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1. SOUND OFF: What's known, and what's not, in Silva investigation

   By John Arthur

   Saturday, May 18 2013 10:30 PM

   ARTHUR: Our coverage of the death in custody of David Sal Silva has been read around the world and has drawn many comments. It's impossible to answer them all (and some don't need answers) but a couple of online remarks from our article last Sunday -- "Deputies' video confiscations come under scrutiny in fatal Bakersfield beating case" -- seemed worth noting.

   READER: Kudos to both Steve (Mayer) and Jason (Kotowski) for such outstanding reporting. Thank you both for your excellent information. This is the best article I have read in a very long time.

   elginphelps READER: This is the first article I've seen so far on this story with anything close to balance -- no one else has mentioned as far as I know that the officers first tried to...

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   SOUND OFF: Sometimes all the pols don't come in at once

   Reader: Has James Burger become the mouthpiece of the Democrat party? If Burger is going to do an article on the senate candidates, as his headlines said in the May 9 article, then why not include all of them? Interesting that he left out...
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   SOUND OFF: 'Outgunned' headline draws a complaint

   READER (Regarding Thursday's "Outgunned" headline over photos of Republican Congressional leaders Kevin McCarthy and Eric Cantor): Terrible headline with all the gun violence today. Why did you use that headline... oh because they are...
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   SOUND OFF: Readers react to question on immigrant language

   Last week we asked if news organizations should refer to some people as "illegal immigrants." The question arose when the Associated Press revised its influential stylebook and banished the term. "The Stylebook no longer sanctions the...
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   AP bans use of the term 'illegal immigrant'; some newspapers undecided

   As lawmakers in Washington debate the possibility of legalization for 11 million immigrants, a more basic question has emerged in the nation's newsrooms and beyond: what to call those immigrants. Most news organizations have long used the...
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   SOUND OFF: Should we use 'illegal immigrant' in paper?

   Should news organizations refer to people as "illegal immigrants?" It's been done for years. But this past week the Associated Press revised its influential stylebook and banished the term. Kathleen Carroll, the AP's senior vice...
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   SOUND OFF: Wrestling fans take our coverage to the mat

   READER: The headline on the sports page Sunday, March, 3, "Wasco's (Sean) Medley pinned in title match" could have easily read "Wasco's Meadley places 2nd in title match." I enjoyed the article, but who chooses the headline? Was it Mr....

9. SOUND OFF: We missed the gun rally and were blasted by readers

   READER: On Saturday (Feb. 23) my family and I, along with approximately 2,000 other people, gathered for the Bakersfield Day of Resistance, an opportunity to send a message to Sacramento and Washington, D.C. that the Second Amendment of...

10. SOUND OFF: Why we missed the Day of Resistance rally

    READER: On Saturday my family and I, along with approximately 2,000 other people, gathered for the Bakersfield Day of Resistance, an opportunity to send a message to Sacramento and Washington, D.C. that the Second Amendment of the...

11. SOUND OFF: Website privacy, honoring heroes, puppy pictures

    READER: Ugh, Californian. I get registering for better access to free articles. I get why you require an address. But DOB? Not your business. From rom: @trinculo73 on Twitter. LOGAN MOLEN, The Californian's Senior Vice President and...

12. Cops, naked babies and a space monkey

    READER: I live in Taft. Recently the son of a long-time Taft policeman told me his father was required to live with Taft's city limits, enabling him to quickly respond to an emergency if needed. Obviously the officer who was assigned to the...

13. SOUND OFF: It's ugly but these church stories are news

    FATHER STEVE PETERSON called to complain about the front-page treatment given Friday to the article about retired Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony being silenced by his bishop. He felt the story was being blown out of proportion....

14. SOUND OFF: What was up with that mob of rude reporters?

    READER: Just watched (Thursday's) news conference on Taft's shooting at the high school. As Sheriff Youngblood explained, "it just happened, and we don't have all the details. I'll give you what we can." What did some of the reporters...