Acosta got what he deserved; revisit our two-party system | Letters

CNN's Jim Acosta got what he deserved; it may be time to revisit America's two-party system, readers write.
CNN's Jim Acosta got what he deserved; it may be time to revisit America's two-party system, readers write. (AFP/Getty Images)
Acosta got what he deserved; the press must be fair

For anyone watching White House press conferences over the past two years, the question always arose, "Who's the blustery guy always attacking Trump?" The answer was CNN’s Jim Acosta. Rarely polite, always in attack mode.

The First Amendment guarantees free speech to almost anyone under almost any circumstance, but there are constraints. Press briefings are not mandated by the Constitution or Congress. They are an accommodation to the press.


The media is no longer interested in rules or constraints, surely not as they apply to the media. Instead, the message is attack, challenge, embarrass. Trump is unworthy.

A free press is very important in a democracy as it feeds information to citizens which they couldn't get themselves. But a press that lies or continually plays favorites cannot serve the public fairly.

Rich Klitzberg,

Boca Raton

Has the two-party system run its course?

More and more people are not voting for a candidate, but rather voting against the other person. “I voted for the lesser of two evils?”

The party activists — those most involved in the process -- tend to be the most partisan and fixed in their positions at the ends of the political spectrum.They control the primaries, and the middle has nowhere to go.

Both sides dig in, and compromise is little more than a word in the dictionary.

Moderate candidates have to pander to the ends of their parties in order to survive in a primary, and then they find it difficult to get to the middle for the general election.

Unfortunately, the system is rigged so that an Independent or third party candidate has virtually no chance of winning. They siphon the moderate vote and cement the party's extreme nominee.

Jack Moss,

Pompano Beach

Raccoon gets head stuck in soup can

Regarding your article: Three cheers for the vets at the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife for rescuing a hungry raccoon. It’s a reminder that litter can kill: Many animals die slowly from dehydration, starvation or suffocation. Some are struck by traffic or attacked by predators.

We can protect wildlife by rinsing and crushing cans before recycling them. Fold back the tab on beverage cans to block the hole, rinse jars and replace the lids and cut apart every section of six-pack rings. Birds can get tangled in fishing line and swallow the hooks. Prevent it by never going fishing and picking up discarded line. Reusable bags eliminate the risks of plastic bags .

It can mean the difference between life and death.


Craig Shapiro,

PETA Foundation, Norfolk, VA