortunate predicaments. How do poor people find money for expensive drug
habits? Why are the grandparents raising the kids?

Tucker compares Quentin S., "a young black man with little money --- a drug
addict" with Rush Limbaugh, "a wealthy, middle-aged white man." Anyone who
is in severe pain from a medical disorder, and whose physician prescribes a
very addictive painkiller, which, in turn, creates additional intense pain
because the brain requires increasing amounts of the drug, should not be
compared to a social misfit who chooses a life of recreational, addictive
drugs as an escape from reality.

The AJC editorial board needs to do some serious soul-searching about the
message it is sending out to the community and its role in improving the
lot of its constituents.

PHYLLIS MORA

Marietta