February 9, 2017: Del Rio News-Herald * OPINION * Letter to the Editor * Letter from the law firm Cheatem, Swindell & Lye
Dear
Editor,
Respectfully
requesting a retraction of rancorous rumors
Letter
from the law firm Cheatem, Swindell & Lye
The Del
Rio News-Herald is currently running an advertising campaign entitled: “Fake
News is No Joke! Get your news from a trusted source!” with pictures of our
clients to try and sell the newspaper as a source of news to be trusted.
We
represent: Extraterrestrial Beings, not “Space Aliens”, traveling inside a
Spacecraft not an “Unidentified Flying Object (UFO)”, Sasquatch, not “Bigfoot”,
and Loch Ness, not “Monster”.
Our
clients demand a prompt retraction and a sincere and genuine apology.
Their good
name and reputation has been besmirched and they take great offense in their
being ridiculed and made the butt of jokes that are condescending and
demeaning.
There has
been irreparable damage done by your repugnant and disreputable advertisement
calling them “fakers”.
If they don’t
exist, then how can it be that there are pictures of them to prove that they
most certainly exist in this wonderful world of ours, where unsolved mysteries
abound and inexplicable phenomenon flourish?
They take
umbrage and certainly find it offensive and cruel to insinuate that they are
not real, when there are millions of people who have seen them, and there are
millions more who believe they exist even though they have never seen them up
close and personal, yet in their heart of hearts they believe wholeheartedly.
If your
newspaper does not cease to run these false and derogatory advertisements we
have no recourse other than to legally sue for libel.
We hope
that in good faith, you will print a retraction and that will be the end of
this sad and sorry episode, and we can all put this unfortunate incident behind
us, and all of us can continue to live in peace, harmony and serenity.
Otherwise, you leave us no option other than to continue fighting for our clients’
good name and reputation by not having to contend with these hideous and
horrendous advertisements spreading egregious lies.
Sincerely,
Letts
Cheatem
Ittza
Swindell
Will Lye
Marian
Casillas, Ed.D.
Plant
Earth