Maria Shriver

Dear Maria:

I’ve just heard that you’ve decided not to return to news reporting. Good for you! I agree with you that the media frenzy surrounding the death of Anna Nicole Smith was really too much. What a circus!

But I’d been wondering about bias in reporting, since you’re now the First Lady of California. I’ve no doubt that your personal ethics are above board and that you’d have no trouble separating your professional and personal/political lives, but you know that others would be gunning for you. There are some really sloppy journalists and reporters out there — like that gal who was covering the mayor, while engaged in an extramarital affair with him — and then when you add in the increasing sensationalism and lust for scandals in this country…. Well, just know that I share your frustration.

I’m still rather shocked that your husband was actually elected, but I respect and admire you all the same. Maybe you could start teaching courses on journalism in the University of California school system?

Respectfully,

Adam Walker