[Wamvan] My letter published, but censored, in G&M

[E J]

Don't have much to say on this topic personally, but just wanted to say I
like your letter, Natalie! They took out the best parts!
Elyse


On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Natalie Hill <nhill10 at gmail.com> wrote:

> **If anyone can't access these links because of G&M's pay-wall, but want
> to, let me know and I'll copy paste the content.
>
> Morning,
>
> Earlier this week this column<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/why-are-faulty-birth-control-pills-being-treated-as-a-minor-inconvenience/article14307690/> was
> published in the Globe and Mail, about the ridiculously low level of
> urgency and seriousness afforded to birth control recalls over the past few
> months.
>
> I was pleased to see a letter I wrote about the column published in the
> Globe and Mail today. Disappointingly though not surprisingly, they omitted
> the section of my letter that called out the G&M for repeatedly assigning
> the news to the Life and Arts section (not just this column). Of course,
> they also deleted my sassy last line.
>
> Link to today's letters<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/letters/sept-20-safety-at-level-rail-crossings-and-other-letters-to-the-editor/article14426596/>(see "Lifestyle issue?")
>
> Would love to hear other people's thought on the pros and cons of engaging
> with the media in order to bring attention to its flaws, censorship and the
> futility of using an outlet's own platform to criticize it.
>
> thoughts? other people's experiences?
>
> Below is my original, bolded parts are what they deleted.
>
>
> Carly Weeks is right to ask why faulty birth-control pills are being
>> treated as a minor inconvenience, categorized as a "Type II" hazard by
>> Health Canada, or a non-urgent problem with low probability of serious
>> health consequences. As her column outlines, information related to an
>> increased risk of unwanted pregnancy is news of a serious and urgent
>> nature
>> to any woman on the pill.
>> *The very same question should be directed at the Globe and Mail, which
>> assigned news of such birth-control recalls to the Life & Arts section,
>> not
>> once but many times as the story developed.* It is telling and ironic
>> that
>> Weeks's column lamenting a disregard for women's health was also published
>> in the Life & Arts section.
>> *When will the Globe and Mail take Weeks's advice, and stop treating
>> news of
>> faulty birth-control pills as a minor inconvenience?*
>
>
>
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