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Balance Hinckley's life
This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2008, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.

One article about the late LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley would be warranted, and it is best to not write something negative immediately after his death. But your nonstop barrage of sycophantic hyperbole makes it feel like you are the Deseret Morning News.

A vast audience knows, for example, that Hinckley was deeply involved in the Mark Hofmann debacle that resulted in the murder of two innocent people. That he erected a monument to honor those killed by Mormons during the Mountain Meadows Massacre but made it clear that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints accepted no responsibility. That he went on national television and denied basic beliefs that we as Mormons were taught our whole lives.

I don't care if you run an article highlighting his life and accomplishments, or if you run one outlining his failings. But I feel betrayed by your over-the-top accolades and the complete ignoring of some of the more ignominious aspects of his life. Why are you pandering?

Terri Jo Lorz

South Jordan

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