Reply #46: PLEASE don't let that deter you. Here's what you do: [View All]

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a) SEND A POSTCARD.

b) Avoid a closed envelope. Write your letter on a piece of 8 1/2 X 11 inch paper. Fold it three ways, as though you were about to insert it into a conventional envelope. Then tape it shut - ONLY ONCE, in the middle, so both sides are open and it is CLEARLY easy to see there's nothing in there but words on paper. Write the address on the back, with your return address, just as though it were on a conventional envelope. Then stamp and send.

The more obviously non-threatening it is, the less trouble you'll have, and the more likely it'll get delivered.

c) if possible, CC the letter to others, so the recipient knows that other eyes are also seeing the same thing. I read a story more than a year ago about a woman who objected to the New York Times' lowballing of crowd size at war protests. She complained, in writing to the times. She also CC'ed the letter to the Washington Post, and I believe, to the Editor & Publisher website. That way, when the New York Times got it, they also saw that others, INCLUDING their prime competitor, got the same thing, and probably were enjoying seeing the enemy chastised, being caught in a mistake. A correction was issued very quickly thereafter. This was in response to complaints about the Times' underestimating crowd size from other protestors who were there and didn't like seeing their huge numbers being discounted, with their complaints ignored and nothing done to rectify it.

By the way - FYI:

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