Disgusting Photo

Reading the paper with my morning Wheeties and I caught this letter in the SL Trib:

I about coughed up my Cheerios when I opened the Utah section and saw a picture of two men in a lip lock (“Protesters smooch near LDS Temple,” Tribune , July 13). Some editor should be fired for having such poor judgment as to put that disgusting photo in your paper.

I have worked in the newspaper business so I can imagine the discussion that went on Sunday night at 10 p.m., right before deadline. Print the picture or not print the picture? Ultimately, it was the editor’s call, and she said, “Print it.”

Hello — this is Salt Lake City! In the future, please remember that this is not San Francisco or Greenwich Village.

I will most likely not renew my subscription unless I see some heads roll over that picture.

David T. Lancaster

Murray

Here’s the link: http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_12863014