No Mortimers need apply.You won't find Mortimer Snerd or Charlie McCarthy among those signing letters to the editor in our paper, and we want to keep it that way. Mortimer and Charlie were the delightful dummies who said whatever words ventriloquist Edgar Bergen
Edgar John Bergen (February 16 1903 – September 30 1978) was an American actor and radio performer, best known as a ventriloquist. put in their mouths. A lot of would-be Edgar Bergens are still around. They want you to be their dummy Sham; make-believe; pretended; imitation. Person who serves in place of another, or who serves until the proper person is named or available to take his place (e.g., dummy corporate directors; dummy owners of real estate). and send in their thoughts as though it's a letter to the editor from you. We value your opinions, not those of Edgar. So please, send us your thoughts and not those of an interest or action group that is using you as a dummy. If you do run across such form letters, let us know about it: * Perhaps the letter has worthwhile information that we can reprint reprint An individually bound copy of an article in a journal or science communication on its own. * Perhaps the letter will alert us to be on the lookout for in search of; looking for. See also: Lookout such threats to our letters section. * Perhaps we'll recognize that we had already inadvertently published the letter under the signature of some local "Charlie" or "Mortimer." If so, we'll print a correction, alerting readers to the deception deception n. the act of misleading another through intentionally false statements or fraudulent actions. (See: fraud, deceit) . We value your opinion, not some dummy's. |
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