I almost laughed out loud reading Leonard Pitts’ column of Oct. 4 on why he mistrusts Fox News. Yes, every news outlet gets it wrong on occasion. But those inaccuracies are very small potatoes compared with Dan Rather pushing a forged document on the American public in order to discredit former President George W. Bush.

Now that was a news organization in a class by itself.

Real Fox News programs are, in my opinion, as fair as any.

Maybe Pitts should take a refresher course in journalism so he can distinguish between news programs (facts) and those that are commentary (opinions). Actually, most of the mainstream media personnel should take the same refresher course so they can recognize the difference and stop stating their opinions as facts.

While we’re at it, many in the Obama administration should take it, too, then the president wouldn’t have to be constantly correcting with spin, pulling back, and explaining what the tax cheats really meant to say or do.

Joanne M. Schueth, Harrison