Charles Brobst’s letter clarifying gun information, published in the June 5 Anchorage Daily News, also had misinformation — not about guns necessarily but about misinformation in comprehension, as is so prevalent now.
Orin Seybert did not say he served in World War II anywhere in his letter published June 3. He did say he had a “World War II Springfield .30-06,” with which he had killed dozens of moose and caribou. This is one of the most common ways misinformation begins to spread: by not understanding and believing an untruth due to at once inferring one’s own interpretation based on inflamed ideals and leanings.
It has become too easy to help perpetuate misinformation. So much information is available to everyone now, and much of it is not correct, let alone relevant. Mr. Brobst did not get his facts straight either on this one. See how easy it is to get it wrong?
— Karen Delkettie
Anchorage
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