Ok, not sure who to address this to or not, however, I do follow my hometown news via the www.newsbf.com website. I find most stories of reasonable taste and of current events. This time however, I have decided it is time to say something otherwise. 

Most recently, regarding the Mark Taft story.

I do not feel the content of this story was proper for publishing.  If it were me or my family, I would not want the dirt of my background (drugs/etc.) re-surfaced … that was the past and nobody needs reminded. I further did not find it tactful to disclose the families living arrangements or concerns, leaving their homes wide open and vulnerable.

Further, a simply stated story of his condition was more than enough.  We do not need to know that the shock left thru his hands; that is common knowledge.

And if one reads the story a bit closer, it reads like a poorly written obituary … how disturbing.

After all he is alive and so is his family. Sure it could turn for the worse and the worse may be yet to come, but someone needs to re-read before publishing and question themself about what is being reported.  Surely an apology to the community and family would be fair.

Sincerely,

Ginger Murphy

Great Falls, Montana