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most probably much less. The big difference is that they would publish mostly in local papers while the internet's audience is always global.

>>buboar+(OP)
Honestly, if you want to see what news editors see in the form of letters to the editor, go to your closest small(ish) (100k or less) town local newspaper or tv station's website and look through the comments on stories. They're frighteningly disjointed, insane, and disconnected from reality.

These are real, actual people who submit comments. And those people are anonymous and free to post whatever lies they care to come up with on forums such as this one.