In Horowitz They No Longer Trust

I don’t pretend to understand Proposition 9 about electricity rates but, thanks to Howard Rosenberg (“The High Price of Advocacy,” Oct. 28), I do understand that revered newsman David Horowitz is pretending to be objective while being paid more than $100,000 for siding with utility companies to defeat the proposition.

How sad that Horowitz, a man we trusted, joins those who undermine trust in news media.

RONALD SODERQUIST, Thousand Oaks

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Horowitz’s contribution to the democratic process is to involve himself with a campaign that believes that paid-for commercials are better than equal access to the media, and that one-sided propaganda is preferable to debates.

Tellingly, his preferred method also favors special interests over voters. It is against this that the public must “fight back.”

RICHARD BAKER, Beverly Hills

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We are now calling “Fight Back!” “Kick Back!” To take any money for a position of endorsement of a particular side, much less $106,000, stakes in the heart his credibility as a supposed impartial champion of our consumer rights.

Shame on you, David Horowitz. Who can ever trust what you say again?

LOIS PERRY, Los Angeles

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Horowitz says that he acted out of conviction and doesn’t see it as a sellout. He accepted money “because I’m performing a service for them.” By that logic, any cause he supports could be paying him. Maybe they have been paying him all these years. . . .

NANCY L. BARTH, Beverly Hills

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I’m curious. What exactly qualified David Horowitz to be called a “consumer advocate”? Did he have any special schooling, legal expertise or related professional experience? Was his knowledge gained from reading Consumer Reports or what?

LILLIAN GOLDMAN, Los Angeles