Charles L. Updegraph apparently does not know what a columnist is as compared to a reporter (“Letter to the editor: Columnist Nemitz should be moved to opinion pages,” Sept. 27).
So, for the folks who seem always to disagree with Bill Nemitz, a point of edification: Mr. Nemitz is paid to write his opinions. That he backs his opinions with facts does not make him a reporter, which is a person who is paid to merely report facts and never to offer analysis nor opinions.
As to Mr. Nemitz’s placement in the paper, it is not at all unusual for a regular columnist for a given paper to appear in the same space, not necessarily on the op-ed pages, because most people do understand the difference between a columnist and a reporter.
The only media outlet where we routinely see those definitions blurred is Fox News, so perhaps that outlet has caused this point of confusion for those who view it.
Judith Eycleshymer
Yarmouth
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