As editor of the Yukon News I have made the decision to remove the letter entitled This Alaskan says Yukoners should boycott from the Yukon News website based on evidence that the writer used an assumed name.
The contents of the letter remain one person’s opinion but that person has been unwilling to verify their real name or confirm their residency in Haines, Alaska now that that claim has faced scrutiny that I failed to apply before it was published. For this reason it violates our policy about unsigned letters and will also be retracted in print.
I am thankful for those who brought this to my attention.
In future the Yukon News will take additional steps to verify the identity of all letter writers to ensure that opinions can be expressed freely and openly so long as writers are willing to do so using their real names.
Jim Elliot, editor
Yukon News
