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Letter: Tribute failed to show both sides

Monday, Dec. 9, 2002 | 9:08 a.m.

Ralph Engelstad was fortunate to have an admirer such as Mike O'Callaghan, executive editor of the Las Vegas Sun, who in a Dec. 3 column wrote a tribute to him after Mr. Engelstad's death.

Apparently, Mr. O'Callaghan believed that the public needed to be informed or reminded of positive attributes that he believed Mr. Engelstad possessed. Mr. O'Callaghan apparently also believed that it was unnecessary to inform or remind his audience of controversial aspects of Mr. Engelstad's life. If so, that was a disservice to his readers who deserved a balanced analysis that incorporated the negative as well as the positive acts demonstrated by Mr. Engelstad.

Mr. O'Callaghan may not have wanted to reopen the wounds that Mr. Engelstad had inflicted, but his failure to make any reference to such behavior undermined the integrity of his tribute.

JORDAN BODENSTEIN

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