Letter: The press isn’t perfect, but the work it does is essential

I read with fascination the Aug. 27 Public Forum letter from Sheila Thompson about The Tribune’s editorial editor, George Pyle. When she said that Pyle called people who criticize the president “deplorable,” I thought that just didn’t sound like him nor the column I read on Aug. 19. So I went back and checked. Pyle was quoting someone else for that term “deplorable” and reporting that the Boston Globe was wanting to do an article about the attacks on the press