In Ruth Tighe\u2019s recent column, she described me to be \u201cintrepid and exceedingly verbose.\u201d I presume this description refers to and insinuates that the articles I submit to the media are not \u201csuccinct\u201d enough for her and\/or the readers of the island community, as well as off island.<\/p>\n
What I find completely fascinating is that Ruth Tighe will extrapolate at length on a specific issue or subject matter in her columns to the media if she deems it appropriate, and expects the readers of the media to believe that whatever she produces will be acceptable and appropriate in terms of what she says, how she says it, and \u201chow lengthy\u201d it happens to be.<\/p>\n
If one will take the time to look at the archives generated by the Saipan Tribune and peruse some of Tighe\u2019s columns, you will clearly see that some of her columns are just as long, if not longer, than some of the articles I have submitted for publication. Some of her columns, in my opinion, are more blather than substance. In lieu of including some \u201cshort takes\u201d in her column, her whole column should be \u201ca long take\u201d and people who bother to read them should take \u201cshort breaths\u201d while they try and work their way through reading them.<\/p>\n
For someone who appears to be well-read about issues in the CNMI and abroad and possesses formal education reflecting a graduate degree from a presumably accredited institution of higher education, you would expect her analysis regarding the writing characteristics of another individual who is active in contributing articles to the media to be more astute and objective and less personal and subjective.<\/p>\n
With respect to Ruth Tighe\u2019s comment about former Philippine consul Julia Heidemann\u2019s involvement with the medical school proposal, I would not have responded with an in-depth article presented in three parts by the Tribune if she and the other investors would have presented to the island community the extremely important issue surrounding accreditation with the Liaison Committee on Medical Education. Since the proposal by her and the other investors was presented without informing the residents of the CNMI that this would be pursued sometime down the line, this would make anyone who comprehends the important value of legitimate accreditation by LCME, as well as bona fide professionals who comprise the medical community throughout the Pacific Rim, e.g., doctors, nurses, pharmacists, etc., to be suspicious of their knowledge about what they are doing.<\/p>\n
Tighe described Heidemann as being \u201cwell known and respected\u201d and \u201cmakes the whole idea of the medical school proposal in the CNMI credible and reputable.\u201d I find it difficult to believe that just because someone is well known and respected that there is any correlation with something they do or say being \u201ccredible and reputable.\u201d There are numerous individuals in the annals of history, e.g., Adolph Hitler, that were \u201cwell known and respected\u201d (by the German people and countries espousing Nazism), but demonstrated the converse of anything \u201ccredible and reputable.\u201d<\/p>\n
Once again, Ruth Tighe has shown the island community and people who are off-island that she is a columnist who has a propensity to use the First Amendment right to freedom of the press to conduct personal attacks for political or other reasons. Moreover, she continues to demonstrate that she enjoys \u201copening her mouth and placing a foot in it.\u201d If she wants any criticism from others to terminate, then she will need to step back and reflect carefully on what and how she evaluates other writers and refrain from being hypocritical.<\/p>\n
Dr. Jesus D. Camacho
\nDelano, California<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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