Here is a thought I had about how the same letter got into so many papers. One firm, MediaNews group owns 43 daily and weekly papers and what’s to keep headquarters from ordering their rags print the letter without verification. I asked the city editor of the Times-Standard what he knew about Ellie Light and I haven’t hear back yet...
You may have found the answer.
I was wondering the same thing. Does on media group own all of the papers that it appeared in?