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The Salt Lake Tribune should be required to give its recently awarded Pulitzer back due to its embarrassingly one-sided coverage of the recent events at the University of Utah.
Letting your newspaper's owner's father use that newspaper to act like a petulant bully and call for the firing of David Pershing and Vivian Lee is the epitome of a conflict of interest, yet The Tribune chased page clicks instead of engaging in actual journalism. What an immense disservice you have done to the public by forcing one side of this story, ignoring the immense growth and leadership the university has experienced under its current leadership.
By acting as the Huntsmans' public relations arm, The Tribune has greatly marred its recently enhanced reputation.
Jeff Young
West Jordan