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# Letter: Cronkite would be devastated
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/letter-cronkite-would-be-devastated/
- Published: 2013-02-05T03:21:40.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-03T21:04:18.000Z
- Author: Daniel Archuleta
- Tags: Letters, Opinion, Samohi, santa monica high school, santa monica malibu unified, School, school district, vikings, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 13:52

Editor:

The coarsening of language never ceases to amaze me. The use of the word "butt" rather than "buttocks," "derriere," or other more appropriate terms from the so called editor-in-chief demonstrates either his lack of respect for women or his limited vocabulary ("Samohi aide accused of grabbing teen's butt," Feb. 2-3). I think perhaps that it is his language that is striving to be trendy and in vogue rather than erudite and a respectful journalist, which he never will be with his puerile vocabulary.

But what can I expect when I'm dealing with the SMDP; a throw-away newspaper where standards don't exist. Very sad indeed.

Richard Galloway

Los Angeles