Photo choice ‘fake’

The June 14 front page photo, headlined The greatest woe on earth, is fake news.

Why do editors prefer negative messages? The chosen picture told a different story than what really happened. These three characters were engaging, friendly and generous with their time. They played with my granddaughter Ava for a few minutes on the ground and in their arms as the lineup for pictures and selfies started to form. It was a different photographer than the one from The Free Press who raised his voice to tell her to stay so he could take her picture that frightened her and made her cry.

I’ve heard about fake news nonstop since last November. Now I understand it. It could have been a positive message and yet you chose to depict my granddaughter to be what you think is stereotypical of a one-year-old with costumed characters, and insulted these three actors at the same time.

Debra Mitchell

London

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Knights topped Crosby

Now with the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs over, congratulations to the Pittsburgh Penguins for winning their second straight cup. And congratulations to the Nashville Predators for putting on an amazing show throughout the playoffs.

After the Penguins won their second Cup in a row and the third for Sidney Crosby, a lot of people are talking about Crosby being one of the greatest. You can’t argue with what he has won throughout his career, which is pretty amazing.

But the one thing he will never win is the Memorial Cup, and that is thanks to our 2005 London Knights when they beat Crosby and his Rimouski Oceanic team. Just a little trivia here.

Peter Siniowski

London

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Invest in health, not rail

Instead of going forward with spending millions on the high-speed rail, I’d rather see the money put into health-care funding across the province and use it for mentally ill patients and finding beds for them, and reducing waiting lists for surgeries such as knee or hip replacement.

Health care should be a priority before the high speed rail. We will pay for it dearly because health care is going down the drain.

It will continue to get worse and Kathleen Wynne doesn’t understand or get it right.

Lori Graham

London