To the editor: There are so many incidents that show how dangerous former President Trump has made the world. But all of them can be summarized in a situation that took place recently, a situation that we would not have believed 10 years ago. (“Trump must pay $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll in defamation case, jury says,” Jan. 26)
It happened when the U.S. District Court judge in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case first assembled jurors. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan warned jurors not to let anyone know their real names, including other jurors.
The reason: to protect them from harassment or worse.
Trump has certainly changed the world.
Ted Bacino, Palm Springs
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To the editor: How does the media help normalize horrible behavior? An example is the headline in the Times print edition of January 27: “Jury orders Trump to pay $83.3 million to writer.”
That E. Jean Carroll is a writer is irrelevant. A jury previously determined that Trump sexually assaulted her, so it must now be considered a fact, a fact that the media should not avoid so as not to offend Trump or her supporters.
A more truthful headline would have been: “Jury orders Trump to pay $83.3 million to sexual assault victim.”
Victor Fresco, Santa Monica
