Thank you for confirming, once again, that the media, including The Free Lance-Star, focus on sensationalism rather than substance. Your page C3 article in the March 1 edition, "Leak suspect pleads guilty," covers Bradley Manning's admittance of guilt in this gross, unauthorized leak of thousands of pages of classified government documents.

Earlier FLS coverage of this subject, a possible Steven Spielberg movie about WikiLeaks [March 3, 2011], and about pro-Manning protesters being arrested [March 21, 2011], and others, were deemed worthy by your editors to make front-page headlines.

Some of us do care about security breaches that can damage our national security, and think it more newsworthy and possibly a deterrent when perpetrators admit guilt leading to imprisonment.

Bob Hoh

Locust Grove