LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Protest hardly a ‘deadly insurrection’

OPINION:

In “Federal prosecutors file first Capitol riot conspiracy charge against Oath Keeper leader” (web, Jan. 19), writer Jeff Mordock uses the phrase “deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.” Why is such hyperbole allowed? It cheapens your paper and does a disservice to your readers. From such a description, one would expect to see smoke still wafting up from the Capitol and the streets to be clogged with funeral processions. Is this lazy reporting or biased reporting? Is this The Washington Post or The Washington Times?

THOMAS E. STICKFORD

Burke, Va.