7/25/2019 St George Letter to WSJ editor 27 OCT 2015

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To: dan.ftzpatrick@wsj.comFrom: nlupinin@ne.rr.com

October 28, 20!

"ear #r. Fitzpatrick,

$s a lon% time subscriber to t&e '(), * was appalled to read +ob opeland-sprofle o Fr. /mmanuel emelson, priest and &ed%e und mana%er 1'(), p. , Oct.2, 20!3. $pparentl4, somet&in% about t&e combination o priest and fscalmana%er rankled opeland w&o, despite bein% treated openl4 and kindl4 b4 Fr./mmanuel and &is amil4, as well our paris& &ere in 5eene, 67, elt compelled orreasons best known to &im to do a traditional 4ellow journalism &atc&et job. 7owsad.

#a4 * su%%est t&at t&is is redolent o pieces w&ic& appear in Mother Jones,Rolling Stone,and t&e New York Times, certainl4 not in '(). "o 4ou remember t&e28 strai%&t da4s t&at t&e Timesran an $bu &raib smear stor4 on t&e ront pa%e9

opeland-s article &as t&at same tone and innuendos. #a4be t&e aorementionedpublications would be a better ft or &im.

T&e innuendos, open criticism, and inaccuracies abound. 7e is snide about t&ereerence to t&e ood ;ook- 1apparentl4 not t&e ;ook t&e reader ma4 bereerencin%3. an an4one name a Turkis& arc&bis&op9< T&e term antidotum< istotall4 alse 1c. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Chrch!" )ust w&at is t&epoint about &is wie dri=in% an /scalade ot&er t&an a criticism9 $nd on and on it%oes.

>ou, as editor, took opeland at &is word. 'e at (t. eor%e reek Ort&odo?&urc& took Fr. /mmanuel at &is word. 7is words and deeds were alwa4s t&ose okindness, %entle outreac&, warmt&, spiritualit4, carin%. 6o word about fnance e=erescaped &is lips. * wonder i opeland &as t&e abilit4 to be carin% about &is ownproession. *n t&e conte?t o t&e '()-s tradition o &i%& editorial standards, it lookslike bot& t&e reportorial side and t&e editorial side &a=e been compromised.

ordiall4,6ickolas upinin, roessor o 7istor4ast president o $(/ 1$ssociation or t&e (tud4 o /astern &ristian 7istor4 andulture3enter $ssociate, "a=is enter or +ussian and /urasian (tudies, 7ar=ard Ani=ersit4#ember o aris& ouncil, (t. eor%e reek Ort&odo? &urc&, 5eene, 67